Wireless charging has technically been around for years now, but using a dumb accessory to very slowly charge a phone sitting on special
mat has never seemed like the future to me. Magnetic resonance charging, which has a radius of a couple inches rather than a couple millimeters, is a little more like it. And according to a new report, LG’s next smartphone will feature exactly that.
According to BK, LG has make some serious improvements, and the tech is worthy of prime-time. Specifically, range is up to 7cm, and charging is up to 7 watts. That last number is
arguably the most important: wireless chargers have always been slower than their cabled brethren, but 7 watts should be enough to see
sub-hour charging speeds for the average smartphone battery.
Even with the faster technology, magnetic resonance charging is a little niche and risky to make it into the successor for the LG G5.
Instead, we’re more likely to see it in one of LG’s mid-range phones, like whatever comes after the V10.
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