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AT&T are you sick and tired with dealing with the hassle of plugging in cables
all the time is chi charging simply not fast enough for your on thee-o lifestyle
well I say Patriot fuel ion is the system for you okay enough with the
cheesy voice over this thing is pretty cool though the Patriot ion wireless
charging system is comprised mainly of their cases for the Samsung Note 3 S4
and S5 phones along with iPhone 5 and
iPhone 5S with iPhone 6 and note four cases coming in the future the Samsung
compatible phones connect to the phone via Pogo pins in the back while the
Apple ones connect via a lightning connector in the bottom you will also
need some form of magnetic docking station these come in the form of a
charging plate which rests the phone down flat a charging stand which holds
the phone in a slanted position and a car mount for your windshield or with a
little mounting accessory your dash as well the magnets in these devices are
actually quite strong resulting in the phone snapping into place quite securely
while allowing you to rotate the phone to whatever position best suits your use
case another accessory worth noting that you can get is the wireless battery pack
which allows you to charge wirelessly on the go this is actually pretty cool is
we all know how fragile micro USB connections are I would rather my
wireless charging pack was pulled off the back of my device stopping it from
charging instead of having the USB connector break off my phone stopping it
from charging Forever This 2100 mAh battery bank is able to charge in daisy
chain with your device and while they didn't have a spec for how fast the
charging was in daisy chain it should still be pretty quick if their claims of
only a 0 .5% lower charging rate than wired hold true especially when compared
to their claims that Chi charging is 60% slower than wired charging well guys I'm
personally pretty impressed with how well the magnet works and I hope I can get some time with it alone in the
office so I can test it against direct connection and CH charging myself but as
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