Phone charging services are on the rise, fueled by our obsessive need to keep our bat
 

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.

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Over 11 "power-sharing" companies in China have been funded in the past 40 days, according to Beijing News. 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 in ****** B funding just yesterday. Read more...

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