This is actually pretty crazy. Wonder how much it'll affect the overall design of modern smartphones. Will we witness the return of flagships with plastic back covers?

Yeesh I hope not.

I hope everything just becomes brushed aluminum ffs. I hate all these glass back phones

Phones only have glass backs to let wireless charging work so I don’t see aluminium making a come back any time soon.

I hate wireless charging, though. It's inherently less efficient than wired, and you have less range of motion while charging. With a wire, I can still use my phone while it's plugged in. Wireless charging needs to go away imo.

WTF? Just don use wireless charging ffs. What a dumb opinion.

Considering it comes at the cost of your phone being more fragile, the argument is not without merit

What does wireless charging has to do with phones being more fragile?

The glass backs that this conversation started with

I hate wireless charging too, though. It's inherently less efficient than wired, and you have less range of motion while charging. With a wire, can still use my phone while it's plugged in. Wireless charging needs to go away imo.

Glass isn't mentioned nowhere in this comment which started this conversation.

That comment did not start the conversation, it was a response to the comment above it, which directly mentions glass.

That's why I deleted my comment almost immediately after posting it. Now I'm wondering how were you able to reply to it few hours later. Guess this Lemmy thing is still buggy.