The price of never charging your phone again is... a lot.

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

  • Iceblade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    50·
    2 months ago

    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.

    • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      17·
      2 months ago

      Right?

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

    • Nollij@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      81·
      2 months ago

      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).

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      4·
      2 months 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 go l 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.

    • unphazed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      Love my Newdery batt case on my s20fe. 2 full charges, charge slow all night for both. Extra in case I game or use a lot, and my battery will last longer.