Wireless Charging Orb: Monday model or a fiasco?

Wireless charging is the future, or will at least much more will be deployed in the coming years. The Nexus 4 is one of the devices that support this standard, and therefore has a LG Wireless Charging Orb released, which can only be ordered through the Google Play Store, unfortunately only abroad. We have received, time to test!

Wireless charging
The Wireless Charging Orb LG (WCP-400) uses the so-called Qi technology worldwide embraced by manufacturers to continue to make available wireless charging. This has the great advantage that this Orb can also be used with other devices that support for it here. Wireless charging is not entirely without cable, the device itself is still via a micro-USB connector is connected to the mains, but the device itself need not be plugged.

Experience Wireless Charging Orb (WCP-400)
The Wireless Charging Orb LG is about as big as a tennis ball cut in half and the back room for a microUSB connector. I was, before I received the product, it seemed quite enthusiastic and helpful to me on the nightstand to turn, especially since I use my smartphone as an alarm clock and if so at night time could see. After the first night and woke up to the "click sounds" of the phone (in airplane mode and silent), I decided the Orb still a chance.

Wake up
Unfortunately, the second night is not better and I heard the sounds again and again, which are made when the unit is laid out and the battery is almost empty. The Nexus 4 that I tested slid slowly down until no further contact was made. There was no longer charged, the smartphone was empty with the result that the alarm did not drain the next day. Very annoying!

After testing the charger during the day, it seemed indeed very easy to slide down and soon lost contact to the part which can be recharged. It therefore appears that the magnet that is inside the unit in place to hold not strong enough. In addition, there is a lot of dust on the front paste.

Our regular U.S. courier, Arvid, has itself a LG Wireless Charging Orb ordered his experiences are different. There is even possible the unit upside down to keep the charger, without falling off. It would thus be possible that I just sit saddled with a Monday morning model of the Orb, however there are also many stories on the Internet to read from people who have similar problems. There was only one way in which the Nexus 4 well sat on the Orb ...

Buy?
Insofar as it is possible via the Play Store to order , I would, based on my experience this is definitely not recommend. Again, it may be that my model has a defect, but experience shows that it definitely will not work this way. For me, just another old-fashioned cable in!