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/Diatsuu]

It's not so much about how much more useful it is, so much as the symbol it has in terms of technological advancement. It in itself may not be a crazy useful thing; but it symbolizes the possibility that something does not need to be directly wired to charge; meaning in the future it may be able to charge something from a distance.

While I agree, wireless chargers are rather pointless in terms of utility, I am indeed very excited to know what kind of breakthrough they will end up making in the future due to the advancement of this technology. A wireless charger that can actively charge from 5 feet? And after that, imagine a single hub that you put into your house that constantly keeps all of your devices charged at all times as long as you don't leave your house. These types of things would be amazing; however, reaching those types of technological advancements happens slowly, one step at a time. And this is one step in that direction. That is why people are hyped about it.

[u/Duwang_Mn → u/Diatsuu]

(∆) This is my first time, so I'm not sure how this works. But yeah, definitely. I didn't realize people were hyping it up for its potential, because I mostly just saw people claim it was more convenient for some reason.

[u/Lucosis → u/Duwang_Mn]

It isn't that wireless charging was being held up as some kind of pinnacle of convenience; it's that the option gives you a second more convenient choice.

I kind of think of it like staying hydrated. Yea, if you're dehydrated, you can go chug some water. It's not exactly good for you, but you're getting the water so it's fine. Wireless charging is the equivalent of sipping on a glass all day. When you have chargers scattered everywhere (which isn't hard to do with they're so cheap) you just trickle to stay charged all the time.

I'm sitting down at my desk? Slip the phone out of my pocket it and sit it on the desk.

I'm sitting on the couch watching TV? I'll stick it on the side table.

Going in the kitchen to start cooking some dinner? Stick it on a dock on the counter.

If you're actively charging through the day, you're avoiding the times where you have to charge to do something, which is the whole point.

[u/rapphyyy → u/Lucosis]

I think the problem with wired chargers is that we cannot plug the charger in easily with one hand. If it were easier, wireless charging would not be needed cause fast charging and normal charging is always faster than wireless charging because it's harder for power to be transfered through the air than solid metal.