Facebook has updated its iOS app with a fix for battery life drainage issue which iPhone and iPad users have been facing for a while now. Go update the app now!
Want to double your iPhone's battery life on iOS 9 or 9.0.2? Check out BattSaver which has just been updated with full iOS 9 support.
We already knew the iPhone 6s battery was around 5% smaller than that in the iPhone 6, but a new photo now shows similar capacity reduction in iPhone 6s Plus.
Apple has applied for a new patent based on a fuel cell system that could see its MacBooks last for days, if not weeks without the need for external power.
A British company called Intelligent Energy has created what it purports to be the world's first hydrogen-powered battery that could be integrated into smartphone devices. The company, which boasts a wealth of experience over the last two decades within energy research and development roles, has created a functioning prototype of its revolutionary battery technology. It has reportedly been integrated into an Apple iPhone 6, utilizing the headphone socket as a refuel port for the required hydrogen.
As we go about our lives, we use all kinds of technology that relies on batteries, whether that be a smartphone, a tablet or perhaps a notebook computer. As we use these devices, we recharge them before using them again. This process can happen thousands of times during a device's lifetime, especially if it's something that we charge each day, like a smartphone or a smartwatch. That's all well and good, but as anyone with an old notebook computer will tell you, batteries eventually start to see their overall capacity decrease as the battery itself begins to decay. That's not good for battery life.
No matter how much our mobile devices improve in terms of display quality, point-and-shoot ability and processor speeds, one thing that always drags them down is battery life. It's all well and good owning a smartphone that can deliver (and extract) a variety of information at light-speed, but when that juice runs out, it becomes a very expensive doorstop. We've already seen an interesting new portable battery charger that can be powered up in seconds using only lighter fluid, and now, another start-up is touting a new type of battery that takes less than one minute to reach full power.
A new lithium-ion battery technology has surfaced which apparently allows it to be recharged to the 70% mark in a lightning fast 2 minutes time. Better yet, the battery’s life span has been increased to 20 years as well, sparking some serious ground-breaking possibilities and applications.
Retaining a substantial amount of battery is an ongoing challenge for owners of mobile devices, particularly as, with each new release, vendors are packing in more and more great hardware features. But as well as the battle in keeping the juice-o-meter sufficiently nourished, there's also the issue with charging times, with consumers often forced to wait for hours before a device reaches the magical 100% mark. But a new start-up has just showcased a technology that could, in future, charge a dead smartphone to full capacity in just one minute, which would, in no uncertain terms, be a game-changer.
It's an accepted fact that lithium-ion batteries - by their very nature - will degrade over time. Even if you buy a smartphone and it manages to live up to the outlandish, exaggerated claims made by the manufacturer with regards to how long it can run between charges, we know that after a year or two, retention will decrease considerably. A new power bank, which goes by the name of the BatteryBox, aims to change the current state of play with a revolutionary, energy efficient 'BatteryOS' that prevents degradation and keeps powering your devices efficiently - even five years after you begin using it.
