Apple's XR Price Cut Takes Wireless Charging to Mid Tier, Omdia Says

Wireless charging pushed into the mid range of the smartphone segment in Q4, driven by Apple’s iPhone XR, said Omdia Wednesday. The increase in wireless charging-enabled shipments in the price segment was triggered by Apple’s price reduction on the iPhone XR, said analyst Anna Ahrens. Before Q4, more than 90% of phones with wireless charging capability were premium and high-end devices, led by Apple and Samsung phones. In 2019, phones with wireless charging grew 2.7% to 18.5% of all smartphones. The prior year, annual growth was 5.6%, with the slowdown in 2019 attributed to Samsung.