Dell wants your laptop to wirelessly charge your phone
PCWorld|September 2022
Dell's patent has yet to be acted upon in an official capacity.
MARK HACHMAN
Dell wants your laptop to wirelessly charge your phone

Wireless charging isn't W particularly new-a number of chargers (fave.co/3SHUmll) have offered this feature for years. Samsung can even charge another phone via its Wireless PowerShare feature. But laptops that can wirelessly charge your phone? That's an entirely different story, and a problem that a new Dell patent hints the company could solve.

Even the best laptops (fave.co/3qL4oHf) have tons of flat, unoccupied space on their keyboard deck. Dell's patent proposes using this space for charging a wireless device, such as a phone.

 

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