Wireless Phone Charging

Discussions focus on the safety, efficiency, and practicality of wireless charging for smartphones, including concerns about battery life, heat, misalignment, and alternatives like portable or wired chargers.

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mdoms Jun 5, 2020 View on HN

Using chargers that don't exist?

btown Nov 21, 2025 View on HN

There is something wrong with their chargers.

Koshkin Feb 25, 2022 View on HN

Is this safe though? (Aren't chargers the way they are for a reason?)

dylan604 Mar 31, 2022 View on HN

what if the device is charging while in a car/train/etc?

zibzab Sep 23, 2021 View on HN

wireless charging is less efficient and may even affect battery longevity.

jamesdwilson Oct 4, 2023 View on HN

don't all smartphones limit charging these days?

crescentfresh Dec 9, 2023 View on HN

What devices do you use this to charge aside from your phone?

kylehotchkiss Oct 1, 2024 View on HN

you're forgetting how much damage it'd do in the charging port!

twodayslate Jun 29, 2013 View on HN

Put this in phones to charge them when you aren't using it?

culopatin Jun 7, 2021 View on HN

Assuming they have where to charge it