I was about to come on here and bitch about being on a conference call and my AirPods dying, and having no choice but to exist the call or go on speaker phone. It's been so long since I've used it that I momentarily forgot I could theoretically hold it to my ear...you know...like a phone. That being said I HATE holding the phone to my ear, and I carry a wired seat of Earpods for this exact situation. Losing the ability to switch on the fly when the Airpods die (and they do) would suck.
In other news, I recently test drove a GMC Canyon and was amused that they included a wireless charging pad, but a)it of course doesn't connect to Airplay and b)was in a space in the center console not actually big enough to rest an iPhone. But basically if this rumor becomes a thing, all existing CarPlay-enabled cars would be obsolete unless Apple or a 3rd party comes up with some special adapter.
Oh and lastly, while I DO prefer wireless charging and use it most of the time, there are still plenty of reasons to have a wire - emergency power banks, plugging into a computer to offload photos to the Mac, making a Mac-based backup of the phone before restoring it or upgrading it, and being able to plug into the wall when you are out and about and low on battery. Seems to be we've got quite a ways to a wireless iPhone society, and I'm not in any rush.
Oh one last thing I thought of...this would suck for college students. I gave my freshman an Anker charging pad to use it school. she returned it to me, because she preferred having one of those stick-on envelopes on the back to hold her school ID. As is a common thing.
