Wireless charger?
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Yea it's a trade off between that and wearing your charging port out if you are intending to keep your phone long term.
I use a bit of both now, I use a wireless charger whilst I'm working and tend to use a wired fast charger more over the weekends and for a fast top up if I need it.
My old phone the charging port wore out before the battery, although I managed to replace that and the battery, it's still going today, I use it for work probably be about 8 years old.
I use a bit of both now, I use a wireless charger whilst I'm working and tend to use a wired fast charger more over the weekends and for a fast top up if I need it.
My old phone the charging port wore out before the battery, although I managed to replace that and the battery, it's still going today, I use it for work probably be about 8 years old.
Thanks guys. Yeah, I think my charging port is wearing out. At home, it still fast charges but quite often the first time I plug the cable in it'll say slow charging and then when I reconnect it'll be fast charging. In the car, I've got two fast chargers that push into the 12v lighter socket, both of which used to fast charge but now only slow charge. My feeling is it's probably to do with the charging port. So I guess I'd best buy a wireless charger at least for home in case the port completely packs up. I saw a 10w Belkin wireless charger at Currys for £14.99 and a 15w Belkin wireless charger for £24.99. I guess I should get the 15w. Is £24.99 too much? Oh and some other brand in Currys, 15w for £19.99.
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I used the official 50W wireless charger with my Xiaomi 14 for a while, but found that the temperature stayed elevated all night even once the battery had reached 100%.
I stopped using it and returned to wired charging.
Now with my Oppo Find N5 I've only ever tested wireless charging works, have not used it since!
I stopped using it and returned to wired charging.
Now with my Oppo Find N5 I've only ever tested wireless charging works, have not used it since!
Well a 10W charger is only £14.99 so that's ok. To charge from zero to 100% on my S21 is in the region of an hour and a half or so. Roughly how long would 10W take?
Varies depending on the phone's idle drain and battery size. Assuming it's the standard S21 I'm going to guess ~2 hours, maybe more.
are all wireless chargers supposed to be the same? the only one I have is on my Ebike.
I tried my toothbrush on it and my watch but none of them charge, they act like its not enough watts or so.
you can get USB C cables that support 240watts btw for charging laptops etc, most phones probably support like 30-100watts fast charge.
I tried my toothbrush on it and my watch but none of them charge, they act like its not enough watts or so.
you can get USB C cables that support 240watts btw for charging laptops etc, most phones probably support like 30-100watts fast charge.
Anker 515 USB C to USB C Cable, USB 4 Cable 3.3 ft, Supports 8K HD Display, 40 Gbps Data Transfer, 240W Charging USB C Charger Cable, for Type-C Laptop, Hub, Docking, and More : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
Anker 515 USB C to USB C Cable, USB 4 Cable 3.3 ft, Supports 8K HD Display, 40 Gbps Data Transfer, 240W Charging USB C Charger Cable, for Type-C Laptop, Hub, Docking, and More : Amazon.co.uk: Computers & Accessories
www.amazon.co.uk
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Generally no, a lot of products have their own specific wireless charging setups.
Phone charging is slowly becoming a bit more standardised with Qi standards though.
As mentioned Qi is the standard pretty much all phones support. Some watches do support it but not all of them, a family member's Galaxy watch 6 works with it, my older Galaxy watch 3 didn't. Toothbrushes uses their own thing. Earbud cases also usually support Qi.
The Samsung Duo charger has a fan & it's genuinely whisper quiet
No good for me if it's at the side of my head. Anything keeps me awake
Same here. It's clearly not the best method in terms of performance, thermals, longevity etc but the practicality of being able to put my phone on the charger with one hand in less than five seconds makes a big difference for me.
I spent a lot of time carrying kids at home and it's just not practical to put them down, grab the cable and plug a phone in... I frequently had the battery nearly drained before I switched over to mainly wireless.
I spent a lot of time carrying kids at home and it's just not practical to put them down, grab the cable and plug a phone in... I frequently had the battery nearly drained before I switched over to mainly wireless.
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My other 4 wireless chargers have no fan