Best Smartphones With Wireless Charging: Say Goodbye to Tangled Wires!

Humanity’s love for wireless technologies has been unbound. We eliminated the wires from our telephones years ago to make communication mobile and hence, it was only logical for someone to eliminate the need to use a cable for charging your mobile phone. Smartphones have featured wireless charging as a premium feature for over a decade and tech giants have been eager to double up their profits by making the technology more lucrative (and expensive). Take Apple’s MagSafe charging as an example.

Wireless charging relies on the magic of electromagnetic fields and their ability to transfer power to a smartphone via built-in coils. When the receiver coil in the smartphone comes close to the transmitter coil in the charging pad, the magnetic field induces an electric current in the receiver coil through inductive coupling. Electricity is then converted from AC to DC by the device's circuitry, eventually charging your device. It sounds complex but the end result is your smartphone charging itself after being placed on a charging pad. The process is technically wireless.

Wireless charging is still a premium feature and hence, only the best (read expensive) flagship phones feature it. Even though it's slow when compared to wired charging, the conveniences of wireless charging are high. Hence, we are looking at some of the best smartphones with wireless charging that you can buy in India.

From Apple iPhone 15 series to Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Motorola Razr 40 Ultra; the best wireless charging-supported smartphone that you can buy.

1. Best overall: Apple iPhone 15

Specifications: Display: 6.1-inch Super Retina XDR | SoC: Apple A16 chip | Storage: 128/256/512GB

Apple tried to revolutionize wireless charging with MagSafe in 2020 and the trend of magnetically sticking charging pads to the back of your iPhone caught on. All the iPhone 15 series feature Apple’s MagSafe charging and that means if you have a compatible MagSafe wireless charger, you can fill up your iPhone’s battery at a maximum power of 15W. Granted it’s slower than the 20W wired charging that most iPhone users are using as standard, you at least don’t have to deal with tangled charging cables whether it be lightning or USB-C. Other than MagSafe, the iPhone 15 series also features Qi-standard wireless charging support allowing users to charge their iPhone with any non-MagSafe charging pad at an even slower 10W power.

Users’ review: Customers like the images, smoothness, performance, and value of the cellular phone. They mentioned that the camera images were very natural, and there were no heating issues.

Specifications: Display: 6.1-inch, FHD+ | SoC: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | RAM: 8GB | Storage: 128/256/512GB

Samsung championed the cause of wireless charging with its Galaxy S series flagship years ago and it stands today. The Galaxy S23 series features its fine form. Although Samsung is not dealing with magnets like Apple to keep the charging pad in place, it makes up for the inconvenience with a notably faster 15W Qi-standard wireless charging. It is certainly not as fast as the 25W wired charging but you get the same convenience of not having to deal with charging cables. What’s even better on these Samsung flagships is the presence of a reverse wireless charging feature. It lets you wirelessly distribute electrical power to your iPhone buddies or your wireless charging-enabled accessories. In fact, you can also wirelessly charge with Samsung Galaxy Watch 6 with one of the Samsung Galaxy S23 series smartphones.

Users’ review: Users have liked the camera, and premium build quality of the phone as well as its compact form factor.

What do we think about this product?

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• Versatile camera
• Reverse wireless charging
• Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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3. Best in design: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5

Specifications: Display: 6.7-inch FHD+ and 3.4-inch HD+ | SoC: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy | RAM: 8GB | Storage: 256/512GB

The Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 offers the same wireless charging conveniences as the Galaxy S23 series, and while it doesn’t give us anything new to write, it still makes it cool. The Galaxy Z Flip 5 features the same 15W wireless charging solution and considering its smaller 3700mAh battery, it fills it up fairly fast. You also get the ability to distribute your battery charge wirelessly to other accessories and smartphones supporting wireless charging. However, when it’s Flip shut, the Galaxy Z Flip 5 form factor makes it easy to place it reliably on the most generic of wireless charging pads.

Users’ review: Users have loved the striking design of Galaxy Z Flip 5 and the 120Hz AMOLED display.

• We liked its stylish looks, handy form factor, and powerful and efficient chipset
• The versatile small screen make quick interactions like notifications, messages, and even staying connected on social media platforms easy
• Its futuristic foldable design sparks admiration wherever you go

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Though Samsung has increased the size of outer cover display on the Galaxy Z Flip 5, it offers access to limited apps on the cover display.

Specifications: Display: 7.6-inch inner display and 6.2-inch cover display | Processor: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy | RAM: 12GB | Storage: 256/512/1,024GB

Samsung’s biggest folding phablet, as we like to call it features support for wireless charging and although you might consider it normal, keep in mind that OnePlus Open doesn’t often this luxury. With support for 15W of maximum wireless charging power and 4.5 W of reverse wireless charging, the Galaxy Z Fold 5 checks off the practicality aspect. For a big foldable, having a 4400mAh battery is enough to keep the phone juiced up for an entire day if you are in dire of need of power in the middle of the day.

• The multitasking ability of the phone is great
• It offers immersive tablet-like viewing experience
• The support for S-pen stylus just add a cherry on top of the cake

Users’ review: Users have loved its form factor and the expansive display. They also liked its performance.

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Specifications: Display: 6.7-inch, FHD+ | SoC: Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | RAM: 8/12GB | Storage: 128/256/512GB

The Nothing Phone 2 is one of the most affordable smartphones to offer the luxury of wireless charging. Similar to the flagships, the Nothing Phone 2 features a fast 15W wireless charging solution as well as a 5W reverse wireless charging solution. It’s no surprise to see it on the list of the best phones with wireless charging. However, paying a lower price doesn’t deprive you of the excitement and drama that the rest of this phone to offer with the Glyph interface. You get to see cool light animation while using the wireless charging feature. In our opinion, that could be a cool incentive to use wireless charging.

Users’ review: Many users don’t like the camera and the gimmicky glyph, however, the user interface and battery life of the phone is good.

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Specifications: Display: 6.9-inch FHD+ and 3.6-inch 1,056 x 1,066 | SoC: Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 | RAM: 8/12GB | Storage: 256/512GB

The Motorola Razr 40 Ultra left us impressed with its style this year, especially with its 3.6-inch cover display having a refresh rate of 144Hz. Hence, it was even more surprising to see Motorola offering a very slow 5W wireless charging. Mind you, 5W wireless charging, not reverse wireless charging! This kind of system is useful only if you prefer to charge your Flip phone overnight. You don’t even get support for wireless charging or any of the magnetic shenanigans.

Hence, if you decide to buy the Motorola 40 Ultra, the practical way to fill up its battery 3,800mAh battery is by using the ‘vintage’ 33W wired charging solution. But then it’s a small price to pay for that extremely cool cover display and not to forget its Viva Magenta paint job.

Users’ review: Users liked the flip form factor and the Viva Magenta colour. However, they are disappointed with the battery and a few other features.

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Wireless charging is more convenient, as you don't have to deal with tangled wires, but wireless charging is not as fast as plugging your device directly into a power source.

No, wireless charging does not cause any damage to your battery. In fact, most of these devices come with over-charging protection, ensuring that the battery is not damaged, making wireless charging safe.