Charging Your Phone… Forget It!
evawhite on June 25th, 2008
All those days of batteries running out, frantically trying to find a charger, worse, no charger at all …. Are passé. Meet the new-gen water-powered phones. Samsung has been the first company so far to introduce a micro-fuel powered phone.
It is essentially a regular hydrogen fuel-cell generator but micro sized. The underlying concept of how it works is when the handset is turned on; a reaction occurs between metal and the water in the phone to produce hydrogen gas, a process known as electrolysis (micro electrolysis in this case). The hydrogen gas then flows into the fuel cell where it reacts with oxygen in the air producing heat which is converted into power.
Samsung claims the phone battery can last up to ten hours of usage! That would really make it a treat! It is three times as good as many phones and about twice as good for others. Which still makes it the clear leader?
The only gripe however is that the hydrogen cartridge would have to be replaced every five days. Yes, that’s the fine print. So you can’t really be free… Even if they could, why would they? Will any business in their right minds sell you a phone that is completely and absolutely free to operate?? I won’t think so. The match point lies in the pricing of the hydrogen cartridge. If it’s too expensive or even moderately more, then regular charging would be preferred choice.
If you’re arguing that in the wilderness with no electricity and everything this would be a good choice, then I say to you look at the other options available to charge your phones. You can get tiny solar panel phone charges, hand cranking powered chargers …. Soon forgetting your wall-point charger will be no worry…
