Is through-surface charging a new trend for furniture design?

On 2021/9/14, Tim Cook announced the iPhone13 series. Without surprise, all the iPhone13 models are equipped with Qi and MagSafe wireless charging, which is the consequent 5th iPhone series with wireless charging since 2017. There was even a rumor that the new iPhone would remove the charging port and keep the wireless charging function only, but it didn’t happen this year. However, people can expect that the iPhone series will eventually become entirely holeless to realize Apple’s “The future is wireless” vision.

Apple’s action will speed up the wireless charging feature penetration into Android phones for sure. So far, all the high-end phone models have the wireless charging feature already, and more and more mid-end phone models are introducing this function. In 2021/6/30, Strategy Analytics already predicts up to 1 billion phones will have the wireless charging feature by the end of 2021. But not everyone spends additional money to buy a wireless charger; even their phone has this feature. This fact happens to create an excellent opportunity for furniture vendors. If furniture like sofa handler, side table, and desk integrate the wireless charger, it will attract the consumers who have wireless charging phones.

The Sweden furniture giant IKEA is the pioneer to integrate the wireless charger into their products, early back to 2015. For other furniture, IKEA offers a 5W wireless charger with a wood ring for consumers to drill holes on their furniture to install. Customers do not so welcome this compared to the integrated table lamp design. After six years of exploration, IKEA finally launched a wireless charger product called technology invisible to solve the integration problem.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/sjoemaerke-wireless-charger-80512718/

https://hitechwiki.com/ikea-unveils-a-new-wireless-charger-to-screw-under-the-desk/

Below is what IKEA described in this product on the website.

With SJÖMÄRKE wireless charger your technology becomes invisible since you mount the charger hidden – for example under a tabletop or shelf. Works through all materials except metal.

Perfect to mount on a desk, side table or bedside table when you want chargers and cables to blend into the decor to keep the room neat and tidy.

From the above saying, we can see that the most experienced furniture vendor for wireless charging integration has officially recognized that through-surface wireless charging is the right approach for the customers. Before IKEA making this announcement, through-surface charging is only applied in public wireless charging spots deployment due to its convenience for operators. Now we have strong evidence that not only shared-charging operators need the freedom brought by through-surface charging, but individuals need this hidden beauty to keep their home well ordered.

IKEA's invisible wireless charger can charge a phone at 5W across 8mm to 22mm surface distance, with a 39.99 USD price. This sets a reference for other furniture vendors. Those who can deliver higher charging power across a wider available surface thickness range, with a similar or lower price, might occupy this highly potential market more quickly.

We, Tseetech, have the state of art through-surface charging technology, suitable for surface thickness from 8mm to 50mm. Suppose you want to sell products similar to IKEA’s SJÖMÄRKE wireless charger. In that case, we have QB06, which can charge all iPhone series at 7.5W charging power, and Samsung phones at 10W charging power, at the same available surface thickness. If you want to sell a more fantastic product than IKEA, we have QB21, which can charge all iPhone series at 7.5W charging power, and Samsung phones at 10W charging power, at incredible 20mm to 50mm available surface thickness. We believe by our product portfolio, almost all the furniture can integrate the wireless charging feature easily.

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