Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to have advanced wireless charging feature.

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to have advanced wireless charging feature.

We have seen a few more smartphones recently that do offer wireless charging in one form or another, but the technology that Samsung is thinking of using next year takes this feature to another level.

Currently devices that feature wireless charging have to be placed onto a charging pad for the battery to receive its power, but another method that uses magnetic resonance is reportedly set to arrive in Samsung smartphones towards the latter part of 2014.

This technology works on the same transmitter and receiver coil principle as the magnetic induction method which is used currently, but the big difference with magnetic resonance is that the coils used can transmit and receive power for the battery over larger distances.

Samsung is reportedly hard at work on the feature and the report states that at one time it was going to be used this year starting with the Galaxy S4, but Samsung’s own charging chip failed to work correctly.

Now it has allegedly invested 4 million dollars in a company based in New Zealand and researching the technology, and if used will allow owners of the handsets to charge them up without placing it down on a mat as long as they stay within a certain distance from it.

Will this move work for samsung??

Source:Samsung Galaxy Note 4 set for new wireless charging tech » Phone Reviews

What does it matter. Once can easily charge without wireless as well.

gameranand said:
What does it matter. Once can easily charge without wireless as well.

It will be a great innovation. No more hooking up your android phone with a port everywhere whether in office or home.

srkmish said:
It will be a great innovation. No more hooking up your android phone with a port everywhere whether in office or home.

Nokia's higher end Lumias has wireless charging feature already.

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srkmish said:
It will be a great innovation. No more hooking up your android phone with a port everywhere whether in office or home.

However, the charging speed is 10x slower than using USB.

Anyways, You will still reach out to spot where you have wireless charging device which is plugged in to wall socket and then place your phone on it. So tell me how hard is it to simply plug your phone in to wall charger ?

This wireless charging is just a marketing gimmick. Do not fall for it.

noob said:
However, the charging speed is 10x slower than using USB.

Anyways, You will still reach out to spot where you have wireless charging device which is plugged in to wall socket and then place your phone on it. So tell me how hard is it to simply plug your phone in to wall charger ?

This wireless charging is just a marketing gimmick. Do not fall for it.

totally agreed

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Some of the phones in the Nokia Lumia series are already available with wireless charging in foreign countries like US, etc. but again as said by my friends in the comments above, it is just a marketing gimmick!