Innovation & Tech Today – May 2019

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Take Charge of Your Device

With all the charging technology out there, how can you stay powered up?

There’sa goodchanceyou’vegota devicein
yourpocket,purseorbackpack.Infact,studies
bythePewResearchCentersuggestthat95%of
Americansowna cellphone and that 75% of
themaresmartphones.

Thesetechdevicesbringconvenienceand
connectiontoourlives,andmanyofususe
themnonstop,withscreen-timereportstoprove
it.Butforpeopleonthego,there’sone big
problem:howtostaypoweredup.

Oursmartphonesanddevicesaregetting
smarter,butallthatpowerusesa lotofenergy.
There’sanoptimalamountofchargethata
devicecanaccept,butthebestchargerforyour
devicemightnotbethecordthatcameinthe
box.So,howcanyougetthebestcharging
powerforyourdollarandfeelconfident you’ll
staychargeduponthego?

Herearethethreelatestandmostcommonly
usedchargingmethodsonthemarket, with tips
onhowtoselectbetween them:

Lightningchargers
UsersofAppledevicesfromiPhonestoiPods
toiPadswillrecognizeLightningchargers.
These are the proprietary oval-shaped adapters

witha whiteandgoldpianokey-likeportonone

endanda USBontheother.Onthenewer

iPhones,thelightningportisusedbothfor

chargingandforwiredheadphones.With

Lightningchargers,it’simportanttolookforthe

labelindicatingMFi,orMadeforiPhone,to

ensurepropercharging standards are met.

Type-Cchargers

TheevolvingUSBtoType-Cchargeristhe

newestvarietyofchargeronthemarket,seenon

theSamsungS9Plus,newerApple Macbooks,

andtheNintendoSwitch,

amongotherdevices.Unlikethe

angledmicroportsinearlier

generationSamsungphonesand

oldercameras,Type-Cchargers

areoval-shapedandprovidea

differentlevelofpower.Type-C

isthefastestchargingmethod

outthere,triplingthecharging

speedofmicrooreven

Lightningconnectors.

Wirelesschargers

Wirelesscharginghasgrown

in popularity recently, and two

optionshavebecomestandard:theportable

powerbankandthedesktopchargingpad.The

powerbankoption—suchastheLimitless

InnovationsChargeHubGo+—canbecharged

athometheneasilytossedina backpackor

briefcaseasa backuppowerbankthatcantravel

withyousoyou’renotstrappedtoanoutlet.

Nomatterwhatcordyouneed,lookfor

chargingcordsandcharging technology by

LimitlessInnovations.

TheirpatentedSmartSpeed®Technology

enhancesmulti-portUSBchargingbyproviding

non-dedicatedUSBchargingportsthatgiveyou

thechargingpowerandcompatibilityyouneed

foryourdevice.LimitlessinnovationsUSBto

Type-C,Lighting,andwirelesschargersdeliver

2.4ampscomparedtothe1-ampoutputofthe

chargersthatcomestandardwithphones,

meaningyougeta quickercharge that won’t

overpoweryourdevice.

Wedependonourphonesandtablets,but

they’renogoodif they’renotpoweredup.For

themostreliablesolutions,considerinvestingin

high-end,high-powerchargerstosimplify your

chargingneedsforthelonghaul.■

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