Yeah but the MagSafe charger I've spent $150 on doesn't work without the magnetic part.

It works fine, you just have to manually align it, like any other Qi charger.

I half suspect you're trolling based on this and your other comments under this post, but in case you're not, the Magsafe charger specs state they are Qi compatible.

https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MX6X3LL/A/magsafe-charger...

  > The MagSafe Charger is compatible with Qi2 and Qi charging, so it can be used to 
  > wirelessly charge your iPhone 8 or later, as well as AirPods models with a wireless
  > charging case, as you would with any Qi2 or Qi-certified charger. 

PS: What MagSafe charger cost you $150? The regular Apple charger costs $39.

Not OP but I have the Anker 3-in-1 Cube and it was $150 when I bought it a year or two ago. It charges a phone, watch, and airpods at the same time, and sparks joy for me.

https://www.anker.com/products/y1811

I got a Belkin one 5 years ago for about the same price. Charges my phone and watch! Awesome. Then the next year I got a 13 Pro Max, and the charging coils didn't line up. Phone won't charge. I swore to never buy $150 chargers ever again.

I paid $25 for something from China. It took a month to arrive, but it works great.

I assume it's some elaborate mounting thing if you spent that much on it, but actually a magsafe charger will act as a standard Qi charger as well.

Yep. Switched from iPhone to Android but still use my magsafe charger on my bed stand for the new phone.

I wonder if one of those MagSafe cases that basically "passthrough" the MagSafe magnets in the phone would work.

Just as well as any of the other ones for Android phones. Heck, you can even buy adhesive magnet rings to stick directly to any case or phone back, as long as you align them properly.

Absolutely. Plenty of even cheap cases have the magsafe ring to align the charger and then would work with the magsafe puck just fine.

Is MagSafe worth it? I think I've misaligned my iPhone 12 mini once on my Qi charger total over the past five years or so.

Well I have an ancient wireless charger (power unknown) that doubles as a stand that I got for free as swag from some conference. I just keep my magsafe supporting phone on it when I'm not using it and done.

Look ma, no magnets!

does the target market for a cheap iphone spend $150 on a charger?

Literally just replaced the flimsy clip-on vent mount charger in my car with a ProClip custom fit mount and a Qi2 charger that ran me ~$115 all-in. I wanted longevity with this solution.

(See also: https://www.proclipusa.com/pages/product-finder)

I was pretty close to picking up the new SE4 to replace my iPhone 14 Pro and I'm balking at the lack of MagSafe on top of the $599 pricetag.

Then sell it and buy a $10 Qi charger.