When you buy a Mac, you are bound to love it and you would want to prevent it from the slightest scratch. You would not want your device, worth hundreds of dollars falling into the wrong hands and you would certainly not want it falling down on the ground! If someone, by mistake trips over the power cord of your plugged in Mac, the Mac goes down along with the dimwit. Henceforth, causing severe damage to your device, and your heart. This problem is very common for laptop users. People using Macbooks since before 2006 have experienced or caused such devastation. Ever wished that Apple introduce MagSafe in iOS devices as well? Well, your wish might come true soon!
In 2006 the MagSafe method of charging was introduced to make your Macs safe against such incidents which happen much too often. MagSafe makes the power cord pop out with a slight tug when the it gets tangled up with your or someone else's feet.
According to a patent that Apple has won, this MagSafe technology might be on its way to prevent your iPhones, iPads and iPods from dimwit damage. According to a patent application published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office shown below, Apple describes a new method of charging the iOS devices.
Apple has been granted a patent for the assembly of a unit supporting MagSafe into an iOS device like an iPad as noted in patent FIG. 7 below. The patent states that (“In one particular embodiment, the connector may be a power connector such as the MagSafe.”)
This would be a good move by Apple because phones and devices, often end up on the floor because of people tripping on the power cords and it causes extensive damage to your device causing it to malfunction or even stop working altogether. Though we'd caution you to hold your horses as there's a next to impossible change of MagSafe technology being implemented in the iPhone 5 which is due for release in September. See, Apple just won the patent and it would obviously require considerable time to first internally test this technology before implementing it in mass produced devices.
Nonetheless, MagSafe chargers for iOS devices are not impossible. Who puts their bet on a third generation iPad with a MagSafe charger?