Qi wireless charging is quickly being integrated into everything – lamps, alarm clocks, even IKEA furniture. This week, Samsung has announced another category of Qi-enabled wireless charging gadgets: monitors!
The new Samsung SE370 monitor is the first to support wireless charging, with a small pad integrated into the monitor’s stand. The placement is pretty ideal – I already put my phone on my monitor’s stand while I’m at my PC – and of course the monitor will already has the power necessary to charge your phone, so there are no extra cables to install.
Samsung’s latest phones, the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge, both support Qi wireless charging. Two new phones are coming later today, the Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge Plus, and both of these will certainly support the wireless charging standard as well. Outside of Samsung, wireless charging is included in many high-end phones from LG, Google, Microsoft and more.
The SE370 is otherwise quite standard, with a 24 or 27-inch 1080p PLS display built into a rather fetching white-and-teal bezel and a white stand. Viewing angles are good at 178 degrees, and maximum brightness reasonable at 300 cd/m2. AMD’s FreeSync, which is ideal for PC gaming at higher detail settings using an AMD-based GPU, is also included in the monitor.
With so many monitor advancements coming in screen size or resolution, it’s cool to see something a little different. With expensive technologies like ultra-wide, high-frequency monitors becoming more commonplace, hopefully we’ll see the relatively inexpensive addition of wireless charging in more monitors going forward.
What do you think of this wireless charging monitor? Useful inclusion or waste of space? Let us know in the comments below!