Wireless phone chargers are here to stay and for most the benefits are obvious after all why fiddle around with trying to plug a small cable into the end of your mobile device, which seems infinitely more difficult just before you go to sleep because you are normally tired and looking to relax, and not concentrate on putting the end of a small cable plug into another small hole in your device. And if you have a case on your smartphone, well that’s not making it any easier either; it’s definitely making it even worse.

Therefore having a charging mat is much more convenient on your nightstand, desk or hallway table, and if you have more than one device for example an iPhone and an Apple watch they can both be charged at the same time just by placing them side by side on the same wireless charging mat. You also only need one wireless charger for multiple devices. There’s no necessity anymore to unplug your iPhone to charge your partner’s iPhone or even an android device.

The only con that I can think of currently is that wireless charging pads are not as efficient as cables depending on the device design, and how accurately you place your device onto the charging mat. As of this date roughly 20% of the power used to charge your device can be wasted by using a charging mat, but having said that energy efficiency is improving all the time, and by this time tomorrow this con may no longer be relevant due to how rapidly this particular sector of the smartphone accessory industry is moving.