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This toaster-looking gadget boosts your phone’s battery in seconds (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is awesome! For only $450 you can get a machine that can automatically swap battery packs placed on bulky $120 phone cases.

You don't need to plug a cable in your phone anymore, your over engineered machine can swap battery packs for you

I never imagined that I would live this long to see the future

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

So... you're essentially carrying around a power bank on the back of your phone all the time? Seems like a gimmick at best.

Honestly, fast charging has turned this into such a non-issue that you'll be hard pressed to find a more convenient solution.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

The biggest issue for me is compatibility.

Swippitt works with any phone as long as there’s a case designed for it. That way, a single hub can serve a whole household of people with different phone models.

Makes sense. Similar to the replacement phone batteries we used to have...

At launch, it will offer cases for the iPhone 14, 15, and 16 series, and the company plans to expand with Samsung Galaxy S series cases by the end of 2025.

Soo... They'll support some iPhones at launch, and in about a year, they hope to support some Galaxy phones. If being a hub is one of your selling points, that's a very underwhelming, limited list.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago

Right?

$450 and a toaster to use something like the external batteries I've used for a decade.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I had one of those power bank cases, and it was absolutely awesome for extended battery life. It was always there with the phone, it was just a bulky case (which did not bother me), it tripled or quadrupled my battery life, and it was about $20.

Sorely missing that it's not available for my current phone (Pixel 8a).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Magsafe case and a battery pack?