• Veedem@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Crazy that this works. There are some really smart people in this world.

    Also cool to see a company invest money into something like this simply for the impact to the customer experience.

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      8 months ago

      The Apple Store experience was so different from what shopping for a computer used to be like. Knowledgeable, friendly staff, computers you can actually use instead of just playing screen savers, and training, repairs, and support at the same place. Not at all like going to a Best Buy or Circuit City.

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      8 months ago

      Eh, it is a qI charger that turns on the phone, the phone is then programmed to connect to specific network and download the firmware, not that crazy.

      I do like iPhones, but there is no need to go crazy about this

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      8 months ago

      The tech is pretty rudimentary. They just need to make sure that the iPhones have the NFC and qi coils near the edge of the box. Then they’re basically just updating boxed phones like you would update a mesh router node.

      The best part about this is that it’s so damn simple. It’s one of those “why didn’t someone else think of this” things.