by Huawei On Strike now Charge in Less Time:
Chinese tech gigantic Huawei has exposed two prototype detachable
lithium-ion batteries that can recharge in minutes, using a bespoke charger.
The lower capacity battery charged by 68% in two
minutes - but is not big enough to run a smartphone for long.
The higher capacity one charged by 48% in five minutes and
could provide up to 10 hours of talk time, the huwai said.
Present battery life is a major limiting factor in the
performance of transportable devices.
Many tech companies and businesspersons are researching the
issue.
In March, Samsung broadcast that the batteries in its new Galaxy S6 handsets could power up to four hours of usage after a 10-minute
charge.
Israeli start-up Storedot unveiled a fast-charging device at
the beginning of the year which it hopes will eventually be able to charge any
smartphone battery in under one minute.
"Everybody
in the world - consumers and all the manufacturers - would benefit from some
unforeseen breakthrough in battery chemistry technology," Motorola president Rick Osterloh told the BBC in July.
"At
the moment everybody is getting stimulating incremental benefits from changes
in lithium-ion batteries but basically there hasn't been a Moore's Law type
curve for battery improvements and I think that would be something everyone
would benefit [huwai]."
Source: BBC
