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Maybe I’m old and prefer having the phone in my hand rather than propped at an angle unless I’m watching some videos, in which case my phone would be landscape mode anyways so the port is easily accessible

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DBT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Apple’s mag safe charger is pretty popular and you can easily hold the phone in portrait mode while charging (at 25W with the latest models). The puck is thin and sticks to the center of the back of the phone.

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- ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Does it charg as efficiently as a wired power bank?
  
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  - fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That’s not physically possible.
    
    But it is extremely efficient for what it is. The first number I found on google said it’s 95% efficient.
    
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    T156@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That doesn’t sound correct, considering the amount of wireless chargers that will take 10W, but can only deliver half that to the phone.
    
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  - randomblock1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Not even close. Ifixit did some testing, daily MagSafe wireless charging uses 36% more energy than a wire (which includes idle power draw). It also means slower charging.
    
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litchralee@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I’m also old, but I understand people do watch portrait videos. Sometimes a lot of them, in a single sitting. There’s a popular social media app which exclusively has short-form portrait videos.

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- ReanuKeeves@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I’m old enough that it would probably be creepy if I did use tik tok
  
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