Think about how much power seven billion phones use, and now think about increasing it by half. That’s a lot of unnecessary power.
Wireless charging also reduces battery lifespan by heating it up. If it’s half as efficient, that energy isn’t just disappearing, it’s being dissipated as heat in the device and the charger. Shorter battery lifespans means we need more batteries, or, since most phones are glued together with no easy way of disassembly these days, more phones in general. More batteries and phones require resources and energy, and some of the materials are mined using extremely unethical labour.
Maybe not, but why put further stress on the environment when you don’t need to?
The battery degradation problem is serious though. Even without wireless charging, none of my battery powered devices stay usable for more than a few years anymore despite me still being happy with the compute hardware. Our current rate of electronics production is already heavily straining the environment and also produces a massive demand for unethical labour. It will only get worse if manufacturers decide to ditch wired charging for wireless.
I don’t like wireless charging but also I don’t think that this will become a problem…
Reducing charging efficiency by half is definitely a problem considering just how many smartphones there are
Why. Just because there is a lot of something doesn’t mean it’s a problem.
Think about how much power seven billion phones use, and now think about increasing it by half. That’s a lot of unnecessary power.
Wireless charging also reduces battery lifespan by heating it up. If it’s half as efficient, that energy isn’t just disappearing, it’s being dissipated as heat in the device and the charger. Shorter battery lifespans means we need more batteries, or, since most phones are glued together with no easy way of disassembly these days, more phones in general. More batteries and phones require resources and energy, and some of the materials are mined using extremely unethical labour.
not very much compared to heating, AC, cooking or literally any other electrical appliance.
Maybe not, but why put further stress on the environment when you don’t need to?
The battery degradation problem is serious though. Even without wireless charging, none of my battery powered devices stay usable for more than a few years anymore despite me still being happy with the compute hardware. Our current rate of electronics production is already heavily straining the environment and also produces a massive demand for unethical labour. It will only get worse if manufacturers decide to ditch wired charging for wireless.