Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer details why the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P lack wireless charging

There’re a few frustrating aspects about the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P, with a lack of wireless charging being one of them. Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer has taken to “the front page of the Internet,” or reddit, to reveal the thought process behind that decision.

The decision to bring wireless charging to the Nexus lineup in 2012 was that microUSB was frustrating, and wireless charging was a way around that. With the Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P equipped with a USB Type-C port, that frustration has been dealt with, and thus, no need for wireless charging.

That brings up another question: why not just leave wireless charging in? Well, it also has to do with the Z axis–the thickness of the device. Basically, Google saw USB Type-C and wireless charging as redundant, and thus, opted for a thinner device. When it comes down to it, the crowd that Google is aiming the two new Nexus devices at probably wouldn’t have minded a little more thickness in trade for wireless charging, but Google didn’t see it that way.

And that’s how wireless charging was left out. Head on over to the AMA for more juicy Nexus details!

source: Reddit

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