How many coffee shops can you charge your phone with Qi? Starbucks has PMA.
Point 1...
If that isn't the stupidest argument I have seen today, I dunno what is.
First of all, let me tell you that Starbucks is the only coffee shop (and the only big Company I know) that provides their customers with PMA charging.
Secondly, there are only 64 countries with Starbucks, and of all those 64 its only in USA (that i know off) where they have began to implement this (of which, I don't even know how many Starbucks shops have this).
So when you look at the number of people that have access to this store, it still barely helps the relevance of PMA.
Refute...
Where as there is only one chain of store in only one country that we know to have PMA, there are over a million people world wide that have Qi chargers. In other words, the probability of finding a Qi hotspot is far more than that of PMA. And the difference in probability increases significantly if you are outside USA. Infact the probability of encountering a PMA hotspot in some countries is ZERO.
Point 2...
But you know what? Lets assume everyone in the world had access to Starbucks and their PMA hotspot.
The average phone takes about 3-3,5 hours to completely charge. It would be far more convenient to just charge with the cord at home than sit 3 hours in starbucks waiting for your phone to charge.
And in support of Qi charging, there a numerous amounts of Qi power bans that you can carry around with you anywhere any time and charge wirelessly without chords.
I still haven't heard of a PMA powerbank.
And lastly, Qi is lest harsh on your pocket. You can easily get a Qi charger for $5-$10 and a good Qi powerbank for about $40. Whereas, PMA case alone costs almost $50 and that is without the charger.
And you have only one case as an option or "**** YOU".
AT&T switching to PMA might have been good for their company in the sense that they try to shift the market to another standard where they pioneer.
But in reality, they just put unnecessary burden on their costumers.
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