As a MagSafe fan, I can't wait for Qi2 to come to Android
Qi2 promises to bring MagSafe compatibility to Android phones, but we have yet to see any new phone that supports Qi2. I'm tired of waiting.
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Lol, are you joking? I've been 50W wirelessly charging my phone for YEARS. One of my current phones does 67W wireless charging and 120W wired charging. The other does 50W wireless and 67W wired but that's a limitation based on other design features, this is like the bottom spec acceptable now...
The only people excited for 10 year old technology are Apple fanbois that don't understand the world has left them behind.
Are you really that dense, or are you deliberately missing out every other feature (excluding charging speeds) that Qi2 offers?
Most of the features already exist in extended Qi 1.5 standards. These are not new features, they are a consolidation.
And just so we're clear, I've designed in and designed for Qi specs. I'm very familiar with the landscape. It's a marketing nothingburger to appease idiots that don't understand what already exists. You aren't going to get actual new tech in this release or the next (which is already almost finalized just not public).
Qi2 solves two of the biggest issues that many people dislike about - alignment and standardised compatibility.
Heck, even the alignment feature can be inferred from the title.
The main features that so called "idiots" or "fanbois" that are excited for very clearly flew over your head.
Wow, which phones do that high wattage with wireless charging?
Almost all the phones not destined for the boring American market. Most Xiaomi, Huawei, and Oppo phones as an example.
Xiaomi has demonstrated 200W wired charging (20V @ 10A) and 120W wireless charging which is really 134W wireless charging capable as dual 67W into a 2 cell battery charged independently.
It's amazing and I can't understand life with a 10W charger like apple people or "fast" 15W charging... I can plug in my big foldy phone after draining it on a long flight and get 50% added in 10 minutes. My smaller phone, 100% from dead in less than 15mins. And the batteries still last years. My MI 9 and 11 are still kicking. Those are 3 and 5 years old and abused daily with 100% charging at max wattage.
Wow, color me jealous!
I've looked at a couple Oppo phones, can't remember why I didn't switch to them. Possibly because GSM, and I've had bad experiences with GSM in the US.
OnePlus phones are rebranded oppo phones now
Ah, that's right. I couldn't remember who the sister company was. Thanks.
For phones available in the US, the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro do 18W and 23W wireless charging respectively when using the Pixel Stand 2. I don't really see why you would want to do more when wireless charging is so inefficient and thus generates so much heat. Every high powered wireless charger needs fans to keep both the charger and phone cool enough during charging. Even wired charging can start making a phone heat up quickly above 20W, though PPS chargers that can vary the voltage on the fly have helped improve that situation a lot.