There are a lot of wireless chargers. Here are a few more we like, but for one reason or another don't warrant a place above. If you have any phone in the iPhone 12 or 13 families — including the Mini, Pro or Pro Max — you should consider a MagSafe charger. Rings of magnets on the charger and the phone ensure perfect alignment, and iPhones can charge at up to 15W on a MagSafe charger, compared to 7.5W on a Qi charger. And unlike with a regular wireless charger, you don’t have to leave your phone sitting around while it’s charging; you can use it normally. It even leaves the Lightning port free for wired headphones. (Whether that’s a good thing depends on your relationship with screen time and is outside the scope of this article). There are two small issues I found with this charger. First, the integrated USB-A cable, although braided for durability, looks cheap compared to the rest of the pad, and is only 90cm (3 feet) long, making the places where I could put the charger limited by how close my power outlets were. Plus, the charger is only capable of 10W output, which while available with any compatible device, is a bit slow. Which company's wireless charger is best?

There are a couple of key things you should consider when selecting a wireless charger for your handset. The first of these is exactly what level of charge you're looking for. Thanks to the Qi wireless charging standard, and the proliferation of wireless charging tech, there are plenty of wireless chargers that cost very little money that will deliver up to 10W wireless charging.Safe connections : No worries about third-party chargers and using incorrect chargers or the wrong ports.

This bar-shaped pad couldn’t deliver full power to any of the four phones we tried it with, and at 5.8 inches by 2.8 inches by .47 inches, it’s as large as many smartphones, which Anker claims helps with phone alignment. It doesn’t include an AC adapter; by the time you add one, it costs as much as more powerful, better-looking options. Wireless chargers are more convenient compared to traditional wired chargers. Other benefits include: Not all phones are compatible with the Qi technology standard. Most of the current 5G phones and the following earlier phones can be charged wirelessly:That LED is one of the Otto Q’s few downsides. Its pattern — two fast blinks, then one slow — reads to us more as “there’s a problem” than “I’m charging normally.” Fortunately, it’s not very bright, but the blink could be distracting in a dark bedroom.