Patriot Fuel Ion Wireless Charging System - CTIA 2014
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2015-05-07
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AT&T are you sick and tired with dealing with the hassle of plugging in cables
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all the time is chi charging simply not fast enough for your on thee-o lifestyle
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well I say Patriot fuel ion is the system for you okay enough with the
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cheesy voice over this thing is pretty cool though the Patriot ion wireless
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charging system is comprised mainly of their cases for the Samsung Note 3 S4
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and S5 phones along with iPhone 5 and
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iPhone 5S with iPhone 6 and note four cases coming in the future the Samsung
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compatible phones connect to the phone via Pogo pins in the back while the
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Apple ones connect via a lightning connector in the bottom you will also
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need some form of magnetic docking station these come in the form of a
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charging plate which rests the phone down flat a charging stand which holds
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the phone in a slanted position and a car mount for your windshield or with a
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little mounting accessory your dash as well the magnets in these devices are
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actually quite strong resulting in the phone snapping into place quite securely
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while allowing you to rotate the phone to whatever position best suits your use
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case another accessory worth noting that you can get is the wireless battery pack
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which allows you to charge wirelessly on the go this is actually pretty cool is
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we all know how fragile micro USB connections are I would rather my
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wireless charging pack was pulled off the back of my device stopping it from
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charging instead of having the USB connector break off my phone stopping it
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from charging Forever This 2100 mAh battery bank is able to charge in daisy
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chain with your device and while they didn't have a spec for how fast the
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charging was in daisy chain it should still be pretty quick if their claims of
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only a 0 .5% lower charging rate than wired hold true especially when compared
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to their claims that Chi charging is 60% slower than wired charging well guys I'm
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personally pretty impressed with how well the magnet works and I hope I can get some time with it alone in the
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office so I can test it against direct connection and CH charging myself but as
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techtips and thanks to AT&T for sending us here this year