Charge Your IPhone Weekly

A new battery technology could mean charging iPhones just once per week.

21:07 10 February 2016

British technology company called Intelligent Energy could spell the end of charging your iPhone every single day. The company recently signed a deal with an unnamed smartphone maker to produce batteries that are similar to those used in electric cars that can power your iPhone for a whole week.

 

The battery combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electrical energy. It is environmentally friendly and very efficient.

 

Although Intelligent Energy has not disclosed the name of the smartphone maker it is currently working with, some experts speculate that it could be Apple.

 

The two companies were rumoured to be working together as far back as 2014 and Apple has been trialling a fuel cell system to replace the old lithium-ion batteries in its Macbooks.

 

"We believe embedding fuel cell technology into portable devices provides a solution to the current dilemma of battery life," said Intelligent Energy’s Julian Hughes.

 

"With consumers demanding more and more from their phones, battery innovation has not kept up. What we offer is a solution that is clean and efficient and means consumers could be truly mobile and free from the constraints of the grid."