Smartphone batteries have gone a long way but even in 2020, battery anxiety is something many people have to deal with on a daily basis. As our phones replace more and more devices and even our wallets, it becomes increasingly important that they have power at all times. And while carrying a power bank or a battery case is the go-to solution today, Samsung envisions something a lot more elegant for the future.
As with any device that makes its first appearance in a patent, there is still plenty of work to be done before it reaches consumer, if that even happens at any point. And this ring has a number of challenges to overcome, mostly related to the size of the components.
Harvesting the power of our movement is nothing new, watches have done it for many decades, but phones require a lot more power to run, so we’ll have to wait and see how viable a device like this proposed ring will be.
