It's a pad that you lay your phone on and it charges your device by just having it sit on the top of the pad,
They are plugged in to a mains power supply but don't have cables connected to the phone as such. Belkon make a few, Search it on / through google and see what you find. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Steve Matzura Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2021 1:19 pm To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: iPhone 12 Pro Max Unboxing Warning OK, so I'm late to the game. LOL, nothing new there. Wi-Fi charging pad? How does *that* work? On 6/7/2021 9:14 PM, Simon A Fogarty wrote: > Um, > > Yes steve, > > This has been so since late 2020 > After apple advised that they wouldn't be supplying charging bricks with > phones any longer. > > You don't have to use the Usb-C to lightening cable, You can use an > older lightening to usb-a and associated charging brick it just wont charge > as quickly. > > Or purchase a magsafe charger for your iPhone 12, or even wifi charging pad. > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of > Steve Matzura > Sent: Tuesday, 8 June 2021 11:00 am > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: iPhone 12 Pro Max Unboxing Warning > > The stock package for an iPhone 12 Pro Max comes with a charging cable, but > no charger. This is the first phone I've had, starting with the venerable 4S, > where no little charger cube was hiding ina nook or cranny in the main iPhone > box. What you do get is a charging cable, and thereby hangs another tale, > because you need to know that the end that's supposed to go into your little > charging cube wall wart that you don't get, that connector is not USB-A--it's > USB-C. So if you don't have any USB-C charger wall warts in the house, you're > going to be kiind-of stuck until you either get one or buy the accessory kit > from your phone store or provider that contains a case and the new wireless > MagSafe charging square. I got lucky--I didn't foresee this problem, but I > did want the wireless charging option plus the case plus the screen > protection. > > > Oh yeah, no earbuds either. > > > The above aside, they've done a clever thing regarding installing the > tempered glass screen protector--you now get a plastic form that > neatly fits over the iPhone itself. What you do with it is, you turn > it upside down and lay it on a flat surface, oritent yourself with the > tempered-glass screen protector so you know which is the end with a > notch cut out of it--that's the earpiece end, take it out of its > wrapping and sheathing, and lay it very gently adhesive side up in the > plastic form. Then, orient the phone itself in the same way as the > screen protector, remove its packaging covering, and lay it down into > the form on top of the adhesive backing of the screen protector. By > doing this, the screen protector is absolutely assured of being in > perfect position on the front side of the phone, and you don't get any > fingerprints anywhere. The slightest bit of oil from your fingers on > the front side will diminish the ability of the screen protector's > adhesive side to stick to the phone's glass face, and this new way of > applying these rigid-glass protectors seems to be a great thing, > especially for blind people. I wish I'd've had this for the XS Max > last year. If I did, I probably wouldn't have put it on ever so > slightly crooked, and it might not have come off about five months > later, also probably due to my having touched the screen and polluting > the surface with my body fluids > (LOL) to orient it when putting it on. -- 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. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. 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