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Although I've been aware of this functionality first introduced with a Nokia phone I think last year, never really gave it a second thought for the iPhone. Just chalked it up to another one of those "sacrifices" that as someone who lives in the iOS ecosystem has to make. Then a few weeks ago an Android-using colleague asked me if I had tried wireless charing with the iPhone. Blink, blink. That's possible? Turns out sure is, and lots of options. And so I delved into my looking at reviews mode.
Several days later I had the BEZALEL Qi Wireless Charger for the phone and PowerBot® PB1020 Qi Enabled Wireless Charging unit on the way from Amazon. I decided to get just one charging pad as this charging style, might prove to be incongruent with lifestyle etc. The choice of the adapter for the phone was quite straightforward. The charging unit however was a bit more tricky. Price seem to start about US$13 which is what I paid and then just go up. From what I've seen and read, the more expensive units provider a larger surface area on which to place the phone without making niggly adjustments to ensure gets a charge. Given that this was my first foray, I decided to go with the cheapest unit (although it still had excellent reviews).
They both arrived today (go Youshop once again!) and so far I'm pretty impressed. The BEZALEL fits in really nicely and is barely noticeable or protruding with my iPhone case (http://apple.co/1HjMsT1). Similarly the PowerBot "just works". And as for the correct placement on the charging unit, easily done.
The only bummer is that my recent interest in switching to a wallet case for the phone has been put on hold. Partly because I'll probably fry the magnetic or PayPass/PayWave chips and also because the cases are too bulky I imagine to get enough "Qi" through them.
I'll update this post after a few days or weeks with more.
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