Hi Kawal, I remember reading about this battery and just read another review on Mashable. I think the battery is the "Ultrapack" by "UNU". My interpretation of this "15 minutes rapid charging" is that it is the external battery itself which can charge in 15 minutes and not that it can charge up the phone in 15 minutes. Sorry if this may disappoint you, but I believe the selling point was that if you are out and about and your phone is running low and your battery is running low than as long as you have 15 minutes somewhere you can quickly charge up your battery and then keep on running around while your newly charged battery is doing its job charging up your phone at the usual speed. Here is what it says in the article:
UNU's Ultrapak is a battery pack for smartphones and tablets that can deliver a full charge to devices after just 15 minutes of charging itself up. This means that as long as users are carrying their Ultrapak, and can spare at least a quarter of an hour, they'll never have to worry about running out of power again. UNU said the Ultrapak's super-fast charging is due to "Ultra-X" charging technology, a special type of A+ lithium polymer battery that uses proprietary additives, which increases the normal battery charging speed by 8 times. This makes the device "the world's fastest self-charging battery pack," according to UNU. The term "self-charging" is also an interesting choice of words and I think misleading. Not sure what it is supposed to mean since you still have to plug the battery into a wall outlet to charge it just like any other external battery. According to what they say in this excerpt above it is the special battery Unu uses which allows it to charge so fast. The iPhone does not have such a battery and how fast the iPhone battery itself can be charged up is determined by the battery and charging circuits and safeguards Apple uses. What is not mentioned in the article is how many times one can charge up this external battery before it starts to degrade and I wonder if these super rapid charging technologies are actually beneficial to the overall longevity of a battery. I can see how such super fast charging is useful on a small battery like for example their 3,000 MAH model. This can only fully charge an almost empty iPhone once or maybe a bit more than once and if you were out and about for say 10 hours and are using GPS all the time then maybe starting with a full charge and being able to charge up once is not enough. However, I also think this is a mute point if you have a larger battery like maybe a 12,000 or 15,000 MAH battery which can charge your iPhone 4 to 6 times. There is no way you would not have enough power with such a battery even if you ran the GPS for 12 hours straight while talking on the phone for hours, downloading large files and using all the battery drainage tricks in the book. Then what does it matter if it takes 2 or 3 hours to recharge your big internal battery since you can plug it in over night once you get home or back to your hotel or whatever. The company is charging quite a premium for their 2 batteries as well. The article mentions the 3,000 MAH is $59.99 and the 10,000 MAH is $99.99. I can buy an Anker 3,000 MAH on Amazon.com for $19.99 and a 10,000 MAH for $25.99. If I really want power Anker has their new second Gen Astro Pro2 20,000 MAH battery on Amazon.com for $79.99. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kawal Gucukoglu Sent: Friday, August 22, 2014 1:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The iCloud Keychain, I Think I'm Beginning to Like It That's why you need that new Battery that I ordered recently, it charges your phone in 15 minutes. You will find the details in the archives. Kawal. > On 22 Aug 2014, at 02:40 am, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > Yes, Mac computers have their strength, but Windows has caught up with > some of the conveniences in many ways. If you use something like an > Outlook.com account for contacts, email and calendars and OneDrive for > documents the I think you would have much the same experience as > Christopher said. Mind you some of the new continuity stuff that is > coming with Yosemity and iOS 8 is probably beyond what is available in > Windows, but then in some cases too much integration and all that > could also have drawbacks. I already heard that new features like > handoff in iOS 8 wil l of course mean more battery drainage as your > iDevice constantly communicates with other compatible devices nearby. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On > Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2014 5:41 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: The iCloud Keychain, I Think I'm Beginning to Like It > > I recently bought my wife a new laptop running Windows 8. We created a > Microsoft account for her and did some setup before deciding to return > that laptop and get a more powerful model. When we setup the new > laptop the experience was almost exactly what you described below. We > entered her Microsoft account information, a pass code was sent to her > email and when she entered that passcode into her new Windows machine, > her account was setup, her email was configured, her apps were downloaded and so on. > >> On 08/21/2014 01:35 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I am the proud new owner of a MacBook Pro with Retina Display. >> >> One of my greatest concerns, being a Windows user, was the difficulty >> I would encounter transferring the contents including passwords and >> system preferences from my old MacBook to the new one. >> >> Now I have used the Migration Assistant in the past, when assisting > friends, >> but not without some minor problems said problems including >> duplicated > user >> account errors, etc. >> >> Before purchasing the new Mac, I decided to configure and enable the >> keychain on both my iPhone and my old Mac. >> >> I would be lying if I stated that I totally understand all of the >> nuances > of >> the keychain but, somewhere along the line I must have enabled >> security authorization from my iPhone. >> >> As a result, during the setup process on the new Mac, I was asked to >> enter my iCloud keychain security code. Upon doing this, I was sent >> a verification code via SMS to my iPhone. Upon entering this >> verification code into the new Mac, everything, and I mean everything >> was configured as it was on the old Mac. >> >> The migration was flawless and, unlike on my beloved Microsoft >> Windows, painless as well. >> >> Mark >> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > chaltain at Gmail > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. > All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have > any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you > feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners > or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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