• EleventhHour
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    227 days ago

    It’s a conduction ring, too, so that the charge gets from the charger to the phone.

    But people who don’t know should be made aware of this that iPhone cases now also contain magnets.

    • Ghostalmedia
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      227 days ago

      I thought that coil was the NFC coil so that the phone could identify the case and accessories. It’s only a few threads, which would be small for an induction coil.

      • EleventhHour
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        26 days ago

        Oh, I see. No, apparently, Apple guards its NFC protocols extremely closely. Only recently have they been (forced to be) more open about how it all works— and to allow third-party access.

        • Ghostalmedia
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          226 days ago

          Yeah, the more I look up this, it looks like an NFC loop is part of the MagSafe / Qi 2 protocols.

    • @[email protected]
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      125 days ago

      The magnet and the charging coil aren’t the same afaik. They’re located together since their functionality is linked, but ultimately they are separate.