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One sec, I have to go use the phone toaster.

Is the future of charging our phones a world where we just don’t charge them at all?

Swippitt envisions us dropping our phone into a box, having that box swap a new battery into our phone case, and then letting us go on our way. Allison says “the whole thing happens within seconds” — but it’s pretty expensive.

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