Well yes of course. But the whole point of the ring is to align them perfectly so the efficiency is high and so you can use the phone without it falling off or losing alignment.

Using a case with the magnet ring in it solves this problem for the 16e without the ring in the phone itself.

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.

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.

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

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?

Then sell it and buy a $10 Qi charger.