WattApp technology allows multiple devices to charge up to 20 feet from a wireless charger

It was yesterday suggested that Apple may be

partnering with Energous

, developer of a wireless charging technology known as WattUp. The company later issued a statement downplaying the evidence for the partnership, but – notably – without actually denying it.

Either way, it seems pretty clear by now that Apple is indeed waiting for either this or

some similar

long-distance wireless charging tech, and it is absolutely right to do so.

When I

wrote a wish-list

for the iPhone 7 back in November of last year, there were five items on it. Apple delivered three of them. But a number of you wondered why wireless charging wasn’t on my list, and I wrote a

follow-up piece

explaining my reasoning. The tl;dr version is that Apple should hold fire until wireless charging can be done properly – and I pointed directly to the WattUp tech developed by Energous

as an example

of how to do it right …

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