jacktesterson
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I just bought the 5 quid one from ebay. Lets see how good it is.
Mine works fine
I just bought the 5 quid one from ebay. Lets see how good it is.
I have one on my desk at work, one by the couch in the living room, and one on my bedroom dresser. It's so much easier just to sit the phone down on the pad rather than spending a frustrating minute to a minute and a half trying to figure out whether the phone is upside down or not, get ahold of the cable, make sure that the cable is facing the right direction and stick it in.
I was recently at a bar that had it built into the bartop, which was very cool. Eliminates the situation where you lose your friends because someone's phone died.
Only for my Philips toothbrush.
Just a follow up on the chargers. I received the cheap $8 charger from the ebay link that is posted in this thread and while they work, I like the $20 one that I got from Amazon better. The ebay one is very light and the top of it is kind of a glossy plastic. It takes longer for me to find the correct charging spot for my phone. I'm not always sue if the phone is charging without turning the screen on. The one from Amazon has a rubbery top and is much easier to find the charging spot. The base of it is heavier too and doesn't move around that much on my desk.
Both of them work, but the $20 one is better "quality".
Can you link to the Amazon one you got? I have a cheap ebay one and while it works fine the glossy top is the only thing I don't like. I'm looking to get a second pad for work.
save the microusb portThe convenience and lack of wear & tear on phone is worth it in my opinion.
I spoke with phone repair guy at mall he said he gets plenty of the iPhone5's in for the Lightning connector. I expressed surprise saying it was better than microusb, he assured me he sees just as many failures. I expressed surprise.I wish micro USB was better designed. As much as people hate on Apple for proprietary stuff, the mechanical design of the Lightning cable is far superior.
I just bought the 5 quid one from ebay. Lets see how good it is.
Any other suggestions for the perfect Qi charger for Nexus 5? Budget is $30 give or take.
I spoke with phone repair guy at mall he said he gets plenty of the iPhone5's in for the Lightning connector. I expressed surprise saying it was better than microusb, he assured me he sees just as many failures. I expressed surprise.
careful. My $8 amazon one was cooking the phone. 46-47C after 10% of charging (might have been fault of 1A charger instead of 2A...I'll have to try swapping). So I upgraded to the $12 one here:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EWCEHNS...?ie=UTF8&psc=1
battery tops out at 37-41C. IMO, enough to nuke it, but a replacement battery runs $15 and the convenience of having the phone always topped up is worth the tax.
My WP Nokia Lumia 920 has it built in and I love it. No more trying to figure out if I have the micro USB upside down or not. Plop the phone down and viola!
Buy a more intelligent charger. The good ones will have more than one charging coil (typically three) and will auto-switch to the one most suitable for the device placement. Some (one?) will even move the coil to the device which is awesome but probably overly complicated.Any updates? Trying to buy a wireless charger that works reliably when placed upon the pad. I got a cheap ebay wireless charging pad and it's extremely finicky. It likes to cycle on and off or not make connection at all at least 75% of the time. One time I unplugged the USB port and plugged it back in to see if it would glitch and what do you know, it went into a cycling on and off before I removed the phone and replaced it again.