TL;DW: Fast charging over 2 years only degraded the battery an extra 0.5%, even on extremely fast charging Android phones using 120W.

And with that, hopefully we can put this argument to rest.

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    13 hours ago

    Wireless charging is a gimmick like 3D TV was. There’s only one use case, and it’s car use. But it doesn’t need to be fast. In every other case it’s worse than cable in every aspect

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        12 hours ago

        You’re so cool. You can just throw your phone at charging plate to cook itself, while you can’t use it. But it looks cool. Cool tech for cool people.

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          11 hours ago

          It makes my wife considerably less pissed off when I come to bed late and am not fumbling with cables, so it’s a win for me.

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      A phone with wireless charging is a bit niche, but if only all my little devices had wireless charging; earbuds, vape, tablet, controller, remote, etc. I’d set a charging mat in the middle of the coffee table and have all my devices just be charged and ready to go. Now it’s just a mess of wires, with the only thing I keep glued to my hand featuring wireless charging!?

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        12 hours ago

        I’m hoping for ranged wireless charging. Everything is always charged when Im inside.

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          9 hours ago

          Not doable without some very expensive addons to your house - like IR charging from ceiling

          Everything is always charged when Im inside.

          That’s living in microwave, I’d say its not going to ever happen

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      10 hours ago

      Wireless charging sucks. It costs significantly more energy to charge the same battery to full.

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        7 hours ago

        Your phone doesn’t have that much energy stored in it. 5 watt hours or so? Now consider the energy cost of making usb-c cords

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          6 hours ago

          The charging pad itself probably requires a USB-C cable itself? It takes much more materials to make them than a cable…

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      13 hours ago

      yup, the chinese brand have it right. Fast charging is amazing, just put the phone on charge for like 10-20 minutes and you can forget about your battery for another day. It’s great.

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        9 hours ago

        I have a one plus phone.

        The super vook charging works very well. It feels like less than 10 minutes to go from 10 to 80 percent.