With Samsung’s sleek new 5.7-inch Galaxy Note 5 and curved screen, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus supports an extremely useful feature called wireless charging. These phones have stunning aluminum and glass designs, big and bright screens, and tons of power. However, wireless charging is a feature that many owners don’t know about, and below are five great wireless chargers that all owners should consider.
Many new phones like the Nexus 6, LG G3 and others with wireless charging feature use the Qi standard of most wireless chargers sold on Amazon. Later some cars and cafes use something called the PMA wireless charging standard. Samsung didn’t want to leave any options aside from the tablet and integrated both wireless charging methods into the Galaxy S6, S6 Edge and the new Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus. So almost any charger will work.
Wireless charging is something I’ve been using for the past few years, but it’s still not a feature found on most smartphones and tablets, but there will be more in the near future. It used to be slower than traditional wired wall chargers, making it convenient but impractical. The new Note 5 features “Fast wireless charging”, a first for any smartphone, and more will feature the same technology this year and in 2016.
With the new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge Plus, the company introduced fast wireless charging. A new standard by Qi, of which Samsung was one of the first to adopt. This promises to increase the speed of wireless charging by 1.4 times and increase the output power of the Qi Wireless charging pad to 15 watts instead of just 10. This makes wireless charging not just something convenient, but a real feature that owners will want to use.
Now users won’t have to choose between wired charging out of the box, fast charging their smartphones or easy wireless charging that lasts forever. Fast Wireless charging promises to charge the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge 50 minutes faster than typical wireless charging. Here’s our quick hands-on video showing the Note 5 and the Fast Wireless Charger in action, with the smooth animation and screen effect Samsung added.
As you can see above, it is extremely easy. All you have to do is go upstairs and leave your Note 5 on the charger and that’s it. Fast Wireless charging starts and starts charging your smartphone wirelessly. Buyers will still get a faster charge using the wall charger included in the box, but it’s a welcome addition that will make wireless charging really useful rather than just a convenience. Note 5 can be charged in 80-90 minutes with a cable and in 120 minutes using the fast wireless charging method shown above.
The Samsung Fast Wireless charger is the first of our list below and the rest are just regular 10w slower wireless charging pads. So you’ll want the fast one. We’ll update as faster wireless charging pads are announced and released to the public.
