Qualcomm's WiPower brings wireless charging to devices with metal backs

28 July, 2015
Wireless charging has certainly started to pick up steam recently, with even Samsung putting out flagship smartphones using the tech. There's been just one problem, however: so far no one figured out how to make wireless charging work nicely with devices with metal backs.

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  • Anonymous
  • nXE
  • 30 Jul 2015

wireless charging is a joke. This is touch charging

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    • Cellulard
    • jec
    • 29 Jul 2015

    AnonD-27813, 29 Jul 2015Will it Charge iPhone 6?No, because Qualcomm powers the device, whereas Apple has their own chip to power iPhones, and they don't use Qualcomm's chip.

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      • YSSUP
      • UD{
      • 29 Jul 2015

      Anonymous, 29 Jul 2015That is what I meant. I never said it need to be metres away.Losers!

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        • Anonymous
        • tue
        • 29 Jul 2015

        Anonymous, 29 Jul 2015It'll still need to be in close proximity, not metres away. That is what I meant. I never said it need to be metres away.

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          • MANGKANOR
          • UD{
          • 29 Jul 2015

          mangKanor is dead, 28 Jul 2015is'nt it amazing?Its also surprising

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            • Anonymous
            • 9xM
            • 29 Jul 2015

            Anonymous, 29 Jul 2015Read the article again loser. You don't need to put the pho... moreIt'll still need to be in close proximity, not metres away.

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              • Anonymous
              • tue
              • 29 Jul 2015

              elmaicouy, 29 Jul 2015This has existed for years. Im still waiting for THE REAL W... moreRead the article again loser. You don't need to put the phone over the base. That is the whole point of wipower.

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                • AnonD-163361
                • P5p
                • 29 Jul 2015

                I think it's important that we know how it works, in case a problem occurs with this implementation

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                  • AnonD-27813
                  • Hxe
                  • 29 Jul 2015

                  Will it Charge iPhone 6?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tue
                    • 29 Jul 2015

                    That explained a whole lot of why Samsung use glass back. Now we know samsung was desperate to get rid of plastic construction and they avoid metal because it cannot use wireless charging with it. Wipower works without having to put your phone on charging pad. Now, that is what I call "true-wireless" charging. The promo pictures of wipower on Samsung devices indicates that Qualcomm trying to win over samsung back after losing out to powerful Exynos chips.

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                      • elmaicouy
                      • FQS
                      • 29 Jul 2015

                      This has existed for years. Im still waiting for THE REAL WIRELESS CHARGING...
                      Something that charges my phone without needing to put it over a base, something that lets me get away a few meters from the wireless charging unit. Nichola tesla invented that 100 years ago for using it in our homes, but some super millionaire from the copper business paid him a few dollars to make him dissapear the invention. The formula is hidden somwehere in this world...

                        It is still a gimmick.

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                          • t7X
                          • 28 Jul 2015

                          amazing pinoy!

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                            • AnonD-190634
                            • HI4
                            • 28 Jul 2015

                            :o cool!
                            what about speed and heat ant the other stuff?

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                              • mangKanor is dead
                              • UD{
                              • 28 Jul 2015

                              is'nt it amazing?

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                                • MANGKANOR
                                • UD{
                                • 28 Jul 2015

                                amaZing!