OnePlus announced its new OnePlus 7T flagship last week featuring top of the line specifications at a really competitive price tag. The phone has all the bells and whistles that you would expect on a 2019 flagship model, except for one major feature: Wireless Charging. OnePlus has traditionally steered clear of this technology citing slow charging speeds. The company’s CEO Pete Lau gives a somewhat similar answer for the absence of wireless charging on the OnePlus 7T as well.
According to Pete, OnePlus wants wireless charging technology to be on par with its Warp Charge speeds. The company is not looking to ‘Settle‘ for anything less. Also, OnePlus is still unable to solve the heating issues associated with wireless charging technology which is why the new model skips on this feature.
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While Pete’s comments about wireless charging were true up to a few months back, things have radically changed over the past one month. Xiaomi, Huawei, and OPPO have all announced fast Wireless Charging technologies for their flagship models. For example, the Mi Charge Turbo 30W wireless charging is already available on the Mi 9 Pro 5G. It charges at the same speed as most fast chargers available today. Xiaomi also has a couple of interesting wireless charging accessories that work well with its new smartphone.
Even the newly announced Mate 30 Pro comes with 27W wireless charging support, the same speed as Mi 9’s fast wired charger. But the most interesting development is OPPO’s VOOC Wireless 30W flash charge technology. The current Warp Charge 30 is actually a licensed version of OPPO’s VOOC charging and it’s extremely likely that this 30W wireless charging tech from OPPO can be used inside OnePlus’ upcoming flagships.
As compared to Samsung’s flagship models, OnePlus’ flagship series miss out on a couple of features like IP rating and wireless charging. But as the company aims to take on the premium segment of the smartphone market, it is imperative that these ‘premium’ features also make it to its devices.
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