The Bang & Olufsen Beoplay Charging Pad Is Rs. 12,000 for a Wireless Charger. And Somehow It Makes Sense.
We’re going to acknowledge the obvious thing immediately.
Rs. 12,000 for a wireless charger. You can buy a perfectly functional Qi charging pad for Rs. 800. Several of them. You could buy fifteen of them and still have money left over.
We know. And if pure charging efficiency per rupee is what you’re after, close this tab and go find one of those Rs. 800 pads. They charge phones. They do the job.
But if you’re someone who has spent real money on a B&O speaker, or a pair of Beoplay headphones, or you’re simply the kind of person who notices when something on their desk looks cheap, the Beoplay Charging Pad is worth understanding properly before you dismiss it on price alone.
Because there’s a specific kind of person this makes complete sense for. And if that’s you, Rs. 12,000 for something you’ll use every single day – something you’ll actually want to look at doesn’t feel like it needs justifying.
What It Actually Is
The Beoplay Charging Pad is a luxurious leather Qi Certified wireless charger from Bang & Olufsen that can quickly charge your devices.
That description is accurate but undersells the materials. The top surface is leather – real, textured leather that feels warm rather than cold under your hand. The base is aluminium. The grip ring underneath is silicone. This leather, aluminium and silicon charging pad has been crafted from the finest materials.
Only 88.0mm × 88.0mm × 9.9mm – the Beoplay Charging Pad doesn’t take up valuable space on your desk, bedside table or kitchen countertop. It’s smaller than a Post-it note and less than a centimetre thick. You put it somewhere and it becomes part of that surface. It doesn’t announce itself.
It works with any Qi-enabled devices, TechRadar iPhone 8 and later, Samsung Galaxy, any modern Android with Qi. Simply place your Qi-enabled phone or device on its surface and go.
Available in The Den India at Rs. 12,000. Six colours: Limestone, Natural, Pink, Indigo Blue, White, and Black.
The Specs- Simple Because It’s a Charger
Charging Standard: Qi-certified EPP Output: 5W standard / up to 7.5W for Apple devices / up to 10W for compatible Android devices Connection: USB-C (cable included) Dimensions: 88mm × 88mm × 9.9mm Materials: Leather top, aluminium body, silicone base Colours: Limestone, Natural, Pink, Indigo Blue, White, Black Compatibility: Any Qi-enabled device Price at AVStore India: Rs. 12,000
When you’re not using a device capable of drawing 10W from the charger, the Beoplay Charging Pad will naturally provide 7.5W in its place. It can even drop down to 5W if you have a device that needs lower than 7.5W. It calibrates to the device automatically. You don’t configure anything.
One honest note before we go further: it delivers five watts of charging, with a 10W Fast Mode. TechRadar The 10W is available for compatible Android devices. For iPhones the maximum is 7.5W- Apple’s own limitation, not B&O’s. If you’re expecting MagSafe-style 15W charging from an iPhone, that’s a different product category entirely. For the vast majority of overnight charging and top-up-during-the-day use cases, 7.5W or 10W is completely adequate. It’s not slow.
Why the Materials Actually Matter
Most wireless chargers are plastic. Smooth plastic, textured plastic, rubber-coated plastic still plastic. They feel like what they cost. They age badly. The texture wears off, the rubber starts to collect dust and grime in ways that are unpleasant to clean, and after two years they look like something that should be replaced.
The Beoplay Charging Pad is leather, aluminium and silicone. These are materials that age well. The leather develops a patina rather than degrading. The aluminium stays aluminium. The silicone base grips the surface it sits on without collecting visible lint.
The leather slightly mutes the noise of vibration while smartphones are placed on the charger. Small things. More pleasant to live with than a phone buzzing on hard plastic.
The durable materials- leather, silicone, and aluminium. ensure it not only looks great but also lasts a long time. TechRadar That longevity matters at Rs. 12,000. This is not a product you buy and replace in a year.
The Placement – Better Than Most Chargers
A detail that B&O did well: the positioning and size of the charging coil within the pad. The positioning makes placement of your smartphone very straightforward. Often with an entry-level charging pad, placement can be finicky, you might put your phone down and think it’s good to go, only to come back and find it was half an inch too far out of position and wasn’t charging the whole time.
The Bang & Olufsen pad doesn’t have those kinds of issues. Though you still want to place your phone properly on the centre, you don’t really have to be picky about placement.
This sounds like a minor thing until you’ve had the experience of putting your phone down on a cheap charger before bed and waking up to find it at 30% because the alignment was slightly off. A charger you have to actively concentrate on placing correctly is a charger that will fail you eventually. The Beoplay Charging Pad’s coil placement is generous enough that normal, casual phone placement works consistently.
The Design- This Is the Real Reason People Buy It
The Beoplay Charging Pad has a low-profile, discreet design that looks gorgeous wherever you use it.
We want to be more specific than that because “looks gorgeous” doesn’t tell you anything useful.
The Natural finish is untanned leather with a warm, organic quality, it pairs beautifully with light wood surfaces, books, notebooks, anything that has a warm material character. It looks like it belongs on a well-appointed desk rather than on a tech accessories shelf.
The Black is smooth dyed leather- more contemporary, more minimal, works well in modern interiors or alongside darker finishes. The Limestone is a creamy off-white that pairs well with white tech- if you have a white iPhone or AirPods, the Limestone version creates a coherent palette. The Indigo Blue and Pink are for people who want colour and texture without the charger disappearing.
It looks especially great with the Beoplay earphones and their charging case TechRadar– if you own Beoplay E8, EX, or similar earbuds with Qi cases, the combination of earbuds on the charging pad is genuinely attractive as a desk or bedside setup. It looks intentional rather than assembled from whatever USB cables came with various products.
Its sleek and discreet design ensures Beoplay Charging Pad looks elegant wherever it’s placed. Choose from a pleasing palette of colours to match your interiors for the ideal blend of power and purpose. That’s accurate. The colour range is unusually considered for a charger- most charger manufacturers offer black and white and call it done. B&O offer six colours with real material differences between them.
Where It Works Best
Place it on your bedside table to charge batteries overnight, add it to your desk or kitchen to power your devices as you work, or slide it into your overnight bag for an elegant solution to wireless charging on your next hotel stay.
A bedside table is the natural home for this. Put it there, put your phone on it every night, phone is charged every morning. No cables to fumble with. No plastic pad that looks like an afterthought next to everything else on your bedside table. The Beoplay Charging Pad looks like something you chose to be there.
Desk use is the second-most common placement and it works equally well. Cut down on cables and clutter with this effortless wireless pad. If your desk has a particular aesthetic- minimal, warm, considered- the charging pad fits without disrupting it.
Its slimline design ensures it’s perfect for travel too. T3 At 88mm across it fits in any toiletry bag or laptop sleeve. A leather charging pad in a hotel room looks and feels different from whatever you’d normally travel with.
Who Should Buy This- Being Specific
Someone who already owns B&O speakers, headphones, or earbuds and wants their desk or bedside table to have a coherent aesthetic rather than a collection of mismatched accessories.
Someone who has a nicely considered workspace or bedroom and finds standard wireless chargers visually disruptive. The Beoplay Charging Pad is for people who notice these things.
Someone buying a gift for a B&O owner. At Rs. 12,000 it’s a considered, practical gift that doesn’t feel like an afterthought. It will be used every day.
For someone who owns Beoplay earbuds with a Qi-compatible case, the combination of earbuds charging on the pad while the phone charges beside it is practically very useful and aesthetically very good.
Who should not buy this: anyone for whom charging speed is the primary requirement- if you need 15W MagSafe or 25W Android fast charging, this isn’t the right product. Anyone who only needs a charger and doesn’t care at all how it looks the Rs. 800 option genuinely works and you’d be overpaying. Anyone who expects the USB adapter to be included in the box isn’t, just the USB-C cable. You’ll need your own adapter.
The One Thing Worth Knowing Before Buying
The USB-C cable is included. The USB wall adapter is not.
Connecting to a power source via a standard USB-C means you need a USB-A or USB-C adapter in the wall to plug the cable into. Most people have several of these lying around. But if you’re buying this as a gift or setting it up somewhere new, know that you need the cable plus an adapter. The adapter not being included is a mild omission at Rs. 12,000- most premium charger accessories include one. Not a dealbreaker, just worth knowing.
How It Compares
vs. Apple MagSafe Charger: MagSafe is faster for iPhone (15W versus 7.5W) and has magnetic alignment. If you have an iPhone 12 or newer and maximum charging speed is what you’re after, MagSafe is the technically superior choice for Apple users. The Beoplay pad wins on materials, aesthetics, and universal Qi compatibility MagSafe only works with recent iPhones.
vs. Belkin Boost Charge Pro: Belkin makes well-regarded wireless chargers at a fraction of the price. They charge phones reliably. They look like consumer electronics accessories. The Beoplay pad is for people who want something that looks like a deliberate design choice rather than a functional object.
vs. a generic Rs. 800 Qi pad: It charges phones identically at the same wattage levels. The experience of using it every day- the feel of the leather, the way the phone sits on it, the way it looks on your surface is completely different. Whether that experience difference is worth Rs. 11,200 is a personal decision that only you can make.
Questions We Get Asked
Is Rs. 12,000 for a wireless charger actually justifiable?
For most people- no, and we’ll be honest about that. For someone who already owns B&O products and wants a charging pad that fits the same aesthetic, or for someone who genuinely notices and cares about the materials and design of everyday objects on their desk- yes. It’s a daily-use item that looks and feels premium every time you use it. That has a real value for the right person.
What’s the charging speed?
Up to 7.5W for iPhones, up to 10W for compatible Android devices, 5W for everything else. It calibrates automatically to whatever the device can accept.Not the fastest wireless charger available but adequate for daily top-up and overnight charging.
Does it come with a wall adapter?
No, USB-C cable included, wall adapter not included. You need your own USB adapter.
What colours are available in India?
Six colours: Limestone, Natural, Pink, Indigo Blue, White, Black. Check the AVStore listing for current stock availability.
Does it work with any phone?
Any Qi-enabled device- iPhone 8 and later, Samsung Galaxy, most modern Android phones with wireless charging. It’s a Qi-enabled charger, making it compatible with a huge range of different smartphones.Can it charge Beoplay earbuds? Yes, it charges Beoplay E8 2.0 headphone cases and other Qi-enabled devices.If your B&O earbuds have a Qi-compatible case, they charge on the pad. Check whether your specific earbuds’ case is Qi-compatible before purchasing with this in mind.
Does it work through a phone case?
Generally yes, for cases up to about 3mm thickness. Very thick or metal cases may interfere with the charging signal standard thin cases work without issue.
Where We Landed
The Beoplay Charging Pad is a product that doesn’t need to exist. There are Rs. 800 alternatives that do the same job from a pure function standpoint.
What it does is solve a different problem- the problem of having a desk or bedside table where everything you’ve chosen carefully and one thing looks like you grabbed whatever was cheapest. The Beoplay Charging Pad is for people who don’t want that one thing to be their charger.
B&O tend to make a lot of higher end gadgets, most of which are aimed at supporting wireless devices. Their foray into wireless charging pads has been exciting for people who are ready to pay a premium for their charger. That’s the audience and B&O know exactly who they’re making it for.
At Rs. 12,000 it’s a considered purchase, not an impulse buy, not a necessity. But for the right person, in the right space, with the right context, it’s something you’ll use every single day and never regret owning.