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Who cares? I haven’t charged my phone through the port in years.
by dwighttk 3y ago
Who cares? I haven’t charged my phone through the port in years.
- epolanski 3y agoPeople who charge through ports.
- mehdix 3y agoI am one of them. Heck, I have even worked for a wireless charging startup for years :) Even though I own all sort of wireless charging gadgets, somehow prefer the definite result of connecting a cable compared to putting my phone on a surface and moving it a lil bit to make sure it work and is in/supports fast charging mode. I have of course cables all around me.
- dwighttk 3y agoMy wireless charger has magnets that align it and keep it aligned. I would also eschew finicky alignment based wireless charging.
- garganzol 3y agoIf you were somewhere in the woods, your would prefer to not waste the power from you solar energy source on heating the surroundings with EM radiation, so you would use a cable instead of a wireless charging. This is why the cable charging is here to stay and is not going anywhere.
- hylaride 3y ago99% of my charging is overnight with the magnetic wireless charger and I love it. But it's slow. If you need to recharge more quickly, wired is significantly faster.
- falcolas 3y agoFWIW, I’m not a huge fan of current wireless charging because of how inefficient the tech is. So much energy is wasted bridging the space between the coils. The evidence? The heat generated by the coils, which you can easily feel, especially with the higher wattage chargers. To me, that waste matters, since it’s something so easily eliminated with very little effort.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYou should try MagSafe. I haven’t felt my phone feel hot once since I changed my charging from a pad to a MagSafe charger. They are also much more efficient, since not much heat is being generated.
- falcolas 3y agoThis is with MagSafe. Sure, there’s not the same misalignment issue, but there’s still a gap, made worse by cases.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoYa, it sounds like you have a really bad charger then. My phone is always cold when I pick it up even while it’s charging (ie not finished charging). I have a non-MagSafe pad in my car that causes my phone to get really hot, in comparison.