Mobile charger to be standardised

Published on Feb 24, 2009

Plans for a power-reducing universal charger have received extensive support from all the major operators and handset manufacturers

Published on Mar 17, 2011

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We have always felt a pressing need of having a standardised mobile charger so that we can recharge our mobile battery with any charger available. Din't we? Well, it seems like  the mobile manufcturers have now started feeling the pulse of their customers. A standard or universal mobile charger is on its way. However, we might have to wait till 2012 when it hits the shelves. Major handset manufacturers and operators have teamed up to bring a universal phone charger to the market by 2012. Supporters of the project include the biggest consumer phone providers including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG, Motorola and Samsung. Other than convenience, the new universal charger will also boast relatively environmentalist credentials, with a claimed 50% power use reduction over current models. It'll use a micro-USB socket, so there will no longer be a need for half a dozen chargers to litter every houehold. Since this is a socket used in a wide variety of other applicances too, it'll be interesting to see whether these new chargers will work with them too.Mitti Storckovious, director of environment devices at Nokia, told the BBC website that its support for the project will "contribute further in improving the industry's environmental footprint". Even without considering the environment, the convenience factor of having a single charger for all phones is welcome is a market full of variously shaped proprietary phone jacks.  

 

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