Re-inventing mobile charging for the modern workforce
Updated: June 24, 2019
The modern millennial is on the go, with offices and entertainment hotspots taking up a major chunk of the day. This means that places of social engagement have seamlessly integrated into office spaces and vice-versa, giving new meaning to the term “work-life harmony”. This is also bolstered by the fact that almost 34 % of the productivity at work is due to a connected device like a laptop or a smartphone. This means saving documents and presentations on the cloud, instant messaging for coordinating projects and sharing real time updates on the same, while sipping a coffee at your workstation in the middle of a coffee shop has become second nature to today’s workforce. This brings forward a more pressing need to keep devices powered, in order to work from anywhere and anytime.
To keep up with the way the modern smartphone consumer works, all handset manufacturers have undergone one major change, and that is made the screens bigger to accommodate all the information we expect in an instant glance . The top-of-the-line phones have edge-to-edge displays with no room for even the home button. This increase of glass in the surface is actually making way for a larger feature to enter the smartphones today, which is “Wireless Charging”. The glass actually helps in a process called magnetic induction which lets the charger pass power to the battery via a magnetic field.
The office has been reduced to the size of a palm with collaboration and teamwork on the go. Grand View Research predicted that the global wireless charging market could be well over worth $23 billion by 2022. Interestingly, a survey of 1600 consumers in the US by The Wireless Power Consortium found that 70 percent or more of all global consumers experience battery anxiety at the times of urgency in some or the other way. As some key global markets like US continue to show high adoption rates, India also poses the perfect market conditions to meet the need and solution gap. This can be understood if power today is present everywhere as a truly wireless station, within an accessible range that is not just restricted to the office space, but also that coffee bar where ideas are brewing.
WestCharge, as a wireless charging company, understands that in ways more than one.
Here’s how –
- Power that is convenient – on the table/workstation charging gives the most seamless and hassle free charging solution to the millennial who works and plays. Not being stuck to a wired station all day or desks with plugs is the new expression of freedom. According to Gartner, employees spend 40 % of their time on desks on a normal workday. In order to enhance productivity, WestCharge provides a simple yet efficient solution with wireless charging on every desk for every worker.
- Urban mobility – Going beyond the workspace, WestCharge envisions “Power Anywhere Anytime” keeping in mind how mobile the workforce is today. This will impact urban mobility, by encouraging users to move more often, be on the go, without having to worry about finding charging facilities around them.
- Always Connected – Being able to charge on the go gives more power to the end user who works remotely and is connected. With wireless chargers on their tables, work related emergencies can be addressed easily without being frustrated about finding a working plug or station around.
- Universal Compatibility – The only universally compatible power input between the differing handset and portable device manufacturers is inductive wireless charging, especially Qi compatible ones. For devices that don’t have wireless charging built in, WestCharge Receivers provide a simple way to reach the common international standard. With people on average charging 2-3 devices a day there is no longer a need to keep tabs on their respective chargers, ports and frayed cables. WestCharge Wireless Charging ensures all battery needs are met by keeping installations simpler, safer and always updated to the latest standards.
Office is where your phone charges wirelessly
In a nutshell, wireless charging will harness the two most important aspects of commercial technology – the first being universality of its application and the second, the accessibility for everyone. Workforces everywhere are demanding to be connected and powered up wherever they are working from, whether it’s the office, the hotel room, the taxi or the coffee shop. Wireless charging with WestCharge delivers on this promise with in-app discovery of charging locations, simple navigation and a universally accessible wireless charging solution with WestCharge Qi wireless chargers paired with wireless charging receivers. Modern workspaces and venues that aspire to attract a modern worker will need to provide power conveniently to be able to attract and engage their customer.
