New Battery Technology .

[Luk-Col]

Its a great start and I don't think the lower voltage will be a problem for long as hardware uses less power now a days so if everyone meets in the middle. Were Al be charging our phones in an hour.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3027399/The-battery-recharges-MINUTE-Experts-build-cheap-flexible-power-pack-aluminium.html

[Comessy]

Were Al be charging our phones in an hour.

My phone charges in 15 minutes and lasts 2 weeks

 

#NokiaMasterRace

[Lolzious]

Maybe the iPhone 6 Plus S will be sporting this "flexible battery"?

[Comessy]

You phone can't do anything, get over yourself

It can text, email and check Facebook. 

 

That's all I need, my computer does the rest

[Mew]

It can text, email and check Facebook. 

 

That's all I need, my computer does the rest

 

That's what I thought in the early years of the smartphone.... but after I got the 4s on contract, it all changed. Being able to have something to do/use while waiting for something or needing to look something up when out is super useful. 

[Guest]

It can text, email and check Facebook. 

 

That's all I need, my computer does the rest

Lel, get with the times man. Or don't.... A smartphone is so useful, it has saved me many times.

[XTankSlayerX]

Its a great start and I don't think the lower voltage will be a problem for long as hardware uses less power now a days so if everyone meets in the middle. Were Al be charging our phones in an hour.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3027399/The-battery-recharges-MINUTE-Experts-build-cheap-flexible-power-pack-aluminium.html

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[Comessy]

Lel, get with the times man. Or don't.... A smartphone is so useful, it has saved me many times.

It's "smart"

 

It has built in GPS that works offline... Hmmm does your phone have that?

[Guest]

It's "smart"

 

It has built in GPS that works offline... Hmmm does your phone have that?

Sort of, Google maps.

[Comessy]

Sort of, Google maps.

And do you require to be online for effective use of your "google maps"

[Guest]

And do you require to be online for effective use of your "google maps"

You can have the map at least.

Online? Hmm not sure tbh.

Even so, it compensates by doing 100000 other things.

[DIV1D3]

And do you require to be online for effective use of your "google maps"

As a matter of fact, you do not, you can save part of a map (so the city/town you live in and other towns/cities you visit) so that you can use it offline. 

[JuztBe]

 Guys!!! Not everyone needs youtube, octa core , almost AAA games in their phone. 
Yeah smarphone saved YOU many times, but not Comessy. I bet his phone can do most of the things you do on your smarphone anyway.

[mr moose]

Sounds good, if it does what they say then this will have a place in remote homesteads where a generator can be run at full for a short time to recharge the batteries rather than inefficiently for a longer period with older batteries. 

 

I really hope this eventuates and doesn't just fizzle like all the other battery promises we hear.

[Linus_torvalds]

That's what I thought in the early years of the smartphone.... but after I got the 4s on contract, it all changed. Being able to have something to do/use while waiting for something or needing to look something up when out is super useful. 

4s? LOL that's not even smartphone that's piece of shit

[Suika]

Maybe the iPhone 6 Plus S will be sporting this "flexible battery"?

Naturally, Samsung will follow with slightly less appealing flexible batteries.

[Jade]

It's "smart"

 

It has built in GPS that works offline... Hmmm does your phone have that?

GPS doesn't mean shit if you don't have the map for it. And yes. Mine does.

[GlassBomb]

I wont be too excited about battery tech until they are actually in mainstream production :c

 

People have talked about battery tech that charges your phone in minutes for years

[RexinOridle]

Man, I really hope Microsoft takes off solid and straight with proper apps and support. iPhone is all good and thing and I'm using one right now for the sake of usability, simplicity and no headache, but can't keep up with it's useless battery and some other bullshit.

[Syntaxvgm]

There have been promising leads like this for years, and no one has invested in it, so it hasn't happened. Not excited until I see it happen.

[Dzzope]

http://news.stanford.edu/news/2015/march/aluminum-ion-battery-033115.html

 

 

The origonal story..

 

The reason it's not been invested in is because noone has been able to figure out how to get it to reliably hold it's charge. 

This version has held it's charge 7.5 times longer than a Li-Ion battery does.. It's also safer and charges MUCH faster.

 

Think about this in a car... You think tesla won't be all over this... Fully charge your Plug-in EV in mins rather than hours?

Thats the main issue with non-hybrid cars these days.. The only other thing is weight to capacity.. If they can do ultra fast charging of these units and they are safe with cheaper and easier to work with materials.. You'll see someone getting in on it.. 

 

The second someone makes a batter thats the same size (and same cost or less) than current ones hold 2-3 times (or more) of the charge.. Game changer.. Imagine smart watches and phones that last a week instead of a day or so. Imagine a car that has 0 emissions that has a range of 1000 miles, Laptops and ultra-book that are either much lighter or can go on working for days instead of hours..

 

I say bring it on and the sooner the better. Safe and cheap are the big things in this so far.. Can't wait to see development so that the capacity is increased too.

[Glenwing]

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