The world is going increasingly wireless, with hardware manufacturers left and right eschewing physical ports and cables for digital handshakes and gigahertz connections. Just look at Apple's infamous headphone jack-eliminating AirPods, for example....
When the first iPhones launched with wireless charging capabilities, many of the first wireless charging accessories designed for the new devices were the plain, flat wireless charging pads.
Now that companies have had time to innovate and come up with more efficient charging solutions, we're seeing more and more upright wireless charging stands, like iOttie's new iON Wireless Charging Stand.
Upright wireless charging stands offer several benefits over the flat wireless charging options,...
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The new iPhone XS and XS Max have several hardware improvements over last year's models, but one a big one is that they can be wirelessly charged faster, which gives you one more reason to ditch charging cables for a wireless charging pad.
Cheap wireless charging pads are slow and have small "sweet spots," which make it easy for...
The technology, also known as magnetic induction, is a relatively new feature for powering iPhones and popular Android phones. Most people don’t use it, but here are a few benefits.
