One in 10 Smartphones Shipped Has Wireless Charging Capability, IHS Says
One in 10 smartphones shipped worldwide this year will include wireless charging capability, said an IHS report Monday. The global wireless charging transmitter market more than doubled in 2015 to 53 million transmitter shipments, said the report, while 2.8 billion…
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wireless charging transmitters and receivers are forecast to ship in 2025. Apple Watch contributed significantly to the more than 23 million wearable-device transmitters shipped in 2015, said analyst Vicky Yussuff. Samsung heavily promoted wireless charging transmitters in the Galaxy S6 last year, offering two-for-one and free transmitters for consumers who signed up for Samsung Pay, a strategy it carried over to the Galaxy S7 smartphone earlier this year.