{"id":243005,"date":"2026-05-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/hear-me-out-magsafe-has-failed-to-reach-its-potential-but-the-foldable-iphone-ultra-could-revive-it-heres-how\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T10:35:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T14:35:08","slug":"hear-me-out-magsafe-has-failed-to-reach-its-potential-but-the-foldable-iphone-ultra-could-revive-it-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/10\/hear-me-out-magsafe-has-failed-to-reach-its-potential-but-the-foldable-iphone-ultra-could-revive-it-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Hear me out: MagSafe has failed to reach its potential, but the foldable iPhone Ultra could revive it \u2014 here\u2019s how"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hear me out: MagSafe has failed to reach its potential, but the foldable iPhone Ultra could revive it \u2014 here\u2019s how<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/phones\/iphone\/hear-me-out-magsafe-has-failed-to-reach-its-potential-but-the-foldable-iphone-ultra-could-revive-it-heres-how<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-10 10:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.techradar.com<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to say that MagSafe is a much-loved part of the Apple ecosystem: ask owners of any of the best iPhones what they think of it, and you\u2019ll likely get a unanimously positive response. The magnetic attachment system lets you wirelessly charge your iPhone, attach accessories to its back, connect it to stands and car phone holders, and a lot more.<\/p>\n

Like all good Apple products, it\u2019s incredibly simple to use, yet performs exceptionally well with admirable reliability. On the surface, it would seem to be a roaring success story for both Apple and its customers.<\/p>\n

Yet despite all that, I can\u2019t help but feel disappointed by MagSafe. Sure, it\u2019s great at what it does, and it\u2019s easy to understand why so many people love it, myself included. But when I think back to how it was first introduced to the world, I can\u2019t escape the idea that it just hasn\u2019t lived up to its potential. Far from being the revolutionary innovation it was hyped up to be, MagSafe feels so much more limited than it should be.<\/p>\n

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But with the iPhone Ultra on the horizon, perhaps this is an opportunity for Apple to throw out the old and bring in something new, giving MagSafe the refresh it sorely needs. Whether or not that comes to pass, it\u2019s clear to me that MagSafe needs a real shot in the arm. Let me explain why.<\/p>\n

AirPower\u2019s ambition<\/h2>\n

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\"AirPower\"\n<\/p>\n

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MagSafe is a brilliant idea, but it wasn\u2019t Apple\u2019s first attempt at a boundary-pushing wireless charger. That accolade goes to AirPower.<\/p>\n

AirPower was an experimental wireless charger that introduced the idea that you could put any Apple device capable of wireless charging \u2014 including iPhones, Apple Watches, and AirPods cases \u2014 onto the pad, in any order and orientation, and they\u2019d all juice up to full.<\/p>\n

The trouble is that AirPower required a mass of overlapping charging coils on the inside, and this created far too much heat to be able to operate…<\/p>\n

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