Does your iPhone ever run out of battery during the day?

The great thing about the iPhone, and many smartphones, is that they can do so many things that the old phones couldn't. But if you had a basic Nokia or similar years ago, you could rely on the battery to give you up to five days power at times.


Not so with an iPhone if you are using it fully as a mobile computer, making lots of calls, and using GPS etc. It's not the iPhone's fault at all, as they can only put a certain size battery in it if they want to keep it compact. But if you are a power user, and out of the office a lot you may find yourself out of battery well before your day ends. One solution is to use a car charger, but this is slow, and not always convenient.


The better solution is to carry around a device called a Powerbank, which is a big Lithium-Ion battery in a housing with multiple USB ports that carries enough energy to power three iPhones, and can also charge your other USB powered digital devices like cameras. These Powerbanks are available on eBay, or in electronic stores and tend to range in price, capacity and reliability. 


So when I saw that Aldi were selling one on special, and quite a powerful one at 7.500 mAh, I thought I'd blog about it. I'll be getting one myself, and they go on sale for $29.99 on Saturday 28th April, and the good thing about buying locally is the 3 year Aussie warranty and no wait for it to arrive from overseas. It also charges an iPad at the same time and even has a micro USB port, so I'm recommending this item to everyone who has ever had a device lose battery power at the wrong time.


You can charge it up at home from AC power and carry it around in a briefcase, and it is small enough to fit into one of the new carry-all bags that a lot of business people now use. Check it out, and if you miss out on this special, you can always search for "Powerbank" on eBay if you need to in the future.