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Qi charger for Apple 6 confirmed to work in Prime?

Discussion in 'Prime Audio, Electronics, and Infotainment' started by mercat68, Jul 30, 2017.

  1. mercat68

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    Hello, all. Taking delivery of my Prime in a couple days and have started shopping for a kit to Qi-enable my iPhone 6. I've searched the forums and found a few threads on this, but can't find consensus on which ones work well. And some of the ones that get good recommendations here get panned on Amazon. So, asking those of you who have done this successfully to share the brands you're using. I'd prefer not to go the route of a new case with the Qi receiver built in, but would rather add one of those Qi patches that stick to the back of the phone and fit inside my existing case. But if you have a good case version to recommend, happy to consider it. Thanks.
     
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    I can't comment on iPhone, since I don't own one. However, I am bit disappointing with Qi charger in Prime. I am not sure if it is phone specific but with my Nexus 5, the Prime Qi charger is sooooooo slow, it barely keeps us normal use.
     
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    Thanks. Yeah, from what I've read, doesn't sound like the technology is fully baked - at least not in Toyotas.
     
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    mine works fine. Got it on amazon for around $20. iPhone 6.
    Charging speed is normal. Faster than 1 amp I think.
     
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    Thanks. Since I posted this, I found a case that worked and reported it here:

    Confirmed: iPhone Qi case that works with Prime's charging pad | PriusChat

    But since then, I got an iPhone 8, which has wireless charging built in, and that's been working great.
     
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    Has iPhone 8 been good? I've heard of the battery popping out problem on those phones, which makes me hesitant of getting the X
     
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    Battery popping out problem? As in the battery pops out of the phone? Or did you mean to type battery "pooping" out problem? In any case, mine's been working great, so far, including better battery life than my iPhone 6. Interacts with my Prime just fine, too (Bluetooth, Entune, USB, Qi charging pad). Nothing's popped out of the phone yet :)
     
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    They had quite a few battery inflating problems already. Kind of scared of getting a new iphone now haha