Growing Awareness, Dropping Prices Should Fuel Wireless Charging Market, Says ABI Research
The number of wireless charging-ready devices outpaced charger shipments, but resonant wireless charging should boost the overall wireless charger market, said a report from ABI Research. Some 213 million Powermat/Rezence chargers are forecast to ship by 2020, but they will…
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be outpaced by the 713 million Qi chargers expected to ship during the period, said ABI. Many smartphone original equipment manufacturers haven’t bundled wireless chargers with handsets, which has stunted the market for chargers, said ABI, but growing awareness and dropping prices should drive sales of chargers per active user, said the research firm. Broadcom, Microsoft, Qualcomm and Samsung are among the companies that belong to both the Qi and Powermat/Rezence trade groups, but companies “will need to send clear signals about their product support to consumers,” said ABI Tuesday. Samsung ships devices today support both Powermat and Qi, but ABI predicts Samsung eventually will throw its full support behind Qi in future products.