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Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries by reustle on Sunday May 15, 2016 @03:54PM (#11702453)
> There are cellphone chargers on ebay that cost $1 and take AA batteries, which are quite capable of charging any phone that supports the USB charging interface

Please do not plug your $600~ smartphone into a $1~ charger. That's just asking for trouble.

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Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries by ars on Sunday May 15, 2016 @04:38PM (#11702629)
> Please do not plug your $600~ smartphone into a $1~ charger. That's just asking for trouble.

Why? Do you think they'll fight because they don't make the same amount of money?

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Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries by Dylan16807 on Sunday May 15, 2016 @04:11PM (#11702518)
A 3 to 5 volt booster is not easily going to damage a phone.

But fine, get a $5 model from a reputable brand.

You can also get an entire phone for $10. It will even have a screen!

Don't spend $50 on a piece of garbage.

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Re:SpareOne: Emergency mobile phone powered by AA batteries by bubuga on Sunday May 15, 2016 @04:36PM (#11702623)
> Please do not plug your $600~ smartphone into a $1~ charger. That's just asking for trouble.

You're assuming that supplying 5v to a cellphone through a 5v USB charger is something that damages the phone.

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