In message , at 12:08:36 on Thu, 4 Jun 2020,
Harry Bloomfield remarked:
I had come across the magnetic chargers where you simply put a suitable
phone on a charging surface, but I have just noticed there is another
type, which is a wired type. You fit a tiny adaptor in the phone socket
and either the adaptor or the new plug is magnetic and pull themselves
together to make electrical contact. Avoiding wear and tear plus damage
to the phone socket.

Anyone tried one, are they any good. It seems they rely heavily on the
magnetism being strong enough to pull the contacts together and both
being clean.

I've had two MS Surface tablets, and they have a magnetic charging
connector, which I can't fault at all (although it's a shame it's
completely proprietary).

It also means that if you have the tablet charging on a coffee table,
and someone trips over the lead, it doesn't yank the tablet onto the
floor and/or fatally damage the socket.

ps Meanwhile, the Surface's non-replaceable battery is a disgrace,
and has led to me only being able to use the tablet while plugged
into the charger. [The replaceable batteries available online are
for the Surface 1, the Surface 2 and all subsequent models have non-
replaceable ones]
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Roland Perry