Amazon is really respectable at making it easy to buy stuff online , however it seems the company is n’t all that great at keeping secrets . That ’s because last night at an Amazon holiday press prevue event , among the hundreds of products it was assay to agitate as we slow near summit gifting season , the party had one unpredicted Cartesian product just sit down out on the shelves for anyone to come take a look at .
Rumors about Samsung ’s upcomingWireless Charger Duohave been making the rounds , especially inadvance of the Note 9 ’s launchon August 9 , but Amazon seems to have outright sustain its existence by putting it on exhibit at its case .
alas , the handful of Amazon employee that were man the nearby smart home and electronics station did n’t fuck much about the machine , including its price or expected release particular date . And when I check out the product ticket that was sitting nearby , it was mark “ Samsung Qi Pad ( 2018 ) . ” which seems like a different product all in all . In fact , when I essay to attend up the product using Amazon ’s QR codification , it links you to thisthinginstead , which is a wireless charger from Samsung , but not the one that was on the display .
Photo: Sam Rutherford (Gizmodo)
As for what small info I could glean from the machine itself , it seems to have two wireless charging pads that are powered by a single USB - C comment in back . And while there is n’t any official branding in front , by flipping the charger over , I found a sticker on the bottom with a gravid Samsung logotype and power glasses listing the gimmick ’s input signal at 12 volts at 2.1 ampere .
The other modest feature is that , conceal beneath the inglorious charge card in front , there are two ready to hand indicator lights that tell you what the pad ’s charging status is . Sadly , the charger did n’t seem to be in full operational as I only in brief commence it to nictitate greenish and send a bantam bit of juice to my Galaxy S8 before the igniter go carmine and it stop working .
When it come to that flat battery charger on the other side of the pad , rumors suggest it ’s intended for use with Samsung ’s next Gear smartwatch , which is expect to launch at IFA .
So how did this unheralded wireless courser get outed ahead of its official freeing ? My best guess is that someone at Amazon simply grab the wrong product and put it on display alternatively of the Qi Pad that was apparently suppose to be there . We ’ve reach out to Amazon for more information on the machine and to ask why it was on video display . reach out by Gizmodo , Samsung declined to comment .
While we ’re still waiting for more point on the twist ’s real pricing and firing , at least now we have pretty damn upright evidence that Samsung ’s rumor two-fold - wireless courser is coming .
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