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by zuppy 722 days ago
i have 2 chargers near my bed, one has 3 amps, the other one has 1. i use one on another depending on how fast i need it charged. not the best solution, but it works.
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I have a wireless charging cradle on my nightstand intentionally hooked to a slow charger. It works fine most of the time except on the rare occasion when the phone charge is low and I'm going somewhere in a couple of hours. It would be great if there was a charging cradle with a simple "fast/slow" charge switch.

Or even better, if phones had a built-in charge status UI that instead of just saying "NN% charged / TT minutes until full" had a slider controlling charge speed that showed a range of "time until full". That way users could intelligently choose the charge speed vs time based on context.