Wacky portable phone chargers

Any smart phone user will know how ridiculously short the battery life is, being constantly on the go needing to use your phone when the battery only lasts half a day (if you're lucky) does get quite frustrating at times. But could this problem now have been solved?

As technology continues to develop, smart phones seem to be at the full front of taking technology to the next level. We are all familiar with portable phone chargers, but now there are even more over the top designs of portable phone chargers in which are suited to each persons individual needs.

The wind up portable charger
USP: This is a sleek hand-held box, with a fold-out handle for winding. For each minute wound, it gives up to two minutes of battery. If your phone powers down in the wild, just it in to this and frantically twirl the handle.


Retails for £24.99 from online store http://www.windup-products.com/


Solar powered portable phone charger
"Groov-e"
USP: This is either solar-powered or you can shine a lamp on it to automatically charge it. This functional-looking black charger is around the size of a smart phone and has enough battery for about two-and-a-half times the charge of an iPhone.


Retails for £19.99 from http://www.mymemory.co.uk/

Audio Powerbank
USP: This is both a torch and a charger. Slightly bigger than a lipstick, this will charge an iPhone one-and-a-half times before you need to recharge it — but it does suit many electrical devices including Samsung and Blackberry. Charge it up by plugging it into a laptop or USB port with the lead provided. Check you have your own lead to charge from charger to phone.


Retails for £20 from Tesco


HyperCharger
USP: A sexy, slender credit card-sized charger with enough charge for to get an iPhone to half power. It’s compatible with the iPhone 5.

Retails for £39.99 from http://www.firebox.com/firebox/beattheclock?via=hp&s=2x2&t=feature



Innergie Pocket Cell
USP: Gives up to 25 hours extra talk time on a mobile phone. Looks like a large cigarette lighter, but this gives a good two phones charge.

Retails for £69.99 from http://www.amazon.co.uk/ref=nav_logo

Mirror Power, MIPOW
USP: Touch up your make-up with a back-lit mirror while charging your phone. A slim iPhone-shaped mirror with enough charge to fill a phone up to two times.

Retails for £49.99 from http://www.cleverkit.com/


I think that the idea of a portable phone case that you can choose to be most suited to your own needs is both practical and fun and definitely worth investing in.