A large number of current smartphones support the Qi standard for wireless charging of the battery – a corresponding charger is almost never included, but sold as an expensive accessory. It is therefore usually cheaper to look for third-party providers.
But here too there are big differences in price and charging efficiency, because depending on the charging pad, the smartphone battery can take up to an hour longer to be fully charged in extreme cases. In the following table, we therefore briefly and concisely show you the four most exciting Qi chargers from the CHIP test – together with two sample charges.
Different names, one meaning
Qi chargers are also known as inductive charging stations, wireless chargers, charging pads and more. What is meant here – at least in the case of smartphones – is always the wireless transmission of energy via the Qi standard. “Qi” itself actually stands for a proprietary, standardized process.