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GSMArena.com 1 place · 02/07/2026 22:37 EDT

Weekly poll results: most people still don't care about magnetic charging

Last week we asked you how important magnetic wireless charging is to you. For now, the majority doesn’t particularly care – at best it’s a “nice to have” feature for them but nothing vital.

The argument is simple, especially now that the whole world has converged on USB-C for charging – just use a cable. It’s faster and more efficient than any form of wireless charging.

There is a caveat – many of the people who reported that they use wired charging only also said that they don’t need top-ups during.

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