Pickr
  • Latest News & Reviews
  • Recommendations
  • Phones
  • Earphones
  • Sound
  • The Wrap
No Result
View All Result
Pickr
  • Latest News & Reviews
  • Recommendations
  • Phones
  • Earphones
  • Sound
  • The Wrap
No Result
View All Result
Pickr
No Result
View All Result

Cygnett offers up wireless iPhone charging on the go

Leigh :) StarkbyLeigh :) Stark
December 3, 2017
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Share on TwitterShare on FacebookShare on LinkedInShare over email

If you own a new iPhone, you finally have a device that can get its charging without needing to plug in that pesky cable. Wouldn’t it be nice to keep that going in the car?

Wireless charging hasn’t really been a thing most phone users have been able to touch for the past few years, but now that Apple has embraced it, we’re not shocked to see people looking for wireless charging stations for all aspects of their lives.

While the charging plates aren’t always cheap, you can get them and put them so many places. You can have one beside the bed, at work on the desk, inside the base of a lamp, sitting on a table next to your couch. Why, there’s a even a kitchen counter overseas that supports wireless charging.

But you know where hasn’t? Your car.

And that changes now.

This week, Australian peripheral maker Cygnett announced that it has a wireless charger for the iPhone and other Qi-compatible charge devices (including Samsung’s supported Galaxy S models) made for the car, arriving in the MagMount Qi Wireless Car Charger.

Cygnett’s charger has been designed to mount on air conditioning vents, and will apparently hold a phone to it using a magnetic connection at the back thanks to a magnetic ring you’ll need to attach to your device or to your device’s case.

Remember that the new wirelessly charged iPhone (and pretty much every other wirelessly charged phone) lacks a fully-encased metal design, either glass on the back of most Qi-friendly devices, and sometimes plastic. For the iPhone 8 and the Galaxy S8/Note 8 models, that’s a glass back, and that means neither will naturally adhere to a magnetic base. Connect that included metal ring, however, and you’re good to go.

From there, it’s as simple as plugging the MagMount Qi charger into your cigarette lighter, and you can let the charger go to work, charging wirelessly while the magnet hold the phone in place.

Cygnett’s MagMount Qi Wireless Car Charger joins its PowerBase Wireless Desk Charger, which doesn’t need the magnetic ring mount of the car model, but uses an anti-slip surface to keep the phone in place.

Both variations of Cygnett’s wireless charging stations should be in stores this week, each arriving for a little under $90.

Leigh :) Stark

Leigh :) Stark

A technology journalist working out of Sydney, Australia, Leigh has written for publications including The Australian Financial Review, Popular Science, APC, and more since 2007, appearing on ABC Radio and TV on Nine. Check out his most recent media appearances.

ADVERTISEMENT

Related Posts

B&O Beoplay EX reviewed: premium but hardly the best
Reviews

B&O Beoplay EX reviewed: premium but hardly the best

May 3, 2022
Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 reviewed: among the best
Reviews

Sennheiser Momentum True Wireless 3 reviewed: among the best

April 26, 2022
Samsung launches 2022 TVs in Australia with 4K, 8K, Neo-QLED
The Wrap - Australia's fastest technology roundup

The Wrap – Samsung’s big TVs & Apple’s 2022 iPad Air

March 22, 2022
ADVERTISEMENT
  • Recommendations
  • Best Picks
  • Methodology
  • About
  • Media Appearances
  • Contact
Change the way you choose.

© 2016 to 2022 Publishr Pty Ltd: ACN 624 227 256
All rights reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Latest News & Reviews
  • Recommendations
  • Phones
  • Earphones
  • Sound
  • The Wrap

© 2016 to 2022 Publishr Pty Ltd: ACN 624 227 256
All rights reserved.