Mobile Makeovers

The extra battery power described by Gardyn and Fiderer is necessary for cellphone users who use their phones too frequently to make it through a full workday without charging them. "Today's fashionably slim phones do not quite have the battery power to last a full day's usage on the go," Gardyn noted. "Tech-savvy consumers have learned that additional battery is needed to get their phones through the day," he added. With accessories such as docking stations, backup batteries and rechargeable phone cases, the common problem of short battery life will soon become obsolete.