I'd love it if they agreed on the following:
Magnet charger (similar to Apple)
Built-in method for pad charging (no more replacing battery back doors)
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That would be awesome. This seems like a good first step. A universal charger seems like it would make it easier to make a universal magnetic charger.
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It means that you can borrow someone else's charger and not worry about which manufacturer they are. It means that they won't have to include chargers in the packaging to reduce cost (imagine prepaid phones). I wish there were more standards like this...but this is a good start. I think proprietary charging mechanisms are also allowed...but they would be in addition to the micro usb standard.
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I thought they agreed on this "standard" back in 2009? It's nice to use the same size port but if someone would spend R&D dollars on a battery that lasts more than the morning commute, no one would care what size charging port our phones use.
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I hope magnetic/wireless charging never gets standardized.
if you had any idea how ridiculously inefficient and wasteful wireless charging schemes were, you'd agree, too.
Cool concept, completely impractical using magnetic induction.
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Yeah I can agree wireless charging is still wasteful in his current state.
Im so glad they are making everyone go to one standardized charger.
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Might as well complain about the excessive packaging the charger will come in while your at it. I don't know about you, but I'm in America and wasteful is what we do. I would love a magnetic standard because it means I can save two seconds each time I have to plug my phone in. I honestly couldn't care less about the conservation of energy.
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why not waste more time plugging your phone in? 🤨
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All that I am saying is don't tell me not to be wasteful. I don't yell about consumerism when people buy products that used to last 10-20 years that now last 2-3. If I want convenience, which is what most people want, then who cares about the waste.
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maokhDec 29, 2010, 4:54 PM
I think the OP is talking about a mag-safe charger...which has nothing to do with efficiency. Simply rare earth magnet and a smart electrical interface that only provides full current when a proper device is connected, as well as something that easily breaks away when pulled on. They are orientation agnostic and the connectors/solder joints last longer.
I'm sure the phone would end up on the floor if someone tripped on it, but maybe not if the force of the magnet was less than the weight of a device.
Apple probably has so many patents locking MagSafe up that it's really pointless to talk about.
I think it's dumb that a slightly different yet almost same sized USB interface is used. Rendering the commodity miniusb useless. Probab...
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Miniusb??? That hasn't been used in, like what 3yrs?!!?
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"F***ing Magnets. How do they work?!" 🤣
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I guess I never thought of that. I don't know how inefficient they are but I would guess that they are pretty bad.
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I don't know that magnetic technology offers data transfer in addition to charging anyway, does it? I would be uncomfortable not having some way to get data off the device should wireless transfer fail.
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Oh, I understand that wireless charging is inefficient, but I did mention 2 methods of charging... universal plug in style similar to Apple's charging units. And, built in readiness for the induction style charging. Yes yes, induction is not efficient, but prepare now and maybe it'll get better?
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These damn chargers don't work right as it is! I have to fuss around with it too much to make sure the charging light on my Droid lights up, and STAYS lit up! It's really frustrating! I want to plug it in, and leave it alone!
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