Ming-Chi Kuo says in 2021, Apple is set to release an iPhone that will rely not just on a wireless connection for charging, but wireless re-charging.
Although Kuo has a good track record in his predictions, this is a big call given earlier this year Apple cancelled the (already-delayed) release of its AirPower wireless charging mat - a development that was something of an embarrassment to the company, which bought the taxpayer-backed Auckland wireless charging startup PowerbyProxi for more than $100m in 2017.
Less controversially, Kuo says Apple will add 5G to its 2020 range of iPhones.
Samsung, Huawei and other phone makers have already added 5G to their high-end rangers.
Apple's AirPower pad - seen here in a slide at the company's March 2018 WWDC event - was designed to wireless charge multiple devices. Its release was cancelled earlier this year.
Vodafone is set to launch a 5G mobile service from 100 sites around Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Queenstown later this month, plus a fixed-wireless service.
Spark, which launched a fixed-wireless (landline-substitute) 5G service in several South Island small towns last month, is aiming to offer its first 5G mobile service from July next year.
2degrees has yet to set a 5G timeline, but has indicated it will be a few years away.
