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Linus tech tips coverage of CTIA 2014 is brought to you by AT&T are you sick and tired with dealing with the hassle of plugging in cables all the time is Qi charging simply not fast enough for your on-the-go lifestyle well I say 'pete refuel ion is the system for you okay enough with the cheesy voice over this thing is pretty cool the patriot ion wireless charging system is comprised mainly of their cases for the Samsung Note 3 s4 and s5 phones along with iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s with iPhone 6 and Note 4 cases coming in the future the Samsung compatible phones connect to the phone via pogo pins in the back while the Apple ones connect via a lightning connector in the bottom you will also need some form of magnetic docking station these come in the form of a charging plate which rests the phone down flat a charging stand which holds the phone in a slanted position and a car mount for your windshield or with a little mounting accessory or dash as well the magnets in these devices are actually quite strong resulting in the phone snapping into place quite securely while allowing you to rotate the phone to whatever position best suits your use case another accessory worth noting that you can get is the wireless battery pack which allows you to charge wirelessly on the go this is actually pretty cool as we all know how fragile micro USB connections are I'd rather my wireless charging pack was pulled off the back of my device stopping it from charging instead of having the USB connector break off my phone stopping it from charging forever this 2100 million power battery bank is able to charge in daisy chain with your device and while they didn't have a spec for how fast the charging was in daisy chain it should still be pretty quick if their claims of only a 0.5% lower charging rate than wired hold true especially when compared to their claims that Qi charging is 60% slower than wired charging well guys I'm personally pretty impressed with how well the magnet works and I hoping get some time with it alone in the office so I can test it against direct connection and Qi charging myself but as always thank you guys for watching and if you want to see all of our CTIA content be sure to subscribe to Linus tech tips and thanks to AT&T for sending us here this year