The world of wireless charging — pick from four top chargers

Wireless charging of phones is picking up for mainly one reason—convenience. People can charge their phones whenever they want without having to park their phone in one place. Usually, two types of wireless chargers can be found—pads and stands. While with the pad (which is a disc), you can lay your phone down, the stand allows your phone to stand straight, enabling you to see the screen of the phone while it is being charged.

Apple was supposed to come up with AirPower—a wireless charging pad to avoid the mess of charging cables for iPhone, Apple Watch and AirPods. However, Apple’s senior vice-president of hardware engineering Dan Riccio said, “After much effort, we’ve concluded AirPower will not achieve our high standards and we have cancelled the project. We apologise to those customers who were looking forward to this launch.”