[TylerE]

The one area where cables still win is speed. My 11 can be charged by 50% in seemingly about 20-30 minutes from a high output (i.e. iPad) charger.

On my wireless pad that much charge will take a couple hours.

That's fine overnight, but sometimes you need a lot battery ASAP

[bredren]

This is a good point. Though the battery management seems to have gotten good enough that these speed charges are less necessary.

Funny thing is the only time I run out of juice now is if I did not place my iPhone on the wireless charger straight enough. Apple spoke specifically to this pain so it must be widespread.

[TylerE]

Yeah, that's the main cause.

Also occasionally when traveling, so combination of long days + higher than normal usage. I've got a battery case for those days that more or less doubles the built in capacity (at the cost of also basically doubling the weight)

[bredren]

Ya travel batteries are a good fill in for those circumstances.

I suspect Covid has had a big nerf on battery use overall.