More iOS 11 software examination shows evidence of wireless charging in iPhone

I am still not sure of what the advantages of wireless charging are. At the airport I'll have to leave my phone unattended, even if I manage to get the seat right next to the charger I cannot practically use it since the chargers are too far down at hip level. Most likely I'll have to leave my phone unattended, untethered, and un-useable. I'd rather toss a USB cable in my backpack, which I'll be carrying either way, and squat next to an outlet.

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I am still not sure of what the advantages of wireless charging are. At the airport I'll have to leave my phone unattended, even if I manage to get the seat right next to the charger I cannot practically use it since the chargers are too far down at hip level. Most likely I'll have to leave my phone unattended, untethered, and un-useable. I'd rather toss a USB cable in my backpack, which I'll be carrying either way, and squat next to an outlet.

1) You only ever charge at an airport?

2) Why would you leave your stuff unattended at all?

3) If you'd rather "toss a USB cable in [your] backpack" then bother commenting about inductive charging as an option? For example, I'd rather use Safari than Chrome on my iPhone, but you won't see me on a website complaining that Chrome (or other 3rd-party browsers) shouldn't exist.

Just because you don't understand the benefit doesn't mean there isn't one. There are many good use cases, starting with cars equipped with wireless charging phone holders. Not having to fumble for a fragile cord is a huge benefit. But I suppose you're also one of those who use corded headphones and still lament the death of the headphone jack.

bloggerblog said:

I am still not sure of what the advantages of wireless charging are.

Situationally agnostic wireless power

(meaning WiTricity and other brands) shows a clearer benefit than situationally specific wireless power (induction charging), but you have to admit that there IS a benefit to not having to plug in your phone, even if you are still required to put it in the same place. The argument here is over the magnitude of the benefit, not the existence of the benefit itself. Personally, I would have preferred they just wait until they could give us the former instead of the matter, but that appears to be quite a ways off. Still, expect Android shills to scream about how "We've had induction charging for years!"

At the airport I'll have to leave my phone unattended…

Because… of wireless charging? Or otherwise? And why would you EVER do this?

bloggerblog said:

I am still not sure of what the advantages of wireless charging are.

From an accessibility pov my Parkinsonian elderly father struggles to get the charger into the port correctly. In addition I imagine visually impaired people would benefit too.  Small but important group of customers that  always consider during their design processes.