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2018 iPhone Lineup Said to Go on Pre Orders From September 14; Faster Wireless Charging Rumoured

2018 iPhone Lineup Said to Go on Pre-Orders From September 14; Faster Wireless Charging Rumoured 2o6w6f

By Jagmeet Singh | Updated: 21 August 2018 19:03 IST

The 2018 iPhone lineup is expected to debut sometime in the second week of September. r5o3k

Highlights

2018 iPhone is rumoured to go on pre-orders on September 24
The availability of the new iPhone models will begin on September 21
The new iPhone family is also reported to come with 18W wireless charging

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While the had debuted in 2016 on September 7. In addition to the report claiming the pre-order schedule, a separate report says that one of the 2018 iPhone models will include an upgraded wireless charging coil to offer faster wireless charging at as high as 15W. Some previous reports already suggested that the new models will come with faster wired charging as well and include an 18W USB-C power adapter.

If we believe the information provided by 's Macerkopf, sourced from some German carriers, pre-orders for the 2018 iPhone lineup iOS 12 will debut on September 18.

Apple may send media invites for the 2018 iPhone launch sometime in late August. This will confirm the launch date and could help us get some official hints about the handsets. Furthermore, it is expected that the launch event this year will take place at the Steve Jobs Theater at Apple's new Apple Park campus. This is the same venue where the company led by Tim Cook launched the iPhone X and the iPhone 8 family last year.

In addition to the pre-order information, China Times has reported that Apple is set to deploy an upgraded wireless charging coil in at least one of the 2018 iPhone models that will enable wireless charging at 15W. This is faster than the 7.5W wireless charging on the iPhone X and iPhone 8 models that was bumped up from the initial 5W offering last year.

Apple is reportedly using a copper wire coil to enable faster 10W or 15W wireless charging on one of the 2018 iPhone models. It is worth mentioning here that the 2017 models had a flexible printed circuit (FPC) instead of the traditional copper wire coil. While FPC does come in a thin design and is light in weight, it doesn't faster wireless charging. In contrast, the copper wire coil is believed to offer not just greater power capability but also higher efficiency than F. Apple might make some compromises with the thickness of the new iPhone to offer faster wireless charging.

Rival Samsung is already offering 15W wireless charging on its flagship smartphones. This does make sense for the Tim Cook team to start exploring new options to offer as great wireless charging experience as available on the Galaxy Note 9.

If we dig into our archives and look at some of the previous reports, the 2018 iPhone family is also rumoured to come with a faster wired charging experience through the bundled 18W USB-C adapter. The new adapter could have sufficient hardware to charge the iPhone from 0 to 50 percent in about 30 minutes. This sounds similar to the fast charging technologies offered on many Android devices.

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