The wireless charging on my S6 is a great tradeoff for the removable battery. I won't buy another phone without it.
It's also the reason I still wear a Motorola 360.
It's also the reason I still wear a Motorola 360.
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.
my question is does your nfc work through that case?
Apparently Google thinks it's a gimmick and didn't bother to implement it in either the 5X or the 6P.
Apparently Google thinks it's a gimmick and didn't bother to implement it in either the 5X or the 6P.
Apparently Google thinks it's a gimmick and didn't bother to implement it in either the 5X or the 6P.
Why would it be dumb to have it in the 5x and not the 6p? (seriously these names are getting dumb )Since they couldn't implement it in the 6p since it had a metal back i think would be kinda dumb for only the 5x to have wireless charging, so they ditched it for the 5x too.
True, but it still means that they forfeited wireless charging for a full metal build. And because they don't want the 5X to one-up the 6P in any way, they also had to give it up for the 5X. That's a pretty big decision to make. I'm hoping they went full metal this year for the shock factor, and that they'll go back to wireless charging in 2016 with a partial metal build akin to the Note 4 or Lumia 930.That and the metal casing of the 6P is not friendly to wireless charging. I do not think wireless charging is a gimmick at all, btw. If nothing else it serves as an extra means of charging when the wire port is broken. I find it convenient in everyday use.
I see your point. But I still think it's dumber to take away wireless charging for a phone that's meant to fan service the Nexus 5 users. I know "take away" is technically the wrong term since the 5X didn't have it to start with, but that's how it feels to some of the Nexus 4/5/6/7 users who've invested in that standard.Since they couldn't implement it in the 6p since it had a metal back i think would be kinda dumb for only the 5x to have wireless charging, so they ditched it for the 5x too.
The wireless charging on my S6 is a great tradeoff for the removable battery. I won't buy another phone without it.
It's also the reason I still wear a Motorola 360.
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.
Same with Apple. However I'm sure its about them being obsessed with fractions of a MM in thickness. I put a Qi receiver inside my case and its nice.
Apparently Google thinks it's a gimmick and didn't bother to implement it in either the 5X or the 6P.
The only reason Apple doesn't have it yet is they need to figure out a way to make it proprietary... I'm guessing an NFC like chip in Apple's charging pads to send the phone into a "charging mode" which then works. Any pad without this chip won't work.
I think Apple will get into wireless charging, but something will be different enough to make it iPhone specific.
I don't think we'll have fully-sealed phones till they can re-use SIM card numbers - then they can build the SIM card INTO the phone and have it non-removable, along with the battery and no uSD slot.
Not sure where that came from.
Even toothbrushes have been doing that a long time.
Apparently Google thinks it's a gimmick and didn't bother to implement it in either the 5X or the 6P.
But that sounds just like.... the old fashion CDMA system that we in the US *finally* caught up with the world and got rid of (though not completely)
Refresh my memory here, but I believe just a few months ago there were rumors about a phone (was it about the iPhone? can't remember) being shipped with a unique, reusable SIM card that is only supported by the major carriers. The phone will only accept that particular SIM card. You could switch your provider without switching SIM card, but this only works between the supported carriers. I don' t know about everyone else, but I think this is a logistical nightmare. If I own a phone, I want to use it without restriction.
If Google thought it was a gimmick Android wouldn't support it at all. They don't think mSD is a gimmick, it's just something they don't feel is necessary in Nexus devices. Likewise, they must feel that wireless charging is not necessary.
I somewhat agree with Google as well. When fast wireless charging becomes common place everywhere then I'll consider it a must have, but for now it's just a nice extra feature.
I do remember that rumor. It was a long time ago though, cause I think it was for the iPhone 4, IIRC.
I honestly disagree completely with Google on both counts.Nexus devices are supposed to be the definitive Android device, the benchmark. Why set the bar so low with no wireless charging, non-removable batteries and no expendable storage? Batteries (especially lithium ion) die and almost everybody in the US has a data cap - usually with a cost prohibitive overage charge.