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Apple says BMW wireless chargers really are messing with iPhone 15s
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this post was submitted on 29 Oct 2023
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Disagree.
They can't do it through software, but a wireless charger is inducing a current in a coil. NFC chips often use a coil antennal, and inducing a current in that could well trip a protective device, like a resettable fuse. It could be limited to these devices because of a particular resonance or harmonic they share
It's still VERY odd. Virtually every phone that has NFC and wireless charging have the 2 very close to each other. The charging coil is normally in the middle of the phone and the NFC a little above it.
If there was a real chance that the NFC could EASILY be affected by a wireless charger, the engineers would not place the 2 so close together.
Clearly something is up with Apple or BMW has got something else going on in there.
Hopefully we'll find out.
Not that I care, I use Android and it works properly.
Yes, it is very odd.
Which is why it’s newsworthy.