Wireless Phone Charging Furniture News: Ikea Set to Launch New High-Tech Furniture
Ikea just introduced its new line of wireless phone charging furniture at the MWC 2015 in Barcelona, Spain.
The Swedish multinational furniture manufacturer has launched a line of phone charging furniture at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this week. The company's Home Smart range will allow mobile phone users to charge their devices wirelessly wherever they are in the home without having to plug their smartphones into a socket.
The first of its kind in the world, the furniture collection includes bedside tables, coffee tables, lamps, and remote charging pads that can be installed on existing furniture to turn them into wireless charging stations.
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The charging pads are equipped with Qi technology that allows devices to be charged without the need for a wired charger.
There are currently 80 smartphone models in the market that are Qi-compatible, including the newly launched Samsung S6, Google's Nexus 6. Ikea is also providing wireless charging solutions in the form of specially made phone cases for older models and incompatible smartphones to enable more users to utilize Ikea's new line of furniture.
Ikea's new range of wireless charging furniture will be made available in the UK by April starting at £30 ($46), coinciding with the release of the Samsung Galaxy S6.
Ikea's wireless charging furniture comes with charging surfaces that need to be plugged into a wall outlet to render them "wireless," and while detractors have pointed out the company's technology hasn't reached competitive standards in terms of wireless technology, it has still paved the way towards the direction where topping up a mobile device no longer becomes a to-do task, but something that happens whenever and wherever it is set down on a piece of furniture at home.
