Thanks for quickly citing which standard they are using. It's the first thing I wondered when I saw the title. And that speaks precisely to your point: it is something I have already learned that I need to be mindful of whenever anyone says "X will come with a wireless charging pad."
If I were interested in this Ikea furniture (I can't say that I am, from the looks of it), I'd be happy since the phones in my household are both Nokias which use Qi. So I suppose I am on "Team Qi" and must naturally consider all of the competing standards to be inferior. That's how this is supposed to work, right?
Joking aside, wireless charging plates are amazingly convenient and I love that Ikea is putting them directly into furniture, even if these particular pieces do not yet strike me as suitable for my house. Presently, I have Qi plates at our desks, at the side table by the couch, and on the night stands. I would be in favor of plates that were there but couldn't be seen, for a slightly sleeker aesthetic.
For several years, I drove a MINI E electric car. Since then, I've been of the mind I will never again buy an ICE vehicle. ICE is dead to me. The same has happened with wireless charging. I will never buy a cell phone that requires I fidget with a wire to charge it. Connecting a wire is dead to me.
I am baffled that laptops and tablets are still behind the wireless charging curve. I want to drop my Surface on a charging plate.
Indeed. There are disadvantages. I guess what you're saying is that my Surface would charge more slowly on a pad than it will with its wire?
So be it.
I still want the convenience of wireless charging for my tablet/laptop. Here's the thing: my devices that charge wirelessly are in practice more often charged than those that require a wire. The speed of charging with a wire is immaterial if by requiring a wire, you have reduced the frequency of charging.
And if it's about efficiency (cost) of charging, then fine, let me know it will use a bit more electricity. I'm still going to do it. I've got way bigger fish to fry there.
If I were interested in this Ikea furniture (I can't say that I am, from the looks of it), I'd be happy since the phones in my household are both Nokias which use Qi. So I suppose I am on "Team Qi" and must naturally consider all of the competing standards to be inferior. That's how this is supposed to work, right?
Joking aside, wireless charging plates are amazingly convenient and I love that Ikea is putting them directly into furniture, even if these particular pieces do not yet strike me as suitable for my house. Presently, I have Qi plates at our desks, at the side table by the couch, and on the night stands. I would be in favor of plates that were there but couldn't be seen, for a slightly sleeker aesthetic.
For several years, I drove a MINI E electric car. Since then, I've been of the mind I will never again buy an ICE vehicle. ICE is dead to me. The same has happened with wireless charging. I will never buy a cell phone that requires I fidget with a wire to charge it. Connecting a wire is dead to me.
I am baffled that laptops and tablets are still behind the wireless charging curve. I want to drop my Surface on a charging plate.