Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones
warm@kbin.earth 2 weeks agoWireless charging sucks. It costs significantly more energy to charge the same battery to full.
Comment on Is Fast Charging Killing the Battery? A 2-Year Test on 40 Phones
warm@kbin.earth 2 weeks agoWireless charging sucks. It costs significantly more energy to charge the same battery to full.
iopq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Your phone doesn’t have that much energy stored in it. 5 watt hours or so? Now consider the energy cost of making usb-c cords
warm@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
The charging pad itself probably requires a USB-C cable itself? It takes much more materials to make them than a cable...
iopq@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It doesn’t have plugging and unplugging cycles and doesn’t get bent in different directions, so it will basically never break unless you use the phone while holding the charging pad
warm@kbin.earth 2 weeks ago
So I'm expected to hold a wireless charger as well? When I can just have a light cable plugged in, generating less heat and for less time? Unless you are buying really low quality cables, they shouldn't break and unless you are aggressive with it, the cable and the port will last years. When they eventually wear out, the cable is recyclable and depending on your phone, the USB-C port replaceable.
Wireless charging is for toothbrushes.