{"id":50136,"date":"2016-01-13T16:15:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T16:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=50136"},"modified":"2016-01-14T09:41:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T09:41:22","slug":"does-the-sony-xperia-z5-have-wireless-charging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/01\/does-the-sony-xperia-z5-have-wireless-charging\/","title":{"rendered":"Does the Sony Xperia Z5 have wireless charging?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wireless charging isn&#8217;t a new feature, but it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s taken its time being added to flagship devices from the largest players in the game. It would make sense therefore for Sony to include it in the Z5, but it&#8217;s not quite that simple&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>In short, No, the Sony Xperia Z5 doesn&#8217;t have wireless charging.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50147 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral-450x450.jpg\" alt=\"Sony Xperia Z5 Coral\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Sony-Xperia-Z5-Coral.jpg 882w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Of Sony&#8217;s latest suite of flagship phones (the Z5, Z5 Premium and Z5 Compact), none of them support wireless charging. It does seem like a bit of an oversight to have left out this feature especially as other high-end phones such as the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge do include this as standard. Sony aren&#8217;t alone though as Google also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/11\/does-the-nexus-6p-have-wireless-charging\/\">left out wireless charging<\/a> in their flagships this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly\u00a0Sony doesn&#8217;t seem to have offered any official explanation for why wireless charging was neglected and as there&#8217;s not USB-C in the Z5, Z5 Premium and Z5 Compact they can&#8217;t follow Google&#8217;s line of reasoning.<\/p>\n<p>Not all is lost though as although USB-C is also missing, they all support quick charging \u00a0&#8211; using a UCH10 charger you can\u00a0get 5 1\/2 hours additional battery\u00a0from being plugged in for just 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-shop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/official-sony-uch10-qualcomm-2-0-quick-mains-charger-cable-black-54008\">Buy Sony Xperia fast charger<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 2.0.27.4 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px 0 0px 0;text-align:center;\">\n<div id=\"bari-widget\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wireless charging isn&#8217;t a new feature, but it&#8217;s something that&#8217;s taken its time being added to flagship devices from the largest players in the game. It would make sense therefore for Sony to include it in the Z5, but it&#8217;s not quite that simple&#8230; In short, No, the Sony Xperia Z5 doesn&#8217;t have wireless charging. 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