How many times have you been out and about and all of the sudden your phone runs out of battery? It always seems to happen at just the wrong time and you could have sworn you just had 3/4 of a charge left.
What happened?
Maybe you left your screen on, maybe a rogue app went crazy and screamed through your battery, maybe you just didn't realize how much you were using your phone until it was too late.
Well the Second Life Mobile Phone concept not only incorporates some pretty sweet energy-saving features, but those features also double as a visual indicator of your battery level.
Via Yanko Design:
The phone incorporates a double display. When in active use the AMOLED screen powers up in all glory and in standby mode the E-ink display gets active. This essentially means that the E-ink uses very little energy and the degree of transparency of the display shows how much battery is remaining. The more transparent the display, the less battery remaining.
So besides ultra-low power consumption, the transparent screen offers an intuitive expression: “You’re low on juice so better recharge the phone soon!” Apparently the E-ink uses power to change the degree of transparency and doesn’t add to the battery load.
E-ink is a type of digital paper or display that has been made famous by its use in e-book readers. E-ink displays consume a ridiculously low amount of energy and are also visible in direct sunlight, sans glare.
What do you think about the Second Life Mobile Phone?
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