Less Than Third of Users Own Wireless Chargers, Survey Finds
More than 600 million smartphones and other devices with contact-based wireless charging shipped worldwide last year, but nearly 70 percent of consumers don’t own contact charging pads, wireless charging company Wi-Charge and Zogby Analytics reported Tuesday. Half of U.S. consumers…
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who own Qi wireless chargers have concerns about “sub-par reliability, speed and the need to leave their phone on the pad." A third said their mobile devices die “multiple times every week,” even when fully charged overnight. A quarter would pay a premium for devices that could charge themselves without user intervention through long-range wireless charging, and 25 percent with smart home devices would spend 10 percent more for a smart home device with long-range wireless power if that meant making the device more mobile and easier to maintain. Wi-Charge's Chief Marketing Officer Yuval Boger told us last week that wireless charging is “more topical than ever” because of the extra burden 5G technology is expected to put on smartphone batteries.