For the third consecutive year, Apple's flagship Pro iPhone arrives with its wireless charging ceiling unmoved — 25 watts on both MagSafe and Qi2, a figure first introduced with the iPhone 16 Pro in 2024. In an industry where incremental progress is the expected rhythm, stillness becomes its own kind of statement. The plateau invites a quiet question that Apple has not answered: whether this is the boundary of what is possible, what is safe, or simply what the company has chosen to offer.