MagSafe is the worst thing Apple has made maybe ever attacks engineered obsolescence. In just released Qi wireless charging for iPhones MagSafe effectively causes non-Apple standard Qi wireless chargers to recharge Apple iPhones at the lowest, slowest possible rate.
This product lays bare strategy that its really battery and Apple’s use of battery life in its mobile strategy that trumps design. See what they’ve done there with MagSafe. Beyond the fact that its MagSafe obsoletes standard Qi charger use, it orphans any investment in Qi wireless chargers. Further it enables an abandonment of Qi wireless charging for the constellation of Apple iDevices that charge wirelessly. No one wants to carry multiple wireless chargers around. Nor does anyone want to mix wireless devices that require different chargers. See how battery life effectively works where design cannot?
I use Apple iPhone. Hell was a developer for Apple. I was on a first name basis with SteveJobs. One thing I will share with you. Back in 1990 SteveJobs shared that he wanted to know if people could “love” a computer. SteveJobs iPhone proved that hypothesis. MadSafe, er MagSafe, tests how much. Maybe MadSafe better reflects their battery life strategy now.