The magnet forces the iPhone into the correct position for optimal wireless loading. The new iphone has a ring magnet in it‘s back to the charger jumps into place.
I’m guessing it’s the shitty one you need to own if you want to recharge your Apple Watch, for example.
There’s not much worse than having to snap your Apple Watch into that piece of crap.
Of course, this claim isn’t even true. You could have a device that is a magnetic ring which plugs into the USB charger, which then can charge your Apple Watch in the shitty non standard way Apple wants you to.
Also, this only applies to cell phones from what I can tell.
The magnet forces the iPhone into the correct position for optimal wireless loading. The new iphone has a ring magnet in it‘s back to the charger jumps into place.