In March, the company IKEA announced plans to begin sales of floor and table lamps, as well as bedside tables and special pads with built-in wireless charging for mobile gadgets. Now the producer revealed details about how to look such gadgets and how much they will cost. In addition, the manufacturer made sure that his innovations were able to take advantage of even the users a number of popular smartphones, in which such a possibility is not out of the box.
By coincidence, one of the most popular flagship smartphones in the market are unable to wireless charging. The company decided to circumvent this oversight manufacturers of gadgets and introduced special adapters for Apple iPhone 6 and Samsung GALAXY S5, for which the buyer will have to part with 25 and $ 15 respectively.
Do not forget to IKEA and older device: to buy adapters will be available for iPhone 4 / 4s, iPhone 5 / 5s, and GALAXY S III and S4. IKEA invent the bicycle was not possible – a massive head on the smartphone, which acts as a receiver for wireless charging and connecting to the power connector.
Luminaires with built-in discharge standard Qi estimated from 69 to 119 dollars for the platform will have to pay 28 to 65 dollars, and tables will cost customers 60 to $ 110. On the general background, the proposal from IKEA looks interesting, considering not the most expensive and is more or less widespread Qi in smartphones, tablets and smart-hours.
In the US, new items will go on sale in mid-April. If the project will justify itself, the company certainly will deploy sales in many countries, and in the more distant future can begin to complete such a decision all his furniture, given the increasingly popular trend away from the wires.