Not sure where that came from.
Even toothbrushes have been doing that a long time.
My phone is always topped off. it is a no brainer. All you do is plop it down and it charges. Someone calls you pick it up like a regular phone, no cables etc. and when done you put it back down.
Anyone who thinks its a gimmick is wrong, Every phone should have this feature built in.
It's a gimmick if you don't use it, I had it on my Nexus 4 and used it successfully maybe 3 times. I especially enjoyed how my phone had to be placed ABSOLUTELY PERFECT on the charger for it to charge. And 98% of the time I would wake up only to see it had stopped charging yet I hadn't touched the phone.
While I'm sure it's gotten a lot better, it's not a feature I'll ever use. And it doesn't work on metal phones, so I definitely won't ever use it because I hate plastic & glass phones.
My phone is always topped off. it is a no brainer. All you do is plop it down and it charges.
I look forward to a truly cordless world in the next couple years. Everything already syncs wirelessly, I'd be happy to relegate even a usb-c cable to a desk drawer.
Yep, after having it it's hard to go back to not using. It's great to have a dock on the nightstand and just plop the phone down as go to bed. No wires or things to mess with. It's also pretty amazing at how forgiving the charge is. I've got this case on my G4: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VXQI0MK?psc=1
I can set the phone down on the charger even in that case and it will still charge. Crazy.
I'd rather have a phone that I unplug in the morning and am confident that the battery would last me a full day of hard use.
I need it to work with a case. Not one of those ridiculous cases that makes the phone way longer and has to be plugged into the usb or lightning port, but one that uses dedicated contacts built into the back of the phone to transfer power from the coil in the case. Working without a case does nothing for me because I've never owned a phone that I managed to not drop at least twice a week.
I'd rather have a phone that I unplug in the morning and am confident that the battery would last me a full day of hard use.
Now this I'd like. A totally sealed phone with no need of any physical ports at all. (You'd need a service port for when things go tits up but that could be hidden away with the sim slot and SDcard)
Until that point I'll stick with USB charging.
I need it to work with a case. Not one of those ridiculous cases that makes the phone way longer and has to be plugged into the usb or lightning port, but one that uses dedicated contacts built into the back of the phone to transfer power from the coil in the case. Working without a case does nothing for me because I've never owned a phone that I managed to not drop at least twice a week.
The phone I have is a Brigadier that has the coil built in. I have the phone in a case that snaps on to a belt case. I am able to charge it even with this case on the phone.
Now the phone itself is quite thick, over 1/2 thick with the case. The wireless charger is pretty long and wide.
About lithium batteries the shallower the cycle the longer they last and the longer the charge lasts on them. Running them all the time down to 25% is not good in the longterm.
Nice thing about wireless charging, no wear and tear on the connection, or having to open and close repeatedly the waterproof plug for the port.
That's interesting. My brother's lg g3 wouldn't charge through his case. It wasn't an oem case, but then again the oem case that supported charging offered no protection for the phone at all. It seems to me that cases with enough bulk to provide real shock absorption would all be too thick for wireless charging through them. The only solution I can think of is for the phone manufacturer to provide contacts on the exterior of the phone that wireless charging cases can transfer power through. Then it won't matter how thick the case is.
My note 4 is in a thick TPU case and still works. I had some concern when I ordered the case but it works fine. Each phone may be a tad different but I wouldn't be too concerned with cases that aren't the tank proof otterbox things.