“A fake advert has circulating on Twitter claiming that users of iOS 8 can charge their iPhones by putting them in the microwave, has been spotted as an obvious hoax,” Callum Paton reports for The Independent. “The so-called ‘Wave’ technology is touted as Apple’s ‘latest and greatest addition to iOS8’ and supposedly allows devices to be charged wirelessly though microwave frequencies.”
“Crudely imitating the look of other Apple informative ads, the hoax purports that the Wave will ‘become automatically activated with your update to iOS’ and says the devices will become fully charged in a minute and half using ‘new drivers that interface with your device’s radio-baesband,'” Paton reports. “It jokingly warns ’60 seconds at 700w or 70 seconds at 800w. Do not Wave-charge for over 300 seconds.'”
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MacDailyNews Take: Duh. Everyone knows only non-Apple phones can be charged that way.*
*Joke. Do not microwave your phone. Do not buy non-Apple smartphones, tablets, portable media player, or personal computers. Do not eat iPod shuffle.
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Wave doesnt work as well on iPads.. I waved for 2 min and I’m only half full. Must be because its a bigger battery. Has anyone else had this issue?
You waved for 2 minutes straight?
Your arms must be tired.
He’s always thought he’s the Queen of England.
Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball…
Wonder if this is from the same people that made a fake commercial when iOS 7 came out. They claimed that iOS 7 made your iPhone waterproof.
Amazing how many low IQ people there are out there.
It IS from the same people, I heard about this yesterday. Unbelievable. Mean. Ridiculous.
“Amazing how many low IQ people there are out there.”
Look at android owners… 😉
You noticed they didn’t tell people who bought Android phones to microwave them, that would be too dangerous.
Aren’t microwaves out of the budget of the Hee Haw demographic?
“Wrap your iPhone in foil and put in on top of your engine block, and on your drive over to Auntie Mae’s house, your iPhone will be all charged up nice and good now, y’hear?”
/s
As someone who lives on a farm in a house that holds a gaming PC, two laptops, 3 TV’s, 3 game consoles, 2 smartphones, and 18 megabit internet…your stereotypes still make me laugh.
I hear you! That’s why the /s (satire) tag! And I never thought the “Hee Haw demographic” applied to farmers.
Which iPod Shuffle? The original, Doublemint-gum-wrapper one is okay if you sauté it in butter with some shallots and finish it with a splash of cabernet. I can’t speak for the newer ones.
It’s time Apple invents digital instead of analog energy supply, then such hoaxes can be prevented by energy encryption.
I am a long-time Apple user, but I wish they would implement Samsung’s “CompressionTech” recharging system, which uses pressure to excite Lithium molecules in their most advanced batteries. How many times I wished that I could quickly recharge my phone by placing it under a car tire or chair leg, or in my shop vise during electrical outages for several minutes. Clearly, Samsung is the true innovator.
I wouldn’t put it past some inventor to come up with an extemely ruggedized case with pizoelectric components to charge a smartphone. 😛 As for microwaves charging smartphones, if you can create a charger/case that will shield your phone while at the same time converting/transforming the microwaves to a suitable electric charge it might actually sound crazy but become possible. Microwaves in small amounts already occurs in nature via evaporation of water so (tongue in cheek) you might be able to use such a device to ‘wirelessly’ charge your phone while sitting next to a lake. 😀
I think Samsung’s new Fuel Cell technology is the real innovation. You know, the one where you can power your New Samsung Galaxy P phone or Tablet for an entire month by the breakdown by-products of Uric Acid by merely urinating in either the headphone hole or the miniUSB port? I hear they discovered it’s easier for their male customers to charge their devices than their female customers due to the “nature” of the anatomy, but they are going to release the mobile devices with appropriately shaped disposable Samsung funnels (at a reasonable price to be disclosed later) for the girls to be able to charge their devices as easily as the boys. Now, that’s true innovation for you, and it’s GREEN, too!
A while back I think I heard of some scientists actually doing that. Converting urine into electricity. But I don’t think it ever took off. Probably because well it’s disgusting.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2421914,00.asp
don’t fist one.
The best part about it is that some dipshits were actually stupid enough to try it and posted pictures to Twitter.
http://www.ibtimes.com/how-not-charge-your-iphone-users-fall-apple-wave-microwave-prank-1692852
“lorena terroba @lore1306 Sep 18
@SwagdaddySlansk 😂😂😂😂 I’m totally kidding hahaha my phone is completely fine, I didn’t do it… I got that pic from google 😂😂”
All you need to do is throw your Samsung device against a hard surface and watch as its patented solid-state Kinetic Transformation technology instantly converts the energy of motion into electrical energy to charge the battery. According to independent lab tests, most users can expect to get about 20 minutes of calling time per impact.
Less work, but just as effective: drop it from a tall building — the taller the better the charge…