I'm considering buying a new phone, and one feature which I think I won't be budging on is wireless charging.
With our googling every single phone, is there a list available or does anybody have recommendations?
Thanks!
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Wade: If you want a hard and fast rule, just about any phone with a metal body will not have built in support for wireless charging
Personally, i wouldn't limit my choice to those that supported wireless charging, I'd be more interested in fast charging and/or battery capacity. I had a Nokia 920 with wireless charging and couldn't rave enough about how great and convenient that feature was (and it was) then i went back to Android and after a month without forgot all about wireless charging
Wireless was a buzz a couple of years ago, back when you still struggled to get a full day out of a flagship device under moderate to heavy use, these days better battery management, better SOC's, bigger batteries etc you can easily get through a day on a single charge so the convenience factor is mitigated, there is no need to top up charge, and if there is then the benefit of fast charge is a better option
jonathan18: Here's another way of seeing at least what's available in NZ: http://pricespy.co.nz/category.php?k=103#rparams=m=s238408083
Edit: the above link is for "supports wireless charging"; this link is to those that have "built-in wireless charging" http://pricespy.co.nz/category.php?k=103#rparams=m=s238408130
Not sure if it's fully comprehensive, but may give you some idea of the options.
I'm yet to be convinced of the necessity of wireless charging, but that may be because I was too stingy to buy a charging base that was known to work properly with my phone (a G3), and the cheap-as one I bought off eBay is notoriously fussy about the phone's location on the charger so I've hardly used it (that said, I understand the G3 is known as a fussy phone for wireless charging). I've just this week ordered another cheap charger (clearly I don't learn from my mistakes!), as I'm over trying to insert the USB cable into the phone in the dark. Hopefully its design (a flat pad) will deliver better results than the first (an angled cylinder).
reven:Wade: If you want a hard and fast rule, just about any phone with a metal body will not have built in support for wireless charging
Personally, i wouldn't limit my choice to those that supported wireless charging, I'd be more interested in fast charging and/or battery capacity. I had a Nokia 920 with wireless charging and couldn't rave enough about how great and convenient that feature was (and it was) then i went back to Android and after a month without forgot all about wireless charging
Wireless was a buzz a couple of years ago, back when you still struggled to get a full day out of a flagship device under moderate to heavy use, these days better battery management, better SOC's, bigger batteries etc you can easily get through a day on a single charge so the convenience factor is mitigated, there is no need to top up charge, and if there is then the benefit of fast charge is a better option
Couldnt disagree more. Wireless charging is a must for any phone I buy, the convenience of it is far too great. It's basically the number 1 item on my checklist for a new phone. #cablessuck.
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