• Otakeb@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I hate wireless charging too, though. It’s inherently less efficient than wired, and you have less range of motion while charging. With a wire, I can still use my phone while it’s plugged in. Wireless charging needs to go away imo.

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      Couldn’t disagree more. Wireless charging with magnetic attachment like magsafe is a godsend for using my phone as a GPS. Just slap it onto it’s magnetic wireless charger and go. Pull it off when done. A million times better than the old chargers that grip the phone and then also having to plug it in every time I need to drive somewhere, then undo it all when I get there.

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      I’m pretty glad to have both options. I take your point about using it while charging, but I also find myself having to jump up from my desk quite a bit, and it’s nice to be able to just pick up my phone without first unplugging it. And I imagine all of that plugging and unplugging is reducing the durability of the port over time.

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        I really like the magnetic charging port plug adaptors for situations like that, but personally, if I’m jumping up and down from my desk at work or something and have my phone plugged in, I’ll just leave it on my desk while I’m away. And if I’m not coming back to it for a good bit, the extra half second it takes to unplug my phone is more than worth the more efficient power transfer, imo.

        But to each their own.

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      I interested in how your hate for wireless charging has anything to do with this thread?

      We’ve had wireless charging in every single material back and it’s absolutely wonderful QOL improvement.

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        Even disregarding material, it is literally less efficient due to transmission losses, and it’s only “wireless” in so far as you have a wireless dock to drop your phone on that is then attached to the wall just like a regular cable. The only thing it does is make it so you don’t have to plug a cable in or use a magnetic cable attachment, but there isn’t really any convenience gain over just having a charging cord especially if you have a super long charging cable for your stationary spots in the house.

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        Considering it comes at the cost of your phone being more fragile, the argument is not without merit

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              I hate wireless charging too, though. It’s inherently less efficient than wired, and you have less range of motion while charging. With a wire, can still use my phone while it’s plugged in. Wireless charging needs to go away imo.

              Glass isn’t mentioned nowhere in this comment which started this conversation.

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                  That’s why I deleted my comment almost immediately after posting it. Now I’m wondering how were you able to reply to it few hours later. Guess this Lemmy thing is still buggy.

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                    Ah, makes sense. Yeah it still exists on my instance. Hopefully the underlying bug gets resolved, since it’s now wasted both of our time :)

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            Metal backs are incompatible with wireless charging.

            So that leaves ceramic, plastic and glass. Plastic isn’t “premium” enough apparently so that leaves ceramic and glass both of which are fragile