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Energizer's New AA Phone Charger |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Tuesday, 30 October 2007 |
Until
now, most mobile phone recharging device shave had to be charged up
themselves, giving you maybe one or two charges before they to run
flat. And you have to remeber to keep it charged as well. Battery
maker, Energizer has come up with a cheap solution that means so long
as there is a corner store nearby you need never run out of phone
battery again.
Energizer announced its Energi
To Go phone recharger which is compatible
with all major phone brands and runs off two of Energizer's
AA
Lithium batteries (for optimum performance) to give you up to nine hours of extra talk
time, once your phone battery has gone flat.
Priced
at A$34.95 and is sold in all major grocery, variety and
hardware outlets (not including batteries), the device means you just
need to pick up a couple of AA batteries to get a recharge for your
phone.
Rachel
Pullicino,
Group
Brand Manager Energizer commented, "With
the demands that the latest technology puts on mobile phones today,
it is not surprising to find that around 2 million mobile phone users
experience a flat battery once a week or more often. As
a solution to the problem of being caught on the go and away from
your traditional charger, Energizer
has launched Energi
To Go
which
is a new instant, portable mobile phone charger, which gives you and
your phone a new lease of life by providing immediate power, anywhere
you go, at anytime."
In fact, Energizer has released some of its research into how much Australian's feel dependent on their mobile phone. The
biggest concerns, says the company, is that if they lose their phone or
the battery goes flat, they will miss an important call (95%) or
that without their mobile phone they don't know many, if any, of
their telephone numbers, even those of family, friends or work
colleagues (90%).
But losing the use of your phone could cause "severe disruption to life, panic attacks and feelings of loss and
helplessness". These are all emotions which, according to the research,
are experienced by 83% of Australians when they lose the use of their
mobile phone. In fact, so keen are we as a nation to avoid the
inconvenience that a staggering 40% would prefer to lose $30 than the
use of their mobile phone for one day.
Alongside
the feeling of panic and the inconvenience, there is the more serious
issue of safety and of not having an operational mobile phone with
you. One third of young people reported having "been left stranded"
because of a dead mobile phone battery. And nearly half of those
surveyed confessed to arguing with their partners as a result of not
being able to call or text due to a flat battery.
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