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What a weird think to insult someone over. It does what it says it does and I don't get why you're drawing the line on what "true" wireless charging is when I'm not plugging a wire into my phone. You think I "fell for a marketing gimmick" despite using the feature almost exclusively for the past 12 years? How is it a gimmick if I get value out of it?
I like having a clean desk and not accidentally yoinking my phone off. I like not adding wear and tear to the USB port because it sucks when they break. I like that I've had a dozen or USB cords die but never once had to toss a wireless charger.
You aren't the arbiter of what's useful. You not finding value in wireless charging doesn't mean it's a useless gimmick. Get off damn your high horse
Lol never said it was useless, only the value doesn't outweigh the sacrifices. Gimmicks can have some usefulness and utility and still be gimmicks.
The gimmicky part is that smartphone companies got you hooked into a product that barely fills just enough peoples value thresholds that they could avoid developing real wireless charging.
In a world where this fake shit didn't take hold we could have had real wireless charging by now, if you think the "wireless" charging is good now, just think what true wireless would be like. You could walk into a room and your phone just starts charging with 0 effort. None.
But all the major companies stopped their R&D on it because consumers like you lapped the gimmick up and continue to. All that's left are a handful of startups working on it, so it's going to be years still.
From your first comment:
You're right, you didn't say it was useless! You said it was valueless. My bad, huge difference...
You know this is possible how exactly? Wireless power distribution has been considered since Tesla's time. Yet it still hasn't been done outside of laboratory environments or very short distances. It's definitely possible, but making it practical might not even be possible within physics as we currently understand it.
For example a very power light beam like for example a laser beam can transfer a lot of power over some distance. It would also cook you, burn you, or make you go blind. It would also require precise alignment between transmitter and receiver, as well as very expensive transmission equipment.