Which iPhones Have Wireless Charging? A Guide…

If you’re wondering which iPhones have wireless charging, you’re in the right place – these are the ONLY iPhone models that have wireless charging…

Android phones have had wireless charging for years now, but Apple’s iPhones – as usual – were late to the party. And that means if you’re in the market for picking up an iPhone, you need to choose wisely if you want one that has wireless charging.

The iPhones listed below ALL feature wireless charging.

iPhones That Have Wireless Charging

• iPhone 8 & iPhone 8 Plus
• iPhone X
• iPhone XR
• iPhone XS
• iPhone XS Max
• iPhone 11
• iPhone 11 Pro
• iPhone 11 Pro Max
• iPhone SE (2020)
• iPhone 12 Range (All Models)
• iPhone 13 Series (All Models)

As you can see above, all the most recent iPhones – including the incoming iPhone 12 and the new iPhone SE (2020) – feature wireless charging. As a general rule of thumb, this is all you need to remember:

Apple ONLY brought wireless charging to its iPhones with the iPhone 8 range; anything below that – so, iPhone 7, iPhone 6, etc, – does not have wireless charging.

Does The iPhone 13 Have Wireless Charging?

Apple’s iPhone 13 lineup of smartphones added in plenty of new features but one area that Apple neglected to touch was wireless charging: the iPhone 13 has the same wireless charging speed as the iPhone 12 (15W)

How Fast is Apple’s Wireless Charging?

Apple’s modern iPhones might support wireless charging, but it doesn’t mean it’s fast. In fact, compared to Android brands like OnePlus and Huawei, Apple’s wireless charging is painfully slow at just 7.5W. To put that figure into context, the OnePlus 8 Pro will wirelessly charge at 30W; that’s nearly four times as fast as Apple’s Qi standard.

And to make matters worse, reports suggest that Apple has been nobbling third-party wireless charging inside iOS, reducing it from a maximum output of 7.5W down to 5W. For this reason, if you ACTUALLY want to fast-charge your iPhone, you’re still best off using your lightning cable.

Even at 7.5W, Apple’s wireless charging is criminally slow compared to alternatives from Huawei and OnePlus. Perhaps Apple will fix this with the iPhone 12. We can hope. But I wouldn’t go holding my breath for it; Apple uses the Qi wireless charging standard, so it is limited by that technology.

The only alternative is that Apple creates its own standard, just as OnePlus did with its OnePlus 8 Pro and accompanying Warp Charging chip.

How To Add Wireless Charging To iPhone 7 (And Older iPhones)

If you have an older iPhone and you want to get wireless charging on it, you have one simple option to do this – get an iPhone case that supports wireless charging. Fortunately, when it comes to wireless charging iPhone cases, you’re spoilt for choice. There are loads (as you can see here).

Again, you won’t be getting OnePlus 8 Pro speeds, but at least you will be able to use a wireless charger to top up your aging iPhone during the day. Of course, it goes without saying, in order to do any of this you will also need a wireless charging mat. And right now, our current #1 favorite wireless charging mat has to be this one – it’ll do your Apple Watch too.

Also, be sure to check out what reverse wireless charging is and which phones have it!

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Richard Goodwin

Richard Goodwin has been working as a tech journalist for over 10 years. He is the editor and owner of KnowYourMobile.