No Stupid Questions

Admittedly, charging ports are the first to break on any electronic unless it has a joystick. Wireless charging is a lot more robust, more water resistant, and allows you to do sleek shit without a weird hole in it

I just like being able to walk by the nightstand and have the phone "lock" to the charging pad when I lay it down.

In my car it is a lot more convenient than a charging cradle for being able to use turn by turn while driving.

So I can keep the waterproof case sealed.

I bought a wireless magnetic battery recently, and what quickly turned me off was that it charges at ~2/3rd efficiency (so effectively I have only 2/3rds of my powerbank capacity) and speed compared to its wired mode, even though it's fast wireless and a solid brand and build. Also heats up my phone battery way more, so I just snap it to my phone and use the short and unobtrusive usb-c cable to charge it instead.

Now, if I was changing phones every year or two and I didn't care about keeping its battery life - sure, I'd use the wireless charging without worries, although it will still be slightly slower than wired (but still fast charging anyway).

I use wireless charging 99% of the time. It's convenient to plop your phone or earbuds down and effortlessly grab them when it's time to go.

The other reason I like wireless: less wear on your phone's USB port. Even though USB-C is supposedly good for millions of plug/unplug cycles I've had several phones with USB-C that get wonky after about 2+ years. "Wonky" as in having to hold the cable just right to transfer data or even successfully fast charge.

Wireless charging drastically cuts down on the amount of times you'll be ramming a USB cable into it's port, hopefully prolonging it's useful life.

On my S5, there's a little flap that you had to open and close to maintain the IP67 rating. Constantly opening and closing it was a recipe to breaking it off, where wireless didn't put that kind of wear in.

With my newer phone, it's easier to keep the cable with a battery pack to charge when out and about, and charge wirelessly at home, since I generally don't need it done with any great speed, and it saves having to buy/replace another cable, or forgetting to unpack and take it with me.

Qi charging is also pretty standard, which is also good if I have a few devices with different cable needs, but mutually support the same wireless charging standard, since I can put an iPhone and an android on the same pad, without having to swap cables back and forth.

I use one at work to passively charge my phone without having to deal with cables. Keeps my desk a bit tidier.

I don't trust public wired charging ports to anything other my mobile battery.

Since I can't verify if a weird charging port won't upload malware on site, I'd use wireless charging instead.

I travel on the go often, wireless charging is too inefficient for me. I'd rather charge with my PD battery pack.

Another point, I use my PD pack to charge everything from my phone, drone, camera, to my laptop, ear buds.

Most of those don't have a wireless charger so I just stick to wired PD charging.

I have a wireless charger by my bed for charging overnight, it's easier to just plop my phone on the stand when half asleep rather than fumble with a cable. Also, charging speed doesn't matter because it's going to be plugged in for a few hours when I and it's easy to grab when my alarm goes off. But when I need a quick charge, then it's a fast charge cable all the way

It's convenient to place my phone on at my computer and it's just always charged. It is a little less efficient, but if you're running a heater anyway then technically they're both lossless (though gas heat may be cheaper for you if you have gas heat).

It's easier than putting a cord in.

Probably if you're too lazy to grab a cord, line it up with the plug, and press gently but firmly. With wireless, you can just lob it vaguely in the right vicinity and not overstrain your fine motor skills.

I've noticed that with the varying quality of USB cables, and them having broken/cracked wires over time, I usually get much faster charging when doing it wirelessly. If anything is way more consistent. With cords it's a crap shot. Is this a fast charge cord? Was it cheaply made, is it deteriorating? I can use 4 different cords and get different results from each

Mine's magnetic. I have a charger on my nightstand. It keeps my phone in place, so it doesn't get knocked down where it's hard to get.

I also have a charging cradle on my desk. Keeps it upright. Makes it easy to glance at any notifications or quickly deal with MFA. I do sometimes unplug the cradle and just use it as a non-charging prop.

It's also nice because, being magnetic, it also helps when I am having issues with my hands. (Stiff joints.)

I use wireless charging at night and at work. I have a stand that charges my phone, ear buds, and watch simultaneously, which replaces three cables with one and keeps my nightstand/desk free of clutter. I use cables only when I need to charge quickly.

This is one of those things where you either live it and love it, or never understand.

Qi charging changes your very life.

This cannot be explained in words.

It makes the phone harder to use, which is ironically useful to some. tbh I don't understand lol

Some charging pads also prop up the phone at an angle, making it easy to read the screen while also not having to hold the phone up. Most phones have their charging port on the bottom, so a phone stand couldn't be used while charging with a cord.

I know people love these and I'm not going to go and break anyone's balls but the reality is, because it is inductive charging you will never get clean voltage

Anything electronic, it really doesn't matter what it is, is going to suffer basically the equivalent of "mechanical damage" when powered/charged with unstable current

An inductive charging is always going to be highly unstable, there's no way around that

Anybody who tries to tell you different just doesn't understand that this is a real thing, and yeah, really nobody should ever use wireless charging unless they're willing to accept continual device (battery) damage

I use one in my car - it's more convienet for short trips or trips with multiple stops. I do keep a cable for longer trips though, especially if I need to keep the screen on for GPS - the wireless charger makes the phone warm enough to stop charging over the course of an hour or so.

My port isn't worn out, but I'm worried it will become that way. I also don't need it to charge at full speed overnight. Therefore, wireless charger.