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I'm really pissed that glass backed phones have become the norm. Seemingly they're more expensive and more breakable! I wish someone would make a metal or plastic backed phone. (Looking at the fairphone...)
Metal doesn't work with wireless charging. Plastic feels cheaper. Still, many companies are making plastic phones, and I'm sure some are making metal ones as well.
Qualcomm and the Rezence wireless charging standard had tech that was able to charge through metal backs since 2015. The issue is it's not compatible with Qi which already cornered the market so no one used it.