PARADIGM SHIFT: Cellphone Batteries

INTRODUCTION

The world has seen a lot of changes in communication technology. In 1973, the first cell phone call was made with a prototype, 10 years later, the first cellphones were released. Up to that time everyone had a landline and as the years went on, we had 1G, 2G, 3G and now, 4G, and 5G is being talked about in the not so distance future. As good as the technology was, there was still a problem that plagued all of this wonderful technology and that was the means by which the technology operated, “the battery”. The first cellphone battery only lasted 20 minutes and took 24 hours to recharge. However, at that time, it was not a problem because the phone weighed 1.1kg (2.42 lbs.), you were not able to hold the phone up to your ear for much longer than 20 minutes. The battery has not been able to keep up with the speed and function of the cellphone. However, that may soon change, people are working constantly to bring a fix for the battery so we can truly bring the cellphone into the 21st century. Just think of the possibilities!

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Traveling well can be one of life's great pleasure, whether you're alone or with friends and family.
The Pocket Power plus it's a perfect backup power device for camping, fishing, hunting, hiking, picnicking, boating, motorcycling, beach activities, trips to remote locations and more. (it's also great for business travelers on the ground or in the air. * When plugged into a Standard wall outlet, The Pocket Power Plus charges in about 5 hours. It can also be charged by your automobile with the included 12 volt DC adapter. (It has a row of indicator lights that shows how much charge you have and depending on conditions a full charge lasts from 3 to 6 months. * The Pocket Power Plus provides peace of mind when you add it to your vehicle’s emergency kit ( It has a simple, single ON/OFF control and built-in flashlight which can be used normally or in emergency, it becomes a flashlight strobe light. It even has an SOS distress call mode which could be especially handy for boaters. * It's nearly bulletproof electrically (All the connections are reverse- polarity protected and the automatic charge control will not allow it to over to overcharge or over-discharge. * Its solar ready so you can charge literally anywhere in the world. Sometimes solar-ready technology makes it easy to point, plug and power up your unit. AND MUCH MORE Pretty amazing don't you think!!!!!!
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As the current lithium-based mobile phone battery is replaced by more efficient and longer-lasting batteries, the general consumer will find their mobile phones more reliable, and we predict an even greater number of professionals will benefit with longer-lasting mobile phone usage. A recent business professional survey reports that the 79 percent of respondents “cite the smartphone as the phone they used to conduct the most business” and 34 percent are “using the smartphone more than the computer to do business” (Bradley 1). Also, of the healthcare professionals involved in a recent study, of the 91 percent who owned a mobile phone, “87 percent used it during clinical practice” (Koehler 1). Public relations and social media professionals have already centrally integrated smartphone use into their work (Harbison 1), and teachers have just recently incorporated smartphone use by students as part of classroom learning and researching (Concordia 1). We foresee that in 20 years, extended life mobile phone batteries will allow even greater proliferation of smartphone use in our professional fields, due to minimized battery failure interruptions, thus furthering our productivity.

CONCLUSION

Despite some of all the much positive impacts or benefits talked about in the new longer lasting battery technology, there are some negative impacts that could really impede the advance in technology. People will want to keep their device for a longer time than necessary because it still serve their purpose, thereby reducing profitably for the manufactures, which might want to make them think otherwise.
There is also the issue of pricing, the technology might really impact on the pricing of the device based on the reason that the research cost will definitely be recouped by fixing a higher cost on the device to the ender users.
Finally the issue of safety is one of the major factors that might really prevent the longer lasting battery technology from advancing. Interest of consumer will definitely be on how safe are the materials used in producing this device is to the environment and life. The question will be do the they have damaging effect on the persons.
Never the less if some of these above factors could really be remedied I believe longer lasting batteries is a welcome development that could really change the way we live our lives in 20 years’ time.

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