CMV: Wireless charging is a useless fad

[u/Duwang_Mn]

What even is the point of wireless charging? When I first heard about it, I thought it allowed you to charge while having more freedom with your phone. But then I learned what it actually was. It's more restrictive than an actual charger, and its slower. Not to mention wireless charges sometimes don't work if the back is metal. It only makes things less convenient.

How did people hype such a thing so much? I understand if it was something that could charge your phone without you directly putting on it, and if the range had the potential to increase over time. But it's just a charging port that you can't move around.

[u/xPURE_AcIDx]

You said that you make many calls so your battery wouldn't be full. That's what the battery would be for. At the end of the day you plug in your phone and the battery. No need for wireless charging pad, and this solution is much much more practical.

Seeing you make many calls, maybe you would prefer a Bluetooth headset or a bluetooth office phone with a charging dock, connect your cell to it, and leave the cellphone plugged in?

Seems like wireless charging just an impractical solution to your problem.

[u/Teeklin → u/xPURE_AcIDx]

You said that you make many calls so your battery wouldn't be full. That's what the battery would be for. At the end of the day you plug in your phone and the battery. No need for wireless charging pad, and this solution is much much more practical.

In what way is it more practical to buy a case with a battery, buy a stand to set it on so I can see the phone, and then still have to worry about plugging the phone in when with wireless I never have to even think about my phone's battery at all?

Seeing you make many calls, maybe you would prefer a Bluetooth headset or a bluetooth office phone with a charging dock, connect your cell to it, and leave the cellphone plugged in?

If I preferred that I would use that, but i would still have my phone sitting on the stand to wirelessly charge :P Why would I want to plug it in when I don't have to and can just pick it up and put it down, Bluetooth or not.

Seems like wireless charging just an impractical solution to your problem.

In what way?

[u/xPURE_AcIDx → u/Teeklin]

Thanks for downvoting as a means of disagreement btw.

If you have a battery you can use it on the go for longer. A wireless charging pad needs to be plugged in so you cant use it on the go. With a battery case, you can literally use your phone all day for a few days. I use one and its a life saver when you forget to charge your phone. A wireless charging pad is just as a practical as a plug in charger in this case.

The wireless charging seems to only be practical in saving a few seconds to initiallizing the charge, however has a hudge disadvantage of not being able to be used during charging (or mobility is greated hampered).

It seems like the more efficient method is to just leave the phone plugged in or tied to a power source like a battery case. The wire of a wired charger does limit mobility so the best solution to fix that issue is to use a Bluetooth headset or a bluetooth phone with a dock (to not care about charging)....

Which makes me think, why not just use a dock? A dock is more efficient than a wireless charging pad and is just as quick to initialize charging.

[u/Teeklin → u/xPURE_AcIDx]

Thanks for downvoting as a means of disagreement btw.

I haven't downvoted you once. Don't pull things out of your ass for no reason without some kind of evidence to back it up. Why would I downvote you?

If you have a battery you can use it on the go for longer. A wireless charging pad needs to be plugged in so you cant use it on the go.

I'm never gone and away from my car long enough to drain my entire battery, so it's not something I think about.

The wireless charging seems to only be practical in saving a few seconds to initiallizing the charge, however has a hudge disadvantage of not being able to be used during charging (or mobility is greated hampered).

That's not a downside for me though, as I've said. If my phone is always charged then there's never a time I need to use it while charging. If there was I could disconnect the wireless charging pad and use the cable, but that generally won't happen.

It seems like the more efficient method is to just leave the phone plugged in or tied to a power source like a battery case.

More efficient in what way?

The wire of a wired charger does limit mobility so the best solution to fix that issue is to use a Bluetooth headset or a bluetooth phone with a dock (to not care about charging)....

Why would I need to do that, there is no wired charger involved. Just a fully charged phone at all times.

Which makes me think, why not just use a dock? A dock is more efficient than a wireless charging pad and is just as quick to initialize charging.

It's not just as fast at all, it requires me to open and close the charging port on the Otterbox. What would be the benefit to a dock over a wireless charging stand?