{"id":2935,"date":"2017-02-13T16:59:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2017-02-13T16:59:57","modified_gmt":"2017-02-13T16:59:57","slug":"iphone-8-feature-wireless-charging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/02\/13\/iphone-8-feature-wireless-charging\/","title":{"rendered":"iPhone 8 to feature wireless charging"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s upcoming iPhone is set to come with wireless charging which will enavle users to charge the phone without having to plug it in.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cApple will sell separate wireless chargers made by Luxshare, the Chinese company behind the inductive charging in the Apple Watch,\u201d Forbes.com reported.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is also planning to introduce a new connector type for accessories for the iPhone, iPad and other devices through its official Made-for-iPhone (MFi) licensing programme.<\/p>\n<p>Called \u2018Ultra Accessory Connector\u2019 (UAC), the eight-pin connector is slightly less thick than USB-C and near half as wide as both USB-C and Lightning.<\/p>\n<p>Apple will allow accessory manufacturers to make Lightning to UAC, USB-A to UAC, and 3.5mm headset jacks to UAC cables which will allow headphones with an UAC port to connect to various Apple devices.<\/p>\n<p>Apple\u2019s next generation iPhone 8 is rumoured to sport a bold new design and would feature an OLED display without a bezel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe iPhone 8 won\u2019t be able to buck a trend that\u2019s seeing customers increasingly choose older devices, like the iPhone 6s, instead of newer handsets, like the iPhone 7,\u201d Fortune quoted Barclays analyst Mark Moskowitz as saying earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Apple has some opportunities to significantly grow in the coming years by investing in India and expanding its services business which includes Apple Music, added Moskowitz.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture source: Alamy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Picture used for illustrative purposes alone<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple\u2019s upcoming iPhone is set to come with wireless charging which will enavle users to charge the phone without having to plug it in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2935"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2937,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2935\/revisions\/2937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}