Why Wireless Chargers Useless in Car

But as premium this feature is, for a market like India, it is almost useless. There are many reasons for this including the pitfalls of wireless charging technology itself. These days, wireless charging can be found as a premium feature on many cars, including many new models that cost less than Rs 8 lakh but donโ€™t get fooled by the hype.

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Wireless Charger
  • Most smartphones sold in India are priced below Rs 20,000, while the iPhone SE is counted among the most affordable phones to offer this feature โ€“ which starts at Rs 39,990. Yes, one of the most affordable and popular phones to provide the feature is two times more expensive than the average price of a smartphone in India. Wireless charging is utterly a fringe benefit at most.ย 
  • Actually, thatโ€™s also not true because wireless charging isnโ€™t even truly wireless.
  • You need a pad on which you keep the phone. So the moment you pick up the phone, the phone does stop charging. Many people still use their phones while charging it with a cable andย via wireless charging, thisย isnโ€™t possible. Of course, it is unsafe and highly ill-advised to use a phone while it is being charged, but people do it.
  • Most wireless chargers donโ€™t enable a magnetic connection, the charging can stop randomly. It is unreliable, to say the least. This may change with Appleโ€™s MagSafe charging tech, but then again automotive OEMs will have to incorporate it but it is likely to remain an Apple exclusive tech which again canโ€™t be a solution..
  • In case of wireless charging being slow.
  • Recently smartphone companies like Xiaomi, Oneplus and Huawei have come up with fast wireless chargers which work with proprietary chargers. But the standard Qi-based wireless charging is gated at 5-7-watts wherein even an iPhone now gets charged at 18-watts. So your charge speeds are reduced to 50 percent.ย 
  • Wireless charging also heats up the phone โ€“ so unless you have a cooling pad, In a place like India, where the temperatures can get pretty excruciating in the summers, this is an even bigger issue as overheating can reduce the life of your phoneโ€™s battery and can cause all kinds of damage to the phone.ย 
  • This is stupid plain, Theย iPhone 12 Pro has a 6.1-inch screen and that phone canโ€™t be charged on some vehicles because the pad is too small for the phone. Most smartphones these days have 6-inch plus screens.
  • This is again a bad habit that wireless charging inculcates.
  • The older wired charging is better itโ€™s faster and reliable and cheap and it works everywhere.ย 
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