To preface, I’m far from a phone nerd. I’m still rocking an iPhone 8 and I’m absolutely happy with it. Yes, I’m still on the “huge chin and forehead” bandwagon, and honestly struggle to see the massive benefit of being rid of that. Yes, more screen real estate would always be a a bonus but I can honestly say (obvious confirmation bias aside) I’m not massively disappointed that my phone screen doesn’t stretch the entire length of the body of the phone.
Would that be cool? I guess so, provided I put a lot of value into something that I hold right up to my face anyway. Do I really care that much to pay for an upgrade? Not really to be honest, i don’t really get the appeal. Most videos are shot in a certain aspect ratio anyway.
But all this is an aside to my main question, what’s the post of wireless charging? Like, who cares? To me it’s a backwards step.
“I can charge my phone by simply resting it on a specific place on a pad, but I can’t use it while it’s charging and it wastes a bunch of energy/money by virtue of the early days of the technology. But I don’t have to fuss with a cable, man that was such a chore!”
“Oh right. I just click a cable into the bottom, takes like a second, and I can still use it while it’s charging, it’s pretty cool.”
Honestly, I’m often behind the times a little with technological advances but I genuinely don’t understand why this is a forward step.
“It’s amazing! You can just put your phone down on a pad and charge it less efficiently without being able to interact with it at all! It’s the future!”
“Or you could just, you know, simply click a cable into the bottom and keep using it as you were and charge it more effectively into the bargain.”
Am I missing something? Genuine question.
