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Magnetic Resonance Wireless Charging System From Samsung in 2014

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  Wireless is a word we all love – who wants to be tethered by a wire, much less anything else. Wi-Fi is like the greatest thing since sliced bread and wireless charging is like spreading peanut butter and jelly on that slice. Batteries are getting bigger in the larger smartphones, but with the many demands we put on our devices – watching videos, movies, listening to music, playing games, emailing, texting, and occasionally making an actual phone call – it seems that battery is never big enough and needs constant charging. Without wireless charging, we are forced to be near a wall outlet if we are using our device at home or in the office, or if we travel a lot or are away from an outlet, we must carry a spare battery at all times. With conventional wireless charging we still must be near a charging pad to lay the device on to pick up or take advantage of the charge, but Samsung hopes to soon change all of that. Earlier this year, wireless charging got a big boost when L

Samsung Invests $4 Million into PowerbyProxi, a New Wireless Charging Standard

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Wireless charging was supposed to change the way we charged our phones, and in a way would revolutionize the phone industry by making it easier than ever to charge our devices in general.  Samsung launched the Galaxy S4 with the option to purchase a  wireless charging mat , and we even sell a kit for it that comes with the wireless charger and a replacement back that supports the Qi wireless charging standard.  This standard is the same one that Google used when it build wireless charging in to the Nexus 4, and later the 2013 Nexus 7.  Samsung and Google and continuing to support the Qi wireless standard with new devices, and Samsung will have even more wireless charging accessories for the Galaxy Note 3 when they become available.  Still all these devices do not ship with a wireless charger, and that’s likely the biggest hurdle.  So why with wireless charging products on the market is Samsung investing in new wireless charging standards?  Your best guess is as good as ours, but we’ve