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Re:Opinion: How Apple could have prevented the iPhone-slowdo... by walterbell on Saturday December 23, 2017 @07:56PM (#15997266)
There’s also the USB-C adapter which can fast-charge iPhone/iPad quickly via Apple-specific charging protocol, which clearly provides much more power than than the battery does.
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Re:Opinion: How Apple could have prevented the iPhone-slowdo... by DonHopkins on Saturday December 23, 2017 @08:26PM (#15997366)
And if USB-C doesn't provide enough amps for you, there's always jumper cables.

https://www.engadget.com/2014/07/14/junojumpr-jumpstart-your...

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Re:Opinion: How Apple could have prevented the iPhone-slowdo... by ComputerGuru on Saturday December 23, 2017 @10:06PM (#15997660)
I have to admit I’m a bit disappointed. I was hoping to see a real, full-size car battery.

I actually have three absorbent glass mat batteries hooked up to a Noco Genius battery tender and a 1000W 12V inverter to provide battery backup for my sump pumps (long story). Losslessly converting that to 5V shouldn’t be too hard.

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Re:Opinion: How Apple could have prevented the iPhone-slowdo... by ComputerGuru on Saturday December 23, 2017 @09:59PM (#15997637)
Oh absolutely. I was only playing devil’s advocate - in practice even 2A is enough juice and my iPhone 6S would pass out at 60% _within a year of buying it_ when I was doing nothing more than reading Hacker News - I can’t imagine that takes up much power at all!
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