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I'd say charging cables / most kinds of wires.
People are used to and comfortable with wireless charging these days despite it being spotty in terms of availability.
Better charging rates and capacity to power larger appliances might end up with you having a completely wireless home.
Wireless charging is slow, inefficient, and straight up wastes power. It's not that great.
I agree but tech could improve
Not really. Power induction through air is inherently lossy. That's just physics.
If you don't require it to replace cables it doesn't need to. For adding some energy to the device while it's on your desk or nightstand it works perfectly fine.
The efficiency issue is also exaggerated, phones don't take much power to begin with. Anyone using AC or warm water for convenience is doing much worse in terms of spent energy.
I still fail to see the advantage of wireless charging. In both case a cable is involved.
Your Wi-Fi also needs a cable if you want to be pedantic.
The benefit is that there is no overhead involved, in theory you don't even have to think about charging your phone ever again. When it's not in use, just leave it on some of the dedicated places around the house and office that provide wireless charging.