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05-09-2017, 01:23 PM
Phone charging services are on the rise, fueled by our obsessive need to keep our batteries full
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What could be worse than heading out for the night, then realising your phone battery is down to a 10 percent charge?
A new crop of pay-as-you-use powerbank sharing companies have heeded the call of the dead battery in the wild.
SEE ALSO: 6 persistent phone charging myths, debunked (http://mashable.com/2017/03/20/6-most-common-phone-charging-myths/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Over 11 "power-sharing" companies in China have been funded in the past 40 days, according to Beijing News (http://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309351000884105125709927484). Their offerings range from tabletop-based chargers, to powerbanks that you can take for a time, and return to a central station.
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A LaiDian power bank-sharing machine in China.
Image: Weibo
One of the companies, Xiaodian, raised about $50 million (https://www.techinasia.com/xiaodian-******-b) in ****** B funding just yesterday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/phone-charging-rental-services/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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What could be worse than heading out for the night, then realising your phone battery is down to a 10 percent charge?
A new crop of pay-as-you-use powerbank sharing companies have heeded the call of the dead battery in the wild.
SEE ALSO: 6 persistent phone charging myths, debunked (http://mashable.com/2017/03/20/6-most-common-phone-charging-myths/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
Over 11 "power-sharing" companies in China have been funded in the past 40 days, according to Beijing News (http://www.weibo.com/ttarticle/p/show?id=2309351000884105125709927484). Their offerings range from tabletop-based chargers, to powerbanks that you can take for a time, and return to a central station.
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A LaiDian power bank-sharing machine in China.
Image: Weibo
One of the companies, Xiaodian, raised about $50 million (https://www.techinasia.com/xiaodian-******-b) in ****** B funding just yesterday. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/05/09/phone-charging-rental-services/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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