The best wireless charger to buy right now

guest · Mar 29, 2019

The best wireless charger to buy right now
March 29, 2019
https://www.theverge.com/this-is-my...less-charger-qi-ravpower-samsung-anker-mophie

While your phone will work just fine with the wired charger it comes with, wireless charging pads are great for a desk or nightstand, and makes charging your phone as simple as putting it down on a surface. It’s a small change, but one that makes keeping your phone juiced up an unconscious part of your life.

Even Samsung makes its own branded wireless chargers. The good news is that pretty much any Qi charger, new or old, cheap or expensive, will more or less do the job when it comes to charging your phone.

You may may have heard that there are multiple wireless charging standards, and that’s technically true — Qi in theory has competitors like PMA, the other major charging standard out there. But with Apple exclusively supporting Qi with the iPhone X and 8 and the surprise cancellation of Apple’s AirPower, other standards are essentially dead in the water
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This article will be continually updated as new devices are released — so be sure to check back if you’re not buying a wireless charger right now.
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guest · Mar 29, 2019

Apple just confirmed once and for all that AirPower will never come out
Apple reportedly never managed to solve a thermal problem
March 29, 2019
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/apple-cancels-airpower-wireless-charging-mat/

Apple has canceled its AirPower wireless charging mat product, according to a statement by an executive from the company. The product had seen repeated delays due to technical challenges.

As the mat failed to arrive in 2018, reports and speculation abounded that Apple was facing serious technical challenges in developing the product. Apple initially planned to launch the product by June 2018 [...] Apple bloggers revealed a little more inside info: AirPower's design, which incorporated overlapping charging coils, was prone to overheating.

Apple apparently held on to the notion that it could still ship AirPower until very recently, as the product is mentioned in packaging for the refreshed AirPods released just a couple of weeks ago. But in a very rare move unprecedented in the current era, Apple Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering Dan Riccio acknowledged that the company had completely canceled a previously announced hardware product:
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zapjb · Mar 29, 2019

None is the answer.

guest · Aug 12, 2019

Apple is now selling the AirPower, basically, only it’s not made by Apple
It doesn't have all the same features, but the basic concept is the same
August 9, 2019
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/201...irpower-basically-only-its-not-made-by-apple/

It was repeatedly delayed, and reports indicated that Apple was facing serious technical issues when developing it. In March of this year, Apple finally confirmed the product would never be released.
Except now a variation on the original concept has, and Apple is selling it in its store. Made by mophie, a popular Apple peripheral and accessory maker, it's one mat that charges three devices. It's called, well, the mophie 3-in-1 wireless charging pad.

So if you were disappointed AirPower didn't become a reality, this is probably as close as you're going to get in the very near future. The mophie 3-in-1 delivers 7.5W of power, charges through iPhone cases up to 3mm thick, and positions the Apple Watch in an orientation appropriate for Nightstand Mode. It sells for $139.95 in the Apple online store.
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guest · Mar 23, 2020

mood said: ↑

Apple just confirmed once and for all that AirPower will never come out
Apple reportedly never managed to solve a thermal problem
March 29, 2019
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2019/03/apple-cancels-airpower-wireless-charging-mat/
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Not Even Apple Seems to Be Sure the AirPower Makes Any Sense
Company said to be working on the AirPower… AGAIN
March 23, 2020
https://news.softpedia.com/news/not...ure-the-airpower-makes-any-sense-529523.shtml

So for someone that was truly committed to the Apple ecosystem, getting an AirPower was something that turned charging all these devices into a much more convenient process.
But Apple decided to hold back on the release of the AirPower, so in March 2019, it officially canceled the product for good, which essentially means we’re not supposed to get a wireless charging mat from Apple anymore.
Back on the drawing board
Since then, however, people familiar with the matter said on several occasions that Apple was still looking into launching the AirPower before others claimed the project was once again abandoned.

And now Jon Prosser, who has a good track on Apple scoops, says the AirPower is back on the table once again, with a prototype being built as we speak. And unsurprisingly, one of the areas where Apple’s particularly focusing is the heat management.
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“AirPower isn’t dead. The project is back on, internally. No guarantee that they’ll finalize and release it, but they haven’t given up yet and they’re trying to re-engineer the coils to displace heat more effectively. Prototyping is underway,” he posted on Twitter.
Of course, Apple has remained completely tight-lipped on this project, and we shouldn’t expect the company to say a single word about it.
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guest · Apr 10, 2020

Apple Engineers Working on AirPower Prototype with Smart Power Routing via A11 Chip
April 10, 2020
https://wccftech.com/apple-engineer...totype-with-smart-power-routing-via-a11-chip/

As per a new leak, Apple engineers working on a new AirPower prototype powered by an A11 chip. The chip will be used to dynamically manage power (and heat) between multiple devices used on the charger.
Jon Prosser, who had reported a few weeks back that AirPower is not dead and Apple is working to re-engineer coils to displace more effectively.

It will be great to have Apple come up with an amazing wireless charger but at this stage, we are not anxiously waiting for one. Apple seems to be over-engineering a solution for wireless charging that will likely cost too much when it actually launches and will only work best with Apple devices.
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Meanwhile, other companies like OnePlus are moving to 30W wireless charging.
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zapjb · Apr 10, 2020

The thermal problem is inherent in all wireless charging solutions to date. There needs to be special cooling on the pad as well as the phone to solve this. But the efficiency of charging is then diminished. Cooling solutions if found will add substantial costs & weight. The least understood problem of wireless charging for the public (the experts know) is it heats up the hardware thus substantially shortening its lifespan.

n8chavez · Apr 10, 2020

zapjb said: ↑

The thermal problem is inherent in all wireless charging solutions to date. There needs to be special cooling on the pad as well as the phone to solve this. But the efficiency of charging is then diminished. Cooling solutions if found will add substantial costs & weight. The least understood problem of wireless charging for the public (the experts know) is it heats up the hardware thus substantially shortening its lifespan.
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Is that true even though qi uses drastically fewer watts than corded chargers?

zapjb · Apr 10, 2020

n8chavez said: ↑

Is that true even though qi uses drastically fewer watts than corded chargers?
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I think because the monies involved are substantial. That experts can be found on both sides. I have no quantitative data just a basic understanding. In other words it's a you pick'em deal. People owning phones around a year shouldn't notice hardware degradation. It's ownership of a couple years or more where you'd see high differences in hardware failures vs corded charging.

guest · Apr 14, 2020

The thermal problem is inherent in all wireless charging solutions to date. There needs to be special cooling on the pad as well as the phone to solve this.
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Warp Charge 30 Wireless Charger
OnePlus' new rapid wireless charging uses a fan to cool your phone's battery and the charger
30 Watts flowing over the air does not generate an insubstantial amount of heat
April 14, 2020
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...-to-cool-your-phones-battery-and-the-charger/

OnePlus' new rapid wireless charging tech is something to behold, and in our testing, lives up to the hype. So how did OnePlus manage to send 30 Watts of juice across a wireless coil when most other brands max out at a comparatively measly 10 or 15? A lot of it's just down to heat management, and the official OnePlus wireless charger sure is doing a fair bit to achieve the necessary results.

For one, unlike some wireless chargers in the past with fans, OnePlus' unit isn't just cooling the charging coil and components: it's cooling the phone.
We do think the fan is a little on the loud side [...] but given the speed advantage of OnePlus' new system here, I think that's fairly forgivable.
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Keeping my phone topped up wirelessly has become second nature, but for those times when I do want a quick charge, I'd rather do it wirelessly than wired if given the choice. And now, there's finally a way to do it.
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guest · Jul 22, 2020

Best Qi Wireless Charging Portable Chargers in 2020
July 22, 2020
https://www.androidcentral.com/best-qi-wireless-charging-power-banks

Wireless PowerShare is a cool gimmick on stage for devices like the Galaxy S10, but in practicality, you're sacrificing your phone's battery to recharge your headphones, smartwatch, or another phone.

It's far, far easier to just buy a power bank that supports Qi wireless charging for all of your accessories and Qi-enabled phones.
While Qi power banks aren't quite as popular as traditional power banks, there is still a good variety to choose from right now. [...]
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Wirelessly charging your phone is still worse than wired charging
Wireless charging by its very nature will lose more power during the charging process than regular wired charging. Qi charging has a lower transfer efficiency, so more energy is lost generating the wireless charging current than would be lost through wired charging, and it will be slower than wired charging on almost any wireless charger on a power bank today.

On the note of pocket charging, wireless charging generates heat, so if you intend to slap your phone on a wireless charger in your pocket you need to be mindful of that heat and its possible buildup.
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