The Truth About Wireless Charging: A Mixed Bag
Hey Internet, so I thought I'd have a brief chat about wireless charging and spoiler alert, it's trash. Got it? Trash. Now, don't get me wrong, I appreciate the ingenuity that goes into developing new technologies, but with wireless charging, it seems like we're taking two steps forward, one step back.
The potential for this tech is very promising, but the way it's applied is quite limited. What it does is take a relatively simple process of taking electricity and transferring it from a power source to your phone and adds a point of failure to it. Still, it's common to see tech reviewers touting the lack of traditional charging ports as a selling point for phones that don't have them.
So, let's put this in an analogy. Your phone is like a car, the charging port is like the road to a destination, and wireless charging is some kind of convoluted shortcut that doesn't get you to your destination any quicker. With the period of time we're living in right now, it seems that wireless charging's shortcomings have been made even more apparent when using your phone at home.
For example, if you're on your phone all day, you'll find yourself needing to charge it more often because you're always on it. And using a wireless charger can make things a lot more awkward, especially if you're not careful with the placement of your device. However, I hear people say that wireless charging means you don't have to fumble around in the dark to charge your phone. But does it really?
With lightning on iOS phones and USB type-C on most newer Android phones, you get a reversible connector that makes aligning things easier than ever before. And now, with magnetic charging cables, you can simply pop your device onto the charger without worrying about misalignment issues like those pesky millimeters of separation.
But where's the convenience? We've all been there: we go to sleep and bless our phones to charge overnight, only to wake up in the morning and find that it hasn't charged at all, or because it was misaligned by a single millimeter. This is a known problem that even Apple tried to remedy with an extra layer of copper coils to expand the charging area.
Unfortunately, even that solution came with its own set of issues. So, not only is wireless charging less reliable than standard charging, but it's also half the speed compared to traditional fast charging methods, which can deliver up to three times more power than wireless charging. And then there's the issue of reverse wireless charging: who doesn't want to be able to power all their devices with their phone?
But what does this say about our obsession with wireless charging? Maybe it's just a phase, like when earbuds first went wireless and became truly wireless. We might see some innovation in wireless charging down the line, but for now, it feels like we're stuck in a holding pattern.
So, is wireless charging truly two steps forward but one step back? I don't know if that's just me being jaded from living through all this tech hype, or if there's actually something to say about how we've been expecting too much from wireless charging. What do you guys think? Let me know in the comments and go easy on me because it's my first video. Thanks for watching!
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period kind of find ourselves in right now means that it's shortcomings have been made even more apparent to me when you're at home using your phone you do find yourself charging your phone more because you're on your phone more and it's made a lot more awkward if you choose to wirelessly charge your phone instead of using traditional cables but get a I hear you cry wireless charging means you don't have to fumble around in the dark to charge your phone does it though with lightning on iOS phones and USB type-c on most newer Android phones you get a reversible connector meaning you're not fumbling around in the dark like you were with connectors of yesteryear and now you even have magnetic charging cables that go into your phone's port making aligning a lot easier so where's the convenience okay hand on heart time how many of us have gone to sleep and bless our phone to charge overnight only to wake up the next morning and see that it hadn't charged at all or because it was misaligned by naught point naught naught naught naught naught naught naught naught 1 millimeter this was such a known problem that even Apple tried to remedy the situation by a layer copper coil of a copper coil to expand the area you can charge but even that came with its own issues someone smell burning another drawback power output most standard charges have about 15 watts of output and like three times that with fast charging whereas wireless charging has about 7.5 maybe 9 watts depending on what phone you use so let me get this straight not only is it less reliable than standard charging it's half the speed too and if that wasn't ludicrous enough phones yes phones are now offering reverse wireless charging because who doesn't look at their phone and think I think would be pretty cool to power all my devices with this I mean sure in the first couple of years you will be mr. big boots just imbuing your friends with energy left right center I think that scenario is a little bit different once you start wearing down that battery a bit a man forgot my charger do you think I could get a beer juice from you take one goddamn step near my phone I'll kick you in the throat yeah not so altruistic now huh and I don't want to be that guy but it's called wireless charging when wires are clearly involved it kinda reminds me of when earbuds first went wireless and that evolved to be truly Wireless and that might be the one crumb hope I have a wireless charging that this is just the first phase of it I mean sure it's a neat trick but school wireless charging a flagship feature for me is akin to saying a camera is amazing because I has a high megapixel count it would need to match or exceed the output standard charging has now it also needs to significantly reduce its rate of failure by extending the range of which your phone needs to initiate a charge for me maybe it's not trash but I still feel like it has a long way to go but what do you guys think is this just a ravings of some quarantine jaded madman or do you feel like wireless charging truly is two steps forward but one step back let me know in the comments and you know go easy on me it's my first video thanks for watchinghey Internet so I thought I'd have a brief chat about wireless charging and spoiler alert it is trash got it trash trash now don't get me wrong I appreciate the ingenuity it takes to develop new technologies but with wireless charging it seems like it's to set forward but one step back the potential for the tech is very promising but the way is applied is quite limited style over substance if you will what it does is take a relatively simple process of taking electricity and transferring it from a power source to your phone and adds a point of failure to it but still it is very common to see a whole bunch of tech review it's not points of a phone for not having it I mean how much more convenient is it anyway ok ok ok let's put it in an analogy say your phone is a car why are charging is the route to a destination and now you got wireless charging which is some kind of convoluted shortcut that doesn't get you to your destination any quicker plus the period kind of find ourselves in right now means that it's shortcomings have been made even more apparent to me when you're at home using your phone you do find yourself charging your phone more because you're on your phone more and it's made a lot more awkward if you choose to wirelessly charge your phone instead of using traditional cables but get a I hear you cry wireless charging means you don't have to fumble around in the dark to charge your phone does it though with lightning on iOS phones and USB type-c on most newer Android phones you get a reversible connector meaning you're not fumbling around in the dark like you were with connectors of yesteryear and now you even have magnetic charging cables that go into your phone's port making aligning a lot easier so where's the convenience okay hand on heart time how many of us have gone to sleep and bless our phone to charge overnight only to wake up the next morning and see that it hadn't charged at all or because it was misaligned by naught point naught naught naught naught naught naught naught naught 1 millimeter this was such a known problem that even Apple tried to remedy the situation by a layer copper coil of a copper coil to expand the area you can charge but even that came with its own issues someone smell burning another drawback power output most standard charges have about 15 watts of output and like three times that with fast charging whereas wireless charging has about 7.5 maybe 9 watts depending on what phone you use so let me get this straight not only is it less reliable than standard charging it's half the speed too and if that wasn't ludicrous enough phones yes phones are now offering reverse wireless charging because who doesn't look at their phone and think I think would be pretty cool to power all my devices with this I mean sure in the first couple of years you will be mr. big boots just imbuing your friends with energy left right center I think that scenario is a little bit different once you start wearing down that battery a bit a man forgot my charger do you think I could get a beer juice from you take one goddamn step near my phone I'll kick you in the throat yeah not so altruistic now huh and I don't want to be that guy but it's called wireless charging when wires are clearly involved it kinda reminds me of when earbuds first went wireless and that evolved to be truly Wireless and that might be the one crumb hope I have a wireless charging that this is just the first phase of it I mean sure it's a neat trick but school wireless charging a flagship feature for me is akin to saying a camera is amazing because I has a high megapixel count it would need to match or exceed the output standard charging has now it also needs to significantly reduce its rate of failure by extending the range of which your phone needs to initiate a charge for me maybe it's not trash but I still feel like it has a long way to go but what do you guys think is this just a ravings of some quarantine jaded madman or do you feel like wireless charging truly is two steps forward but one step back let me know in the comments and you know go easy on me it's my first video thanks for watching\n"
