wireless charging sounds great right
just plop your phone on a stand a pad or
even furniture with built-in wireless
charging and voila it starts charging no
cables no fuss even though most newer
phones have wireless charging one
research report showed that only 29% of
people use it why hasn't it taken off
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well first of all you need a phone or a
phone case that's capable of wireless
charging and not everyone has one Qi is
the standard for almost all wireless
chargers phones that support Qi are
mainly newer phones from Apple Samsung
Google and LG secondly wireless chargers
are slower than wired chargers the thing
about wireless charging is it uses
something called electromagnetic
induction basically transferring energy
from one place like you're charging Matt
for example to another your phone
wireless charging uses to physical coils
the induction coil in the charger and
the receiver coil in the phone if you
don't align the two coils on top of each
other your device won't charge correctly
this method of charging is slower than
plugging your phone straight into an
outlet which lets the power flow from
the outlet through the wire charger to
your phone most wired chargers have a
rating of at least 12 watts
while most wireless chargers only reach
about seven point five or ten watts
basically the smaller the number the
longer ill take to charge your phone and
if you have a case for your phone it'll
charge even slower or might not even
work at all some wireless chargers do
have a fast charge mode but it will only
work with phones from the same
manufacturer
so a googol Qi charger might fast charge
a pixel but not a galaxy yes if you're
not looking for a fast charger or if
you're only charging your phone at night
while you sleep then a wireless charger
could work for you but for the most part
you can't use your phone while it
charges wirelessly if you take your
phone off the wireless charger to do
anything
it'll stop charging you can't text
comfortably without lifting your phone
off the charger you can't sit on the
couch and scroll through Instagram and
you can't even take a phone call
properly but with a cord you can do all
those tasks while staying plugged in
also these wireless chargers are
technically not wireless they still have
to be plugged into an outlet
the only wireless part about it is
eliminating the wire between your phone
and the charger the price of these
chargers is another issue the more
affordable chargers range from fifteen
to thirty dollars while the fancier ones
cost anywhere from sixty to a hundred
dollars but it doesn't look like
wireless charging is disappearing
anytime soon one report is expecting
that by 2023 there will be a cumulative
shipment of 2.7 billion wireless
chargers and six billion devices with
wireless charging capabilities but for
wireless charging to become the norm
companies will need to figure out ways
to make it more practical and
frictionless companies like pie n urges
and hacia are getting there with their
truly wireless charging products they
claim that their products can charge
multiple devices wirelessly when you
bring them within a short range kind of
like how Wi-Fi works basically if you
hold or place your wireless charging
phone tablet and headphones around the
wireless charger it will begin to charge
your devices which sounds pretty cool
and is a great step forward but the
thing is none of these companies have
released their product yet it's just all
talk just like Apple with their air
power so I'll believe it when I'm
scrolling through Instagram on my couch
while truly charging my phone wirelessly