Thin smartphones also mean thin batteries, and carrying a charging
cable so your phone can last the day is basically a fact of life now. To
make the situation a little more convenient there have been countless
keychain-friendly solutions for charging your smartphone, but none as
perfectly tiny as the inCharge.
The tiny charger is nothing more than a slim USB connector, a
Lightning or microUSB connector on the other end, and a short inch-long
flat ribbon cable connecting the two. When not in use the two USB
connectors stick to each other thanks to embedded magnets, allowing the
inCharge to be easily tethered alongside the keys in your pocket. And
while it does mean your smartphone has to sit right next to your
computer’s USB port for a charge, that’s a minor inconvenience to never
being without a cable.
The inCharge is starting life through an Indiegogo crowdfunding
campaign hoping to raise $US20,000 to fund production costs. To date
it’s raised just shy of $US100,000 so hopefully its creators will easily
be able to make it a reality. If you want to claim one for yourself,
with an estimated delivery of sometime next month, a $US9 donation is
all that’s needed for either the microUSB or Lightning version, in one
of eight different colours.
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