Apple really wants to bring out a portable, magnetic battery pack for your iPhone, but might not manage it.
Alongside the iPhone 12, Apple introduced a new MagSafe line of accessories that snap to the back of the smartphone, and according to a new report there’s a portable MagSafe battery pack in the works. As per Bloomberg, the add-on has been in the works for at least a year, and could well have launched already if it wasn’t for “issues related to software” that are causing delays. One such issue is the pack reporting that it’s overheating when it isn’t, apparently. The “people with knowledge of the product” speaking to Bloomberg say that another problem has been getting the charging pack to work when users switch from using a phone case to not using a phone case, and vice versa.
