Do you think Microsoft or the carriers will bundle Qi wireless charging mats with the Lumia 950/XL?

[TechmeIN64]

I would love to try using wireless charging on my new phone as I've never had a device that used it. On top of that, just in the past couple days my 635 charging port completely stopped working so now I'm left with a permanently dead phone. Do you think the new flagships will come with a Qi pad or am I going to have to pay another $40 or so to get one?

 

[xandros9]

Re: Do you think Microsoft of the carriers will bundle Qi wireless charging mats with the Lumia 950/

I doubt they'll be bundled as those promos aren't exactly regular.

I would just drop $15-20 for a tried-and-true DT-900 or maybe a generic one, depending.

 

[Curtieson]

Re: Do you think Microsoft of the carriers will bundle Qi wireless charging mats with the Lumia 950/

I think you need to shop around more if all you see us $40 chargers, haha. I second that you should just get a DT-900 for under $20. I have 3, they are awesome!

I got my first one as a free giveaway from AT&T with my Lu920 so it is clearly not out of the question (and my second was my sisters free charger, she didn't need it when she upgraded to her 1020.)...but I think it will depend on how cheap they price the phone in the first place.

 

[peachy001]

I'd be surprised if they don't bundle it in. But they are so cheap that I'd rather they bundle something else. I use wireless charging every night, so much more convenient and fairly kid proof.

 

[Neusyn]

At&t supports PMA so no, they won't support a QI charger bundle.

 

[peachy001]

But the MS store might. I expect UK retailers will.

 

[xandros9]

I'd be surprised if they don't bundle it in. But they are so cheap that I'd rather they bundle something else. I use wireless charging every night, so much more convenient and fairly kid proof.

They aren't cheap, this is an age where manufacturers axe headphones or a USB cable for the sake of cost. Cheap on an individual scale can really snowball when applied on a vast scale. I think the prices of older chargers has dropped enough anyway.

Also AT&T's $5 DT-900 and 910 firesale a while back certainly helped.

 

[peachy001]

Cheap in terms if that it is usually only a few that get it. I've seen it used for the first 100 or 1000.

 

[jmshub]

I got my first DT-900 charging plate from at&t for free when I bought my 920. It was cool, I might not have been so interested in Qi if I hadn't gotten started with that. It would be nice if at&t did it again, but we'll see how things work now that at&t is part of the PMA alliance. Hopefully, at the very least, there won't be the same nonsense that happened with the 1520 where at&t sold a model with Qi stripped out.