We have this afternoon received pricing for a number of the new Nokia Lumia 820/920 wireless charging accessories, including:
- Nokia Lumia 820 wireless charging shell – £16.66 (£19.99 inc. VAT)
- Nokia Lumia 820/920 wireless charging plate – £48.83 (£54.99 inc. VAT)
- Nokia Lumia 820/920 wireless charging stand – £58.32 (£69.99 inc. VAT)
- Nokia Lumia 820/920 wireless charging pillow by Fatboy – £66.66 (£79.99 inc. VAT)
- Nokia JBL Playup portable wireless speaker – £120.83 (£144.99 inc. VAT)
At the moment we do not have a release date confirmed, but the accessories are expected to be available for the launch of the handsets.
Each of the accessories above is listed on the Clove website in a variety of colours. We will be adding other accessories from the range as soon as we have pricing available and will provide an availability update once we have a more precise release date.
What about Lumia price?
No pricing for the handsets yet I’m afraid
Wow that’s expensive! It’s got me wondering how much the S3 kit will cost.
It seems Nokia’s solution uses Qi, which is inductive charging (like the old Powermat and many electric toothbrushes).
Not sure what the S3 will use; chances are it’ll be similar in which case my old Powermat may work. In fact if it works a Powermat might be a cheap alternative to the charging plate.
Apparently one of the major alternatives to inductive charging is resonance charging, which doesn’t require such precise placement of the phone. You can even put the phone next to the charging object rather than on it. I think Intel was looking to support that technology, which would allow you to charge your phone just by putting it next to, say, your laptop. If the S3′s going to use this it could explain the looooong delay in it being released, but I still think it’s unlikely.
I’ve just read that Samsung’s also signed up to Qi.
That’s good for the consumer that Samsung is using it as well. The new Nexus is also rumored to have wireless charging so one would assume that that would also use Qi.
My gf just got her Note II (thanks guys) and it seems to have the wireless charging built into the back.
She’s still charging the phone from the mains before the first use, but later on I’ll see if my Powermat can charge it.
Hmmm, doesn’t work. So either it’s incompatible or that’s actually the NFC that’s built into the cover (in the S3 it’s built into the battery).
Thanks anyway for testing; would have been a nice addition!
Get a Maxell QI charger, plenty of them about.
Ouch.. expensive!
Also, Clove, the 3 middle links between the 5 are broken..
Michael
Thanks, this has now been amended.
im looking to get a wireless charger but was looking at the powermat, has any one tried it with the lumia 820??
Hi Nat,
I don’t think the Lumia 820 will work with the Powermat.
Can’t say at this stage Mark, will have to wait until we’ve had stock of the Lumias.
Look for QI wireless chargers. They will work.
Different wireless systems use different coil sizes etc.