Apple iPhone 11 reverse wireless charging: A confused state of affairs

Until a day before the iPhone 11 launch, all the leaks and rumours had claimed that Apple’s new phones, at least the premium ones, will come with reverse wireless charging. The feature didn’t make it to the official iPhone 11 series. Now, Apple insider Sonny Dickson claims iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max have the hardware for bilateral charging but it is software disabled.

Apple had abandoned the reverse wireless charging feature on the iPhone 11 because the “charging efficiency may not meet Apple’s requirements,” revealed Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo just a couple of days before the launch.

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman also backed the claims saying Apple had faced difficulties with the wireless charging technology.