Wireless charging iPhone SE

[AndyAudi]

Looking for suggestions/comments (hate this getting older & not understanding tech).

Pensioner Parents have seem the wireless charging in modern cars & asked if they could get something similar for the counter top (dexterity & eye sight not getting any better).

Can you only charge one device at a time?.

[AndyAudi]

Nobody?

I looked at apple website but not really what I’m looking for?

[vindaloo79]

Anker Wireless Charger, PowerWave Pad for iPhone and Samsung, Qi-Certified 10W Max for iPhone 13/13 Pro/12/11/SE 2020/AirPods/Galaxy S20 (No AC Adapter, Not Compatible with MagSafe Magnetic Charging)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07THHQMHM/ref=cm_sw_r...

We have a couple of these in the house.

Charge iPhone Se with them and iPhone 13 without issues. They seem to work just fine, though are a bit slower than the iPad charger I have. I never bothered to check the watts of the plug on either just know the wired charger takes less than an hour, these seem to take two or more.

Only charge one device at a time.

Edited by vindaloo79 on Sunday 4th September 21:33

[Ham_and_Jam]

I use Belkin wireless chargers for my iPhone and watch. They work well for overnight / top up charging.

Personally I would stay away from the cheaper end of the wireless charging market.

[megaphone]

I have a couple of Belkin pads which work ok on my SE. HOWEVER, I did notice my battery degraded quickly when I started using them, could have just been a coincidence, phone is just two years old, but battery hardly last till tea time now.

[mikey_b]

megaphone said:

I have a couple of Belkin pads which work ok on my SE. HOWEVER, I did notice my battery degraded quickly when I started using them, could have just been a coincidence, phone is just two years old, but battery hardly last till tea time now.

Li-ion batteries don't really like always being charged to 100%. That's why an iPhone will try to learn your routine, so if it figures out you normally wake up at 6.30am, it will charge to 80% until (for example) 5.30am and then push the remaining 20% of charge in over that last hour. As opposed to charging to the max immediately and sitting at 100% all night.

The trouble with wireless chargers is usually that people keep them on their desks and the phone just gets parked on it all the time. The battery is always charged to the max (great for just being ready to grab and go, of course) but it doesn't last as long. My iPhone 11 is the same, battery is now saying 77% max capacity and that I should change it. 18 months ago, it was 95% max capacity.