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That PDF is misleading. On Page 2 there is a women clearly holding an iPhone, without a cover, but if you go to Page 28 you get to see massive clunky covers which add wireless charging support to the iPhone. There are other examples in the PDF, but that is the most obvious, and easy to grasp.

Essentially most of this furniture won't work with the vast majority of phones, only the small handful that support wireless charging, and those are typically flagships.

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True. They probably should have used some Lumias and Android phones since there are plenty of those that look sufficiently glamorous for these photo shoots and won't leave observant technical audiences feeling misled.

That said, wireless charging doesn't feel to me like a "flagships only" feature. I've been using Qi with my Lumia 920 for 2 years now; this doesn't seem like a flagship phone, but perhaps it was when I got it?

> True. They probably should have used some Lumias and Android phones since there are plenty of those that look sufficiently glamorous for these photo shoots and won't leave observant technical audiences feeling misled.

You obviously didn't even open the link - the very first thing you see on page 1 is a Samsung (Galaxy S4, I think?).

It is often necessary to read the entire context of a comment within its thread, as that may change the meaning entirely. Misinterpreting the meaning of a comment and responding to something the poster didn't say can, as you discovered, lead to downvotes.

I don't see how this is an issue of context. Yes, it's a little misleading for them to show an iPhone. But the comment I replied to said "they should have used some Lumias and Android phones" - which is exactly what they did.

The adapters don't need to be that chunky. The best ones use a design where it plugs into the Lightning / Micro USB port, and then the pad tucks behind the phone and is hidden by your existing case.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S6YBDMQ/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_d...

Does that suffer the same problem that iQi (from Indiegogo) does? The iQi is not Apple Certified and will occasionally pop up a message that says "This cable accessory is not supported" and will stop charging.

If I've understood it correctly, in the US the iPhone is associated with class, and it's also elegant. While other phones can be just as expensive/stylish, they don't have the recognition factor of the iPhone. The very presence of an iPhone means something.

Yes, that's why most iPhone cases have an annoying circular cutout around the Apple logo on the back, reducing the functionality of the case but generating envy in your hapless Android-using neighbors...

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