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Published 11:07 2 May 2017 BST

But all this could soon be a thing of the past if Apple has anything to do with it.
Apple was recently granted a patent for a system equipped to harness the wireless signals emitted by routers to charge electronic devices. The system described, uncovered by AppleInsider, would use the same frequencies to transfer data over the air to charge mobile devices.
Basically, it would mean that should the system come into fruition, new iPhones would charge over Wifi rather than with a traditional cable as is the way now.
As of this moment, the patent simply covers the idea of wirelessly charging your phone through a Wifi router, and does not have any of the specifications beyond the "implementation of specialized beam forming patch antennas."
But just imagine how much easier this would make the task of charging your phone.