Next year's iPhone might have advanced wireless charging

Though many of its competitors added some type of wireless charging to their smartphones, Apple never added the feature to its iPhone. But in 2017, according to a new report from Bloomberg, Apple might start adding an advanced type of wireless charging — one that works over a distance — to its gadgets

Commonly seen devices that support wireless charging today, such as Samsung's Galaxy S6 smartphone, have to be placed on a special mat to be charged. But Apple's technology would enable an iPhone or an iPad to be charged over the air, with the charger located inches or feet away