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wireless charging is great and pretty much every phone has it now just take your phone you drop it on the pad and it starts charging like magic except it's real but if you're actually going to buy a charger for the first time it can be a little intimidating there's a whole bunch of specs you need to think about stuff like wattage and how many coils it has charging speed looks like what the form factor is and it can just be really confusing to just go to the store and buy one go on Amazon it my one if you're looking to cut the cord it the first time and again you should it's great here's a couple things that you're gonna want to think about when you're buying a charger first off cheap it's spelled Qi and it's the wireless charging standard your phone uses it basically every charger out on the plan is going to use it but just double check to make sure it's there you'll save yourself some time later the most important spec for buying a wireless charger though is how much power can it push now base charging for cheese starts at 5 watts which is fine a lot of devices support fast charging so Apple phones like the iPhone 10 are 10s can support up to seven and a half watts which will charge faster assuming your pad can support it Samsung phones go up to nine watts some Android phones even go up to 10 watts pixel phones basically only just fast charge with the pixel stand which is a limit from Google sorry pixel owners but generally speaking you're gonna want to make sure that to get the fastest possible experience you want at least 10 watts from any charger you buy there's lots of different form factors out there for wireless chargers and where you plan on using yours is probably gonna help determine what kinds you want so if you're planning on charging your phone by your desk a lot you'll probably want to standing one where you'll easily be able to see the screen of your phone without craning over if you're hoping for one by your bed though to charge overnight you'll probably want a flat charger so that your phone isn't standing up and blinding you every time someone text you at you in the morning and if you're indecisive or just want the flexibility there are pads that convert from flat standing so you can get the best of both another thing you might want to look out for when you're buying a wireless charger is how many charging coils it has now there's two ways this can affect your experience the first is for chargers that are still only meant to charge one device but still have multiple coils the advantage here is that having multiple coils will make it easier to find that sweet spot where it lines up and actually charges on the other hand there are also devices like Samsung's dual charger that have multiple separate coils so you can charge multiple devices at once so if you have two phones or a phone to SmartWatch you want to charge at the same time that might be a good option for you most wireless chargers use a standard adapter to plug into walls which is great most of them use micro USB or some newer ones even USB see which is really useful because those are standard cables which means that you can easily swap them out if you need a longer one or you break yours but some Chargers use weird proprietary ones or even have cables embedded directly into a device which you probably will want to avoid unless you really can't in that same vein you're also going to want to look at what kind of wall brick comes with your charger if it comes with one at all a lot of companies don't include a brick in the box which can be frustrating because if you only have a 5 watt brick for your 10 watt wireless charger it won't matter that your charger can fast charge your phone because it won't have the power supply to do that and if you're hoping to save money by buying a cheaper charger that doesn't come with a brick just remember that unless you already have a high watt charger with you you'll probably end up just having to buy a new one anyway which means you haven't really saved any money at all wireless chargers come in all sorts of weird shapes and sizes materials and designs so a lot of it also just comes down to personal preference do you like leather get a fancy leather charger do you like fabric get a fabric one you want one that just charges your phone get a cheap plastic one now obviously there's going to be some variation between chargers some will still charge slightly faster than others but for the most part if you follow this you'll end up with a great wireless charger personally my favorite charger is this raw power one which we've written about over on this is my next on the site thanks for watching and be sure to subscribe to The Verge for more videos like this