Nexus 4 Qi Wireless Charger available from Gadgets4Geeks

If you’re a Nexus 4 owner who’s been waiting for accessories like most of the Ausdroid team, you’re in luck.

Our friends at Gadgets 4 Geeks have been testing a number of Qi wireless chargers with their Nexus 4 and after a few weeks of testing and teasing, they’ve found a suitable device – it doesn’t suffer from the intermittent charging issues we’ve heard about, and it has a matte surface so the Nexus 4′s glass back doesn’t slide off.

The charger has just gone on sale for $55, with estimated delivery just before Christmas. As a bonus, Gadgets4Geeks is offering a free Ultra Thin Matte Nexus 4 cover with preorders – avaialble in black, white, dark blue, light blue or red – and free Express Post shipping. This is one of the first commercially-available Qi-compatible chargers in Australia.

Ausdroid readers can also take advantage of an extra special – if you buy 2 or more chargers you’ll get 10% off if you use the discount code “G4GAUSDROID“. This is also good for 10% off any order on the site over $70.

Stock is limited – the next shipment won’t be available until mid-January. A few late-night Ausdroiders have already placed their order. We’d also like to thank to Yianni from Gadgets4Geeks for putting up with our incessant enquiries.

Will you be buying a wireless charger for your Nexus 4? Are you happy to buy third-party chargers or are you holding out for “the orb”? Let us know in the comments!

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Source(s): Gadgets4Geeks

Gadgets4Geeks Nexus 4 qi Wireless Charging

http://www.twitter.com/andrewpalozzo Andrew Palozzo

Only thing that annoys me is the free case is counter intuitive… It will prevent wireless charging wont it?
Do bumpers even work?
- http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Anderton/504726871 David Anderton
  
  If its thin enough and not made of metal it should be fine
- http://twitter.com/JM77 Jason Murray
  
  The case is thin enough that it doesn’t stop it charging. I don’t see why a bumper would either as it doesn’t obscure the back of the phone.
- http://ausdroid.net/ Daniel Tyson
  
  I have the bumper, got it yesterday but sorry to say I’m not going to be intentionally testing it out unless someone else is willing to donate their Nexus 4 for the purpose of testing.
- http://twitter.com/G4Gau Gadgets4GeeksAU
  
  Don’t worry, we tested all our cases and they work without any issues.
http://www.facebook.com/people/David-Anderton/504726871 David Anderton

What im excited about is wireless chargers built into car docks. I dont mind plugging my phone in next to my bed, actually I prefer it because i can pick up my phone and use it while its charging. In my car thats different. I want to me able to quickly chuck it in a cradle that charges it and puts it in car mode!
- http://www.twitter.com/andrewpalozzo Andrew Palozzo
  
  I ended up buying one as a present but yeah, i’m in your bucket. Don’t see the point of this too much.. but the idea of a car dock sounds great…
  
  Also I like JBL’s offering of a speaker dock with nfc and charging… that sounds pretty balling to me.. but a lil $$ at the moment.
dibbz

I have the WCP 700, yes it’s good.
http://twitter.com/tfqkhn Taufiq Khan

I’ve been using the Energiser Qi individual charger. It works well enough… Not as quick as a wired charge, but still cool to have at the work desk. Annoyingly though, the glass on glass means that the Nexus 4 has a tendency to slowly slide off. Still waiting on my phone skin from Amazon for some grip
- http://twitter.com/G4Gau Gadgets4GeeksAU
  
  We found sliding on a few we tested. This one that we chose to stock has a matte finish and isn’t tapered, so no sliding
http://www.brasurf.com.au/ craigo

My wireless charger arrived! Works great up to around 87% charge, then it starts turning off and on, so the battery never gets charged any higher. Is this intended? http://i.imgur.com/Tg2ja.png
matt

How hard would it be to cover the 2 leds? Are they on the bottom?
http://dennisbareis.com/ Dennis Bareis

I have a rugged non-metallic case (plastic & rubber) that probably raises the phone about 4-5 mm. Anyone know if that would be a problem with this charger (I believe the standard allows for a bigger gap)?