It's a daft gimmick. If it was that amazing, why was this very well known aspect of physics, not implemented in phones many decades ago? An oscillator and a coil are not technological advancements - the marketing and fad wave took over.
With all respect, I find people are easily sold on things they could easily dismiss as pointless, were they not already ¾ of the way on being convinced into a new gadget purchase. I've yet to hear an actual, tangible, logical benefit for it over a simple, basic plug and socket, because I don't see there IS one. If it's that convenient and time saving, why are all phones sold not using it exclusively? Because it's a gimmick.
It takes two hands to steer a car, and yet I see no one saying what a nuisance that is - I don't see the "convenience" of saving oneself the hardship of having to pause a second, plug a wire in and carry on. Lol!
As for NFC, let's just say that Apple are the ONLY company which finally made it come into its own, transparently, seamlessly, ubiquitously and not merely be a bullet point on an Android device page for nerds to thrill over. As for many things, Apple may not be "first!!!", but they make very sure that, if they consider and invest in a thing, it becomes invisible and often the best.
I recall when my friend used to mock me that my iPhone didn't support bluetooth file transfer. Fine - mock away - it's not like I designed the thing. But the idiocy of sitting in my kitchen for ONE HOUR with his Samsung, trying to execute something as basic as sending me a 500MB video to me, OVER BLUETOOTH 🤦♂️🤦♂️ and then via "Android Beam" and about 10 other useless Samsung "features", was one of the most ridiculous fails I've ever remembered.
Then, Apple releases "Airdrop" and all this horse #### vanishes, but back on the Samsung planet, they're still messing about with 90s protocols and quasi-oddball half baked Android things. Wow.
I've yet to have AirDrop fail me, and for iOS to Android/PC transfer I use "Send Anywhere" which I've used for a few years now - in fact I've sent 27GB of media from my iPhone to my Android phone just an hour ago, in 20 mins!
I digressed. I felt it... 😁