It's wireless to a pedant. The interface isn't a wire going physically into the phone, but the phone has to be physically connected to the pad. In some ways it'

It's wireless to a pedant. The interface isn't a wire going physically into the phone, but the phone has to be physically connected to the pad. In some ways it's even less convenient than wired charging. Try reading and charging in bed. The term "wireless" clearly invokes imagery of a kind of ambient charging. Marketeers know this, and the term is used in bad faith.