So I need to make room on a desk or something for this pad, and then I still have to put the device on the pad to charge? How much more work is it to plug your damn phone in? I want it to charge while it’s *in my pocket*. This interim product is pointless.

I can’t find a declaration of how efficient it really is. “as if they are plugged directly into the wall” isn’t really a statement since the range there is very high. What does it help that the device is charged quickly if you waste much more energy for this decadent pad thing while hurting the environment?

What happens if a cat lays down on the charging pad? Or throws up on it? Or, if an unfixed male, sprays it!

this is a chicken and egg thing. they probably want the tech to be built into phones in the future, but right now this is their only way to refit existing phones (unless they find a way to fit it inside the very battery somehow).

So looking at their “How it works” page, it appears you have to replace the back cover of your device with a new one that adds a bulge and a “side arm” that plugs into the power pot.

Without this being universally integrated into devices from the get-go, I really don’t see this as a worthwhile product.