I'm not Sieghard but yes you can charge your phone with a wireless charger and a case.
Maria Reyes blindt...@gmail.com my group: blind-techies+subscr...@groups.io > On Dec 8, 2018, at 6:42 AM, Robert Wright <yeshua.talmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello Sieghard, will the charge pad work through a case? > > character is found in how you treat people who cannot do anything for you! > *** > > From: Fanus > Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2018 1:33 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: First thoughts on our new iPhone 8 > > Hello Sieghard > O gosh, yes, I misunderstood you totally. I am also curious to know why you > decided to go for the iPhone 8 and not for one of the X models, like the XR. > I am due for an upgrade in January and I think it is time to upgrade my > iPhone 5S, so I am interested to know your way of thinking. > Regards > Fanus > > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Friday, December 7, 2018 9:25 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: First thoughts on our new iPhone 8 > > Hi Fanus, > > I think you mistake an external battery or battery case for what I referred > to as a wireless charging pad. > What I described is simply a round disk which sort of looks like a slightly > thicker coaster like what you would use on a table to put your glass on it. > Said pad is plugged into a wall outlet via the provided cable and/or adapter > or some simply use any Micro USB cable and 5 Watt wall plug. You then put > your iPhone on top of this round disk/pad and it will charge wirelessly, i.e. > you no longer plug in the Lightning cable. Of course this has to be an iPhone > 8 or above since the iPhone 8 was the first one to support wireless charging, > at least I think it was and that the iPhone 7 still has to be plugged in. You > can of course also plug the iPhone 8 or any of the new 10 models in using the > familiar Lightning cable, but since they don't have a 3.5mm headphone jack > any more, using a wireless charging pad is one easy way to deal with the > problem of using your phone with a wired headset and charging it at the same > time. The phone charges as it lies on the pad and it leaves the Lightning > port free for the headset. Alternatively you could buy a splitter which plugs > into the Lightning port and then has two Lightning ends, one to plug in the > charge cable and one to plug in a headset. They also exist with one Lightning > end for the charge cable and one 3.5mm jack for a standard headphone. > However, unless you buy a no-name splitter on Amazon the Belkin models cost > $40 or something like that and you can buy a nice wireless charging pad for > that. > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Fanus > Sent: Thursday, December 6, 2018 12:46 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: First thoughts on our new iPhone 8 > > Hello Sieghard > While you were mentioning the charging pads my problem has always been that I > could not know the charge state of external battery packs. Has the Mophie or > Balkin some sort of indication for a blind person? Maybe the problem is that > I do not know how to use these devices properly in respect of charging but > the few I ttried did not have a long lifespan. > Regards > Fanus > > > From: Sieghard Weitzel > Sent: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 7:43 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: First thoughts on our new iPhone 8 > > Hi, > > After returning from a week in Toronto where my wife and I attended a trade > fare and visited with a friend of mine for a few days we returned last night > and found our new iPhone 8's which arrived during our absence. > Using my iPhone 6S Plus to set up the iPhone 8 worked flawlessly, I was able > to scan the code and all the settings including Wi-Fi password and the credit > cards I had set up for Apple Pay got transferred. I only had to verify the > cards by entering each card's 3-digit card verification code. > Apart from that I did choose to set up as a new phone and spend about 6 hours > downloading all my apps, putting them in the order I want, setting up folders > and what is more, signing into all my home automation apps, my main bank app, > the bank apps for my Visa and Mastercard, PayPal business, Facebook, Google, > Audible including re-downloading my books and all the stuff I use. > I must say setting up as a new phone if you are a fairly heavy user of the > iPhone with all these type of apps is definitely a bit of a pain, but I > usually find it is worth it with a brand-new phone. > We also received the Mophie and Belkin wireless charging pads I ordered on > Black Friday, my wife likes the Mophie one and I must say I probably would > prefer it as well, but I'm not sure if I will send the Belkin back. The > Mophie is quite noticeably smaller in diameter, has a bit of a softer coating > and it comes with a wall charger and uses a Micro USB cable. > The Belkin uses a proprietary AC adapter so should it for some reason fail it > would be a lot harder to replace than a Micro USB cable. > I also ordered two more less expensive wireless chargers from Amazon, one is > a stand, I'll see how they work. Both the Belkin and Mophie work with a basic > case on and seem to e not super picky as to how you put the phone on it as > long as it is reasonably centred. > Unfortunately we had a number of 6S cases and none of them work for the > iPhone 8. They fit just fine, but the camera lens on the iPhone 6S is higher > up in the corner of the phone and all the cases we have half cover the camera > lens of the iPhone 8. > Apart from this the phones are very snappy and definitely feel a bit more > responsive than my wife's 6S and my 6S Plus, the virtual home button takes a > little bit of getting used to, but it's fine and I like the fact that these > phones are much more waterproof than my 6S Plus. > > Thanks, Reg and Kathy, for meeting us for lunch, you are lucky, Reg, my wife > really wanted to run off with your new black lab. > I hope you enjoy the show today, for reference, this refers to Reg Sullivan > who is on this list, going to see the musical Come from Away together with > his wife today. Apart from my friend driving us to Niagara Falls, my wife and > I went to see this musical on Sunday and if anybody has a chance to go I can > only recommend it, it's an awesome show. The topic is 9 11, but not the New > Yor tragedy, this is about the town of Gander, Newfoundland, Canada which has > a population of a little over 9,000 and during this attack on New York 38 > large planes were forced to land there and about 7,000 people had to be > sheltered and fed there for 3 days. It's a story of loss but also of > incredible generosity, resilience and love. > > Take care, > Sieghard > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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