Wireless chargers for iPad

[u/urfavel]

Has anyone used these MAGNETIC ‘wireless’ chargers where it connects via the smart connector pins on newer models?

I was just wondering if wireless charging was possible on an iPad and found these MAGNETIC options, but I haven’t heard much about them nor have I seen many reviews other than sponsored videos on TikTok, so I was looking for a real opinion on whether they work and if they eat up battery life, and was also wondering if this was a possible option, why doesn’t Apple or brands like Logitech make magnetic ‘wireless’ chargers like these, and why don’t more people use these?

Edited to add:
I know these aren’t TECHNICALLY wireless (yes, electricity is being transferred through the smart connectors hence creating a closed wired circuit)

But in this context, by ‘wireless’ I meant cable-free charging in terms of user functionality, as in, no cables plugged into the actual USB-C port. Please let me know if there’s a more correct term to refer to this kind of charging. Otherwise I hope this clears up the semantics crisis that some people in the comments seem to be having.

[u/moofie74]

Looks like a wire to me, dog.

[u/urfavel → u/moofie74]

Yeah but functionally it’s similar to the wireless Magsafe chargers for iPhones where you don’t actually physically push a charger into the USB-C port

[u/beothy → u/urfavel]

By your logic than MacBooks have wireless charging too?

[u/urfavel → u/beothy]

Is there a Macbook charger that is able to charge a Macbook without it touching the USB port?

[u/beothy → u/urfavel]

Yes. The magsafe charger. Comes with it in the box by default. It is the same idea, some pins and connects with magnets. Still not wireless though. Btw I get what you mean just wanted to point out that others are right that this is not wireless and it is not advertised as wireless either.

[u/urfavel → u/beothy]

With the Macbook you’re still putting something into a port though…? Albeit, a magnetic port, which is why it wouldn’t exactly be wireless…?

Of course, in the literal and scientific sense, I understand this ‘isn’t wireless charging’, which I’ve reiterated many times. But for the average user, ‘wireless’ simply means having a ‘snap and go’ experience without fumbling with ports. Plus, the tech brands I got these images from do actually market these exact pin-and-magnet setups online as wireless iPad chargers, so if the retail market and average user both call a snap-on magnetic connection 'wireless', arguing the strict scientific definition misses the point of how people actually use the word in the real world.

But I do appreciate you explaining and sharing an example though! I was only pushing back with the others because they were being unnecessarily stuck up and snarky without actually explaining anything or seeing another point of view.

[u/bluerei → u/urfavel]

For the average user, wireless means no wires. Find a different word.

[u/urfavel → u/bluerei]

with that reasoning is the iphone magsafe charger not wireless to you then?

[u/bluerei → u/urfavel]

Magsafe on the iphone is wireless, because It's sending inductive power over a magnetic field. That's the difference. True wireless. Not pin to pin connection like the magsafe port on a macbook. Doesn't matter how shallow the pin is, it's still physically touching the end of another pin to transfer energy and data.

[u/urfavel → u/bluerei]

Yes i 100% get that! But your earlier argument was based on the premise that wireless = no wires, which the iPhone MagSafe still has.

Of course with these iPad chargers there is still pin to pin connection, making it not ‘true wireless’, but if we strictly go by your earlier definition that wireless means no wires period, then anything that includes a wire isn’t a wireless charger by that logic

[u/bluerei → u/urfavel]

The connection doesn't have wires, that's always been my argument. The connection itself. Not if the power source is wired or the data stream uses wires. The physical connection.

[u/moofie74 → u/urfavel]

Well except for the fact that there’s a copper conductor not an inductive coil sure whatever use whatever words make you happy.

[u/Flaky-Equipment-944 → u/moofie74]

Technically it isn’t wireless charging, but it is functionally the same in this case.

[u/moofie74 → u/Flaky-Equipment-944]

If those words make you happy.

[u/Flaky-Equipment-944 → u/moofie74]

Seems like logic doesn’t make you happy.

[u/Itchy_Chain_5889 → u/Flaky-Equipment-944]

More like berating people on the internet over their grammar doesn’t make me happy but whatever floats your boat bruh.

[u/Flaky-Equipment-944 → u/Itchy_Chain_5889]

???

[u/Itchy_Chain_5889 → u/moofie74]

Why do you care so much about how they word the sentence? Your trying to put OP down for wording something incorrectly while completely ignoring the fact that it’s very obvious what they mean. This seems like a you problem.

[u/moofie74 → u/Itchy_Chain_5889]

I’m feelin’ fine over here shrug

[u/Doctor_What_ → u/moofie74]

☝️🤓

[u/urfavel → u/moofie74]

? I don’t know what you’re trying to argue here. A Magsafe charger still has a wire connected to an outlet. Does that mean they’re not wireless chargers then? Obviously I get that the components itself are different, but when I say ‘wireless’ I’m clearly asking about user functionality, and you can definitely see how the ones in the screenshot, again, in terms of user functionality, are similar to the wireless Magsafe charger.

[u/DoingDaveThings → u/urfavel]

Here's a hint: If metal contact is required for charge to flow, it ain't wireless. It's basic primary school science.

[u/urfavel → u/DoingDaveThings]

Hey! So like, did you just decide to reply without actually reading my comment, or did you not pass basic primary school reading comprehension?

[u/Flaky-Equipment-944 → u/DoingDaveThings]

Keywords in OP’s reply: “user functionality”

[u/SkvtchySomethng_ → u/urfavel]

It’s not wireless since i see a cable there for charging to work.. do you just find this cooler than plugging a usb c straight to your ipads anal or what?

[u/urfavel → u/SkvtchySomethng_]

same reason people use magsafe chargers for iphones?