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		hengheng on June 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Starbucks starts rolling out wireless phone charge... What's the wattage on these? AFAIR Qi is at 2.7W, which is not enough to sustain my Note 2's charge during browsing or video.

reportingsjr on June 12, 2014 [–]

Looking at the wiki page and the spec on their website v1.0 of the spec is 5W of charging[1]. There is apparently a new one that either has been released or may be released soon that supports up to 120W.

[1]: http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/developers/specificat...

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