Apple’s iPhone 8 and iPhone X come with wireless charging, so there’s no
need to reach for a cable any more. How does it work, what supports it and is
it any faster?
The new iPhone X and iPhone
8 support wireless charging for
the first time in an Apple smartphone – but what is it, how does it work and is
it worth using?
How do I
wirelessly charge my phone?
Wireless charging means, as the name
suggests, you no longer need to plug a cable into your smartphone to charge it.
Simply placing it face up on a special mat or tabletop is enough to start
charging up your smartphone’s battery, be it the iPhone X, iPhone
8, Samsung
Galaxy S8 or any number of different smartphones that support wireless
charging.
What do I
need?
You need two things: a device with wireless
charging capability and a compatible wireless charger. Plug the charger into a wall outlet and
place your device on it to power up. It’s that simple
How does it work?
Wireless charging works by
transferring energy from the charger to a receiver in the back of the phone via
electromagnetic induction. The charger uses an induction coil to create an
alternating electromagnetic field, which the receiver coil in the phone
converts back into electricity to be fed into the battery.
They typically have to be in close proximity to each other and correctly
aligned over the top of each other, although a set orientation is normally not
necessary.
Other than the iPhone 8 and X, what supports it?
Samsung Galaxy Note 7, Samsung
Galaxy S7 edge, Samsung Galaxy S7, Samsung Galaxy S6
edge+, Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Samsung Galaxy S6, Samsung Galaxy
S6 edge
Google Nexus 4, Google Nexus
5, Google Nexus 6, Google Nexus 7
LG Lucid 1, LG Lucid 2, LG
G2, LG G3
Motorola Droid Maxx, Motorola Droid
Mini, Motorola Droid Turbo
Microsoft Lumia 950 XL, Microsoft
Lumia 950, Nokia Lumia 1520, Nokia Lumia Icon, Nokia Lumia
930, Nokia Lumia 928, Nokia Lumia 920
Blackberry Priv, Blackberry Z30
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