PopSockets Launches Wireless Charger
The new product allows your smartphone to charge even with a cell phone grip on the back.
At CES, the massive tech trade show in Las Vegas this week, PopSockets announced the latest product to join its lineup of smartphone accessories.
The PopPower Home Wireless Charger allows your Apple or Android smartphone to wirelessly charge even with a PopSocket – the popular collapsible phone grip and stand – on the back, TechCrunch reported. Previously, PopSockets users would either have to remove their phone case to wirelessly charge or opt to charge their phone with a power cord.
With this new accessory, you’ll simply plug it in and place your phone or other device on top, making sure any attached PopSocket slides into the hole in the middle. An LED indicator on the side will alert you that the case is charging.
Powered by Nucurrent, the new charger features Qi certification with Extended Power Profile (EPP) to deliver up to 15 watts of wireless power, up from the standard 5 to 10 watts. The accessory will also work through phone cases up to 5 mm thick and can charge devices that don’t have a PopSocket on the back. The case will come in an array of designs, including Night Bloom, Mountainscape, Matte White, Cosmic Cloud and Carbonate Gray. The phone’s model, case thickness and battery depletion will affect the charge times, PopSockets says.
PopPower Home Wireless Charger is currently available for $60 exclusively on Popsockets.com.
“PopSockets is a highly successful retail brand focused on innovation and the new PopPower product is a great example of this,” Jeff Hall, president and CEO of iClick, told Counselor. “iClick is committed to launching all relevant PopSockets products for our distributor partners and we look forward to making PopPower available in the very near future.”