Power Bank Market : $17 Billion By 2020

Power Bank Market : $17 Billion By 2020

Although device manufacturers are reporting that the explosive growth in demand for many electronic gadgets, such as smartphones and tablets, is dropping, it is important to point out that people are still buying more and more electronic devices.

Our devices are changing, acquiring more and more powerful hardware including faster processors and higher resolution screens. For many users, modern smartphones can provide a day of typical use but for some of us, smartphone (especially) and tablet battery life is not enough for a busy day.

As more and more manufacturers are designed devices with integrated, built-in batteries that cannot be replaced, so there are fewer models available where one can easily swap a discharged battery and replace a fully charged battery.

However, this involves ensuring the user has at least one spare battery fully charged and good to go. One alternative to this is to plug the device into a mains power socket, but for many of us this is not a practical solution. Instead, there is something else you can use: a portable battery-powered recharger – also known as a Power Bank.

Power banks are essentially a rechargeable battery typically designed with one or more USB ports and a battery status LED, and may be used to top-up or recharge another device. They contain their own battery, often recharged via a standard MicroUSB port – almost always a lithium ion or lithium polymer battery, which is similar technology to that of a smartphone battery.

It is a rapidly expanding market, fueled by a combination of continued growth in smart devices and the changes of design in these products. The overall power bank market is expected to reach $17.8 billion by 2020, showing a company rate of growth of over 23% between now and then, but there are different sizes of power bank and these are expected to grow at slightly different rates.

Currently, the 9,500 mAh to 12,499 mAh power bank products have the highest market share but the source expects that the higher capacity power banks (แบตเตอรี่สำรอง), those of 12,500 mAh and greater, to experience higher growth going forwards. This is because of the trend of smartphone batteries increasing along with refinements in technology and larger screens: smartphones are using more power during a day and have correspondingly larger batteries, which require a higher capacity power bank.

The source details a report that goes into considerable detail including the battery capacity, the type of power (as in addition to conventional rechargeable batteries, there are also solar powered, chemically powered and gas powered, such as hydrogen), the number of USB ports that the unit provides and the region where they are sold. Currently, the Asia-Pacific region accounts for almost half of all power banks sold and it’s expected to remain as the most prominent buyer of the portable charger technology.

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Reserve Strap : 30 Hours Battery

Reserve Strap : 30 Hours Battery

Reserve Strap just announced the final details for its Apple Watch battery band, which it claims will add an additional 30 hours of battery life to the device. The Reserve Strap will ship at the beginning of November and will cost a pretty staggering $249.99.

The “Specialized Thermoset Elastometer Silicon band” (lol) will boast the same water resistance as the Apple Watch, and will be available in white, grey and black models. Both sizes of straps for the 38mm and 42mm Watch will increase the device’s total battery life to “48 hours of functionality.”  It seem that you have Power Bank inside Apple Watch.

The Reserve Strap is the first battery band to be made available for the Apple Watch and addresses key concerns with battery life that a number of users have raised regarding the device, namely its inability to make it through more than a day on a single charge.

The Reserve Strap is in full compliance with Apple’s Band Design Guidelines and won’t violate your AppleCare warranty. The Reserve Strap makes use of the Apple Watch’s hidden diagnostic port to enable seamless charging of both watch and band, though unfortunately in order to charge both at the same time you have to do so through the Micro USB port on the band rather than using the Watch’s magnetic charger. No need more Power Bank with you.

Though Apple surprised users by announcing their open support for third-party bands, they have yet to respond to device makers like Reserve Strap who are utilizing the Apple Watch’s hidden diagnostic port, and it has not been specifically condoned in their design guidelines.
For what it does, the Reserve Strap definitely seems like a huge chunk of change, but for significantly extending the battery life of a device that can cost upwards of $10,000, it may be worth the premium for some users.

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