Philips introduces AAA battery-powered cell phone

Orlando (FL) - Philips and Energizer this week unveiled a new cell phone with a built-in alkaline battery compartment for users to use when the Lithium-ion battery runs out of power.

Like all cell phones, the Xenium NRG's main power source is a specifically molded Lithium-ion battery. However, when that runs out of juice, the phone will then tap into the power of the AAA battery. When the phone is plugged in to recharge the Li-ion battery, it will also recharge the AAA battery.

According to Philips and Energizer, the single alkaline battery can offer up to three additional hours of talking.

Energizer also makes a variety of cell phone attachments that fit most handsets, allowing users to use AA batteries for back-up power.

It's about time. I think that all battery powered items should run on readily available batteries. It gets tiring to have a perfectly functional electronic gadget that suffer a battery failure and cost prohibitive for a replacement.

I agree, we've reached a point where its cheaper to buy a new cell than a new battery.

a step in the right direction for sure..

hope it doesnt make the phone a lot bigger

i agree now please get laptops going on something smaller and more avalible

thanks for the thread great news for our future

this could have come in handy long ago at least they finally got around to it

yea guys technology is running fast these days ...every day we get some new invention !!