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Anyone using a qi receiver on mi mix 2?
Good experience with it?
The receivers i installed, all sucks a lot.
No full charging, no charging overall.
i dont know if u can use on this device wireless charger, bicoz dont have hardware module implemented. Xiaomi mi mix 2s have that
He's asking about receivers, not charging stations.
Android2003 said:
Hey.
Anyone using a qi receiver on mi mix 2?
Good experience with it?
The receivers i installed, all sucks a lot.
No full charging, no charging overall.
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Could you tell us which ones you bought so as to avoid making the same purchases
Hey.
The Nillkin receiver Short Version seems to be good.
260mah minimal an 910mah maximal.
And loading full
While I like the idea of wireless charging I don't see the appeal in it when you need to charge at [email protected]
That will take so damn long that I'd just get frustrated and plug it into my QC3 charger.
Or are there any wireless chargers out there that perform better than this?
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While I like the idea of wireless charging I don't see the appeal in it when you need to charge at [email protected]
That will take so damn long that I'd just get frustrated and plug it into my QC3 charger.
Or are there any wireless chargers out there that perform better than this?
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I use a Choetech Fast Wireless charger Stand. Its loading very good. First i used a pad with two coils, witch is loading my Galaxy s3 good. But it cannot charge the Lepro 3 and mi mix 2 fast.
The Choetech is good and i can recommend it.
In combination with a qc 3.0 loader.
I dont use this wireless function to load 0 - 100% in 2h.
I agree with u, its loading slow.
But i hate it always plug in and plug out.
I use a thick leather flip cover, it eats always min. 200mah.
With silicone backcover the charging is over 1A
Any benefits to wireless charging? Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have to leave it on the wireless pad for it to keep charging? Where with a cable I could just plug it in and keep using the phone?
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Any benefits to wireless charging? Correct me if I'm wrong but don't you have to leave it on the wireless pad for it to keep charging? Where with a cable I could just plug it in and keep using the phone?
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You sir, are correct. It's a gimmick for lazy people who will have to wait 4x the length just because they can't be bothered plugging a cable in.
Edit: Maybe one day it's worth it but right now, it's not
Adding a wireless charging adaptor to a non wireless charging phone...
Pro, it's cool for a while, but the idea and practicality quickly wears off.
Con, if you need to flash a lot of different roms, or transfer files quickly, you will need to remove the wireless adaptor type c plug, and if you are like most on the Mi mix forums, you will eventually break it. It's the inevitable fragility of the wireless adaptor, it will break.
Con, it charges much, much slower than qualcomm 3.0
Pro, it charges slowly, which is better in the long term for battery longevity.
Con, every time you take it off and on from the wireless pad (especially at night, if you leave it on your dresser close to you) it makes a loud beep.
Pro, you can cause much less damage to your Type C port (less so, on the newer type universally pluggable type c ports) by the constant plug, unplugging, by using wireless charging.
Con, it is ugly, and stick out like a bad tattoo on the back of your phone if you are using a clear case.
Con, you cannot have wireless charging pad, if you like to use a magnetic car holder. The metal plate on the back of the case, will cause immense heat if you place your metal pad + phone case + onto the wireless charging pad. And, it won't work.
Con, if your late and you need a seriously quick charge, the wireless charging won't be able to help you out in a jam / urgency.
Con, if you are requiring a charge, most places simply do not have (friends, neighbour, client, airport, office etc) wireless charging available.
Con, Nilken has a cool setup, to give you the best of both worlds in terms of being able to use magnetic car holder and wireless charging pad capability, but it doesn't solve the blocked port access or ease of availability.
So, in the end, I went down that route once, but never went back to it.
I did have a smartphone that was wirelessly chargeable, but even though the micro USB port was free, I was still annoyed by the slow charge rates, and the beeping on and off of the home base charger (or, if it didn't beep, it was the charging flash led that annoyed me).
Cheers,
LormaD
LormaD said:
Adding a wireless charging adaptor to a non wireless charging phone...
Pro, it's cool for a while, but the idea and practicality quickly wears off.
Con, if you need to flash a lot of different roms, or transfer files quickly, you will need to remove the wireless adaptor type c plug, and if you are like most on the Mi mix forums, you will eventually break it. It's the inevitable fragility of the wireless adaptor, it will break.
Con, it charges much, much slower than qualcomm 3.0
Pro, it charges slowly, which is better in the long term for battery longevity.
Con, every time you take it off and on from the wireless pad (especially at night, if you leave it on your dresser close to you) it makes a loud beep.
Pro, you can cause much less damage to your Type C port (less so, on the newer type universally pluggable type c ports) by the constant plug, unplugging, by using wireless charging.
Con, it is ugly, and stick out like a bad tattoo on the back of your phone if you are using a clear case.
Con, you cannot have wireless charging pad, if you like to use a magnetic car holder. The metal plate on the back of the case, will cause immense heat if you place your metal pad + phone case + onto the wireless charging pad. And, it won't work.
Con, if your late and you need a seriously quick charge, the wireless charging won't be able to help you out in a jam / urgency.
Con, if you are requiring a charge, most places simply do not have (friends, neighbour, client, airport, office etc) wireless charging available.
Con, Nilken has a cool setup, to give you the best of both worlds in terms of being able to use magnetic car holder and wireless charging pad capability, but it doesn't solve the blocked port access or ease of availability.
So, in the end, I went down that route once, but never went back to it.
I did have a smartphone that was wirelessly chargeable, but even though the micro USB port was free, I was still annoyed by the slow charge rates, and the beeping on and off of the home base charger (or, if it didn't beep, it was the charging flash led that annoyed me).
Cheers,
LormaD
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Not wearing out your Type C port is a big Pro - I had people not believing me that the purchased phone is used. - If you use cases and screen protectors before you even touch your phone with bare hands...
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Ok so I was told by a Sony store employee that the Z4 might have wireless charging and most likely it is Qi based. I have had a lot of experience with wireless charging with the N6 for which I bought a Tylt Vu since I was told it was the fastest but alas it's much much slower than the stock charger and also slower to a cheap Nokia stock charger belonging to some dumb phone.
I prefer the magnetic dock system it charges my Sony faster than the wireless system of the N6 it would truly be a step back if Sony only included Qi and deleted the magnetic system from the next flagship. Don't get me wrong the Tylt Vu is a very capable dock but when compared to the likes of Sony DK docks it's not half as grippy neither does it charge as fast.
What do you all think ?
I like the convenience of wireless charging that my nexus 5 had, It's something I miss on the z3. Not really a fan of the magnetic charging
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rxil said:
I like the convenience of wireless charging that my nexus 5 had, It's something I miss on the z3. Not really a fan of the magnetic charging
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Out of interest, how can anyone have a problem with magnetic charging? The usb socket is a weak point on many devices; often they're glued or soldered onto the boards with no regard for longevity - indeed, it wouldn't surprise me if they are deliberate weakpoints, exempt from warranty ("you must have broken it") etc. Magnetic connectors solve all that. Sure, add QI to magnetic (and usb, for data transfer if you can't use wifi for some reason) but I see no downsides to providing magnetic.
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Out of interest, how can anyone have a problem with magnetic charging? The usb socket is a weak point on many devices; often they're glued or soldered onto the boards with no regard for longevity - indeed, it wouldn't surprise me if they are deliberate weakpoints, exempt from warranty ("you must have broken it") etc. Magnetic connectors solve all that. Sure, add QI to magnetic (and usb, for data transfer if you can't use wifi for some reason) but I see no downsides to providing magnetic.
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I agree that the USB port is the weak spot on a device, and will you bring up some good points I don't want to have both of them on my device I'd rather have one or the other but USB charging is more mainstream than the magnetic charging. I've only had my z3 for a few days and haven't gotten around to using the magnetic charging. Waitimg for the adpter in the mail.
Slow charging, for example overnight: Qi for comfort reasons, not cable attached and charging time doesn't matter
Very fast charging, for example "i got 5%, have to get out in 30minutes and got to make it through the day!": USB due to fastest charging times
Casual charging, for example "let's plug it in in the afternoon, my Z3 will make it through the night without any losses and through the next day": Magnetic charging
I don't want to wear out the USB port flap, so i bought the magnetic charging cable even before the Z3 arrived. I guess it will do in everyday usage, i'll have a look on the charging rates. If they're too slow for "power charging", i'll switch to USB.
However, a few months ago i only charged my phone over night. I would have loved to have Qi charging back then, so much better than to find out how to plug in the USB cable in complete darkness.
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Slow charging, for example overnight: Qi for comfort reasons, not cable attached and charging time doesn't matter
Very fast charging, for example "i got 5%, have to get out in 30minutes and got to make it through the day!": USB due to fastest charging times
Casual charging, for example "let's plug it in in the afternoon, my Z3 will make it through the night without any losses and through the next day": Magnetic charging
I don't want to wear out the USB port flap, so i bought the magnetic charging cable even before the Z3 arrived. I guess it will do in everyday usage, i'll have a look on the charging rates. If they're too slow for "power charging", i'll switch to USB.
However, a few months ago i only charged my phone over night. I would have loved to have Qi charging back then, so much better than to find out how to plug in the USB cable in complete darkness.
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Some people claim the magnetic charging is faster than usb. I wouldn't know - i've only used usb to charge it once, and I was playing around with stamina mode at the time (for some reason stamina mode really slows down charging).
I wish this phone supported wireless charging! I charge with the Sony DK magnetic dock and it works well but can get a little finicky to get seated properly but I still prefer it to fiddling with those micro-USB connectors. I charge overnight 90% of the time and so even if wireless charging is slower that's fine with me. I'm ok having to plug in if I need a quicker charge when I forget to charge the night before, although with the Z3 that's not as big a deal because it's not too tough to stretch two days out of a charge with moderate use (on a bit of a limp towards the end of the second day).
This phone would be pretty close to perfect for me if it had wireless charging, a removable battery, and no ultra-slippery glass back (I really don't like the glass back!!).
I just slide the phone into the correct position no need to put in in a specific way. I have fixed the dock with double side tape all I need to find in the dark is the groove in the dock and slide the phone in place. As far as overnight charging is concerned I use the dock overnight without any problems. For the Nexus 6 the tylt vu dock its not a stable combo I mean it's really not sturdy any sort of vibration causes the Nexus 6 to detach so it's not the dock for overnight recharge.
I use qi chargers on samsung's phones and magnetic on Z ultra. Qi charger is very convenient and beside slow charging and heat disipation there is no minuses ( I have qi car charger from nokia and works well with all phones), magnetic charger is faster BUT you are still connected to a cable and the weak magnet is making the solution unusable in car. A COMBINATION OF THEM WILL BE THE PERFECT SOLUTION
P.S. Sony make some great accesories...why the h__l they did not made a magneting car dock I don't understand...
P.S.2 qi charger for moto 360 works like a charm....the best solution of all regarding smartwatch charging
Hi, I would like to ask you, what is your experience with that cheap S4 Qi receiver pads (for example from ebay...). Is it charging fast? How much is cover bulged? Is it dangerous for the battery?
Thank you very much for sharing your experience.
It does make the back cover bulge a bit but it's not bad.
The phone gets warm when charging wirelessly but it's not too bad at all.
Sometimes, the charging pad will detect the receiver but the phone doesn't charge. If I remove the phone from the charging pad for a few minutes and put it back, it will start to charge.
Charging wirelessly is not as fast as using a wired charger and I would say it takes about 30 to 50 percent longer.
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It does make the back cover bulge a bit but it's not bad.
The phone gets warm when charging wirelessly but it's not too bad at all.
Sometimes, the charging pad will detect the receiver but the phone doesn't charge. If I remove the phone from the charging pad for a few minutes and put it back, it will start to charge.
Charging wirelessly is not as fast as using a wired charger and I would say it takes about 30 to 50 percent longer.
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Thank you for response. Is NFC working with that Qi pad?
I have never used nfc on my phone but I know you can get pads that do support nfc as an option.
Hi there
I have a qi receiver on the S4. My one has input: "self-adaptation" (whatever that means) and an output of 600mah. It charges at a decent speed. I use the LG G3 wireless charger and a few other wireless charging pads and they seem to charge at a decent speed. A full charge takes about 3 hours.
The cover does bulge a tiny bit, but it is barely noticeable trust me- definitely worth it.
The phone only gets a little warmer- again nothing to worry about for sure.
I am certain that it doesn't do any damage to the phone and battery. I have using wireless charging overnight everyday for the past few years on the S4 and nothing has gone wrong. I rarely use cable charging anymore
I recommend getting a qi receiver for the S4- it is worth it.
Has anyone found a Qi charging receiver so thin that it doesn't bulge at all?
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I have a qi receiver on the S4. My one has input: "self-adaptation" (whatever that means) and an output of 600mah. It charges at a decent speed. I use the LG G3 wireless charger and a few other wireless charging pads and they seem to charge at a decent speed. A full charge takes about 3 hours.
The cover does bulge a tiny bit, but it is barely noticeable trust me- definitely worth it.
The phone only gets a little warmer- again nothing to worry about for sure.
I am certain that it doesn't do any damage to the phone and battery. I have using wireless charging overnight everyday for the past few years on the S4 and nothing has gone wrong. I rarely use cable charging anymore
I recommend getting a qi receiver for the S4- it is worth it.
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Is it today something better what can more than 600 mA ?
Can you recommend something good ?
I can tell you the one from Aukey, although it uses a flat printed circuit coil, bulges a lot. Enough I didn't want to use it. It was advertised as being "ultra slim 0.2mm", but when I measured it with calipers, it's more like 0.9mm. The ferrite pad on it is most of the thickness.
No Bulge
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Has anyone found a Qi charging receiver so thin that it doesn't bulge at all?
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The Fone Salesman S4 SlimPWRcard does not bulge at all.
Hey guys, Rydah805 here with a nice little review on something cool that was sent to me from Chotech; A USB Type-C wireless charging kit. Basically, what it does is awesome by simply adding wireless charging capabilities to devices (such as my Google Pixel XL) that do not support it out of the box. You will obviously need a wireless charging pad for this to have any function. I personally own two, a Samsung branded wireless fast charger and Choetech’s very own wireless fast charger. For this review, I tested using both in which results were the same. Before we begin, I'd like to make it clear that I am in no way associated with Choetech.
How it works is even simpler too. You plug the wireless charging receiver into your USB Type-C charging port, stick the actual wireless charging receiver to the back of your device (sticking not necessary is using a case but do note that it will leave an ever so slight bump with a case.) After plugging it in and having the wireless charging receiver mounted to the back, you're pretty much set. Now when you want to charge your device, you may just dock it onto your wireless charger.
As for wireless charging speed, I wasn’t able to get it to charge “rapidly” as my Google stock charger states, but charging time wasn’t too far off and isn’t noticeable if charging overnight or if just sitting on your desk at work, like me in both of those scenarios.
When it comes to quality of looks and materials, it meets my expectations but then again, what could you really expect? And if you're curious about the specs on this little guy, it is using qi wireless charging technologies with an output of 5v/1a. This is obviously lower than the stock wired charging rates and of course speed but again, if you’re like me, always at your desk or at home, this isn’t too big of a deal. YMMV.
Now for my personal look and opinion on it. I think it’s cool and coming from a Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and even more recently, the best worst phone ever, the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 (R.I.P.), wireless charging was definitely missed when switching to the LG V20 and now again with the Google Pixel XL. I definitely like having this as an option and thank Choetech for giving me one to review. Personally, I do not use it quite often as I am a freak about having my phone as thin as possible (thin case fans, where you at!?) but if I weren’t into thin cases, this would stay on my device all the time.
To sum this baby up, it’s great. It gets the job done and does what it came to do, add wireless charging to your incapable device. LOL
8/10 (Wish wireless charging speeds were better but it isn’t a killer for me.)
Link to purchase coming soon.
Looks cool. I really miss having wireless charging since I just plop my phone down on my desk or when it's bed time and I don't have to worry about the port wearing out. This is my first USB C device, so I'm curious to see how well it holds up.
Does your wireless charging pad have much heat when it's charging, both in a case, or if you had direct contact between the receiver and charging pad?
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Looks cool. I really miss having wireless charging since I just plop my phone down on my desk or when it's bed time and I don't have to worry about the port wearing out. This is my first USB C device, so I'm curious to see how well it holds up.
Does your wireless charging pad have much heat when it's charging, both in a case, or if you had direct contact between the receiver and charging pad?
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Nope, actually stays about the same temperature wise which is nice. ðŸ˜
Sent from my Pixel XL
That sounds pretty cool. The reviews I have read on other ones was that the charge speed was much slower. Don't need rapid charge but standard speed would be more than good enough for me. A few reviews I read said that putting one on a wireless charge dead at night it wouldn't even be fully charged over night. I will probably buy one of these as soon as the link goes up Couldn't find it yet on Amazon.
I have long ignored wireless charging, because it's so much slower than wired fast-charging. I keep seeing mentions of the Note wireless charging capability, but I'm still unclear on whether wireless is now as fast? Doubt it, but am I wrong? Would especially love a fast wireless charging solution in the car, that was as fast as the fasted wired option. Does that exist yet? Or do I need to check again in 2-3 years?
Wireless charging is not as fast. Note9 also uses adaptive fast charging 2.0. Fast but not as fast as other standards. I would concern myself about fast charging only when needed. I use wireless charging exclusively at night to slow charge my battery. I think Samsung chose adaptive 2.0 to help with longevity of phone because fast charging does not help with longevity of battery. I am still pressuring companies to unseal the batteries. The environment is more important than being able to take a shower with your phone or not having to worry about dropping it in the toilet because you can't wait five minutes.
The appeal of wireless charging is so you didn't have to reach for a power cord to plug in your phone every time you wanted to charge it. I just upgraded to the Note 9 from my Note 4. When I had a new battery in it, wireless charging only took about 20 minutes longer than the cord. As the battery got older, it did seem to take longer with the wireless charging. For me, if I'm just at home, I use wireless charging. If I'm about to go out in the next 30 minutes for a while and the battery power is kinda low, I plug it in to get a fast full charge. Plugging in the phone all the time is a drag. You are missing out on a cool feature while wasting years waiting for something better. I keep a separate power cord next to my wireless charger. That way I can decide if I just want the phone to get charged using wireless, or if I need a fast quick charge with the cord. You aren't just stuck with wireless charging just because you bought one. A flat wireless charger is just $15 on Amazon. It works just as well as the $60 Duo charger from Samsung, although it does offer fast charging. Not worth that kind of money though. Plus it is big and takes up too much space.
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I have long ignored wireless charging, because it's so much slower than wired fast-charging. I keep seeing mentions of the Note wireless charging capability, but I'm still unclear on whether wireless is now as fast? Doubt it, but am I wrong? Would especially love a fast wireless charging solution in the car, that was as fast as the fasted wired option. Does that exist yet? Or do I need to check again in 2-3 years?
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The duo dock is 12W charging. The wired charging is 15W. As for in the car fast wireless docks. I have yet to see one.
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The duo dock is 12W charging. The wired charging is 15W. As for in the car fast wireless docks. I have yet to see one.
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I have one. Works well. Got it from Indiegogo, backed a project called the MAGQI X: The Smartest Wireless Car Charger Mount...
It charges faily well but I did find on my Note 8 it was only just holding power as I used GPS...Mind you, that could be caused by the case I had it in, my Note 9 seems to pick up the power pretty quick...
So, can the Note 9 handle the 12W wireless charge or is it limited to 10W? I see the comment above regarding the Duo Dock, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it supports it and I have not been able to find the exact spec on the matter elsewhere to confirm one way or another.
When I bought my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, I looked around for wireless chargers. The official Samsung store was out of stock, and so I settled for a 3rd party wireless charger which had good ratings on Amazon.
It charges my S22U fine. I see 'Fast wireless charging' show up on my phone and the phone charges as expected.
Then I bought an iPhone 13 Mini with the official MagSafe charger.
Here are my observations:
1. Wireless charging takes atleast twice the time that is taken by wired charging.
2. Wireless charging generates a lot more heat than wired charging. This is bad for the phone.
3. You can't use your phone for the most part when it is charging wirelessly. And you shouldn't too given the amount of heat that it generates.
While Samsung, Apple, Google do not allow more than 15W wireless charging, some brands allow upto 50W wireless charging. But that also means a lot of heat being generated, which is really bad.
So I made it a point to not keep my phone on the wireless charger for more than an hour to limit the heat generated. I would use wired charging in the morning to fully charge my phone while I'm busy with my morning chores, and then use the wireless charger for topping up the charge in the evening.
And with superfast charging offered by most Chinese brands today, the need for wireless charging diminishes even more. Fully charging a phone under 20 minutes will become the norm in a couple of years. This will also be more convenient than using a wireless charger that had only one thing to offer: convenience.
Do you think superfast wired charging will kill the inefficient, time consuming, heat generating (and component damaging) and less convenient wireless charging technology completely?
Wireless charging is just a convenient gimmick, in my opinion. Wired charging will always be superior to wireless charging for the main reason that direct contact is more efficient than inductive coupling. There is a reason why power transformers use ferrous cores instead of air gaps.
I don't think it will go away, though. People like the idea of placing their phone on a charging surface instead of fumbling for a cable. I personally would prefer the cable simply because I use my phone often, but not everyone uses their device the same way.
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Wireless charging is just a convenient gimmick, in my opinion.
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That is actually true.
V0latyle said:
People like the idea of placing their phone on a charging surface instead of fumbling for a cable.
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I find myself fumbling more with placing the phone properly on the wireless charger. Wired charging is actually much simpler and no fumbles.
iPhones have the magnets in them to address this issue, but the circular magsafe rings I see on most cases that support magsafe charging makes them look so annoyingly ugly.
I only like wired charging, wired Ethernet, wired POTs, wired alarm system, wired operator switch board !
EdT586 said:
I only like wired charging, wired Ethernet, wired POTs, wired alarm system, wired operator switch board !
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Why so?
Wireless technology is improving and is definitely more convenient.
But wireless charging has still a long way to go because currently it is very inefficient, time consuming and potentially damaging to the phones.
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Why so?
Wireless technology is improving and is definitely more convenient.
But wireless charging has still a long way to go because currently it is very inefficient, time consuming and potentially damaging to the phones.
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"Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler" - Albert Einstein
Because I am a purist !