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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday August 25 2015, @12:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the apple-envy dept.

A British technology company has claimed a major smartphone breakthrough by developing an iPhone that can go a week without recharging, running instead off a built-in hydrogen fuel cell.

Intelligent Energy has made a working iPhone 6 prototype containing both a rechargeable battery and its own patented technology, which creates electricity by combining hydrogen and oxygen, producing only small amounts of water and heat as waste.

The company is believed to be working closely with Apple. In what it claims is a world first, it has incorporated a fuel cell system into the current iPhone 6 without any alteration to the size or shape of the device. The only cosmetic differences compared with other handsets are rear vents so an imperceptible amount of water vapour can escape.

The plan is to offer the fuel cells as disposable cartridges.


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by yarp on Tuesday August 25 2015, @12:15PM

    by yarp (2665) on Tuesday August 25 2015, @12:15PM (#227539)

    This just in: Apple buys Intelligent Energy, rebrands as iDrogen.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @02:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @02:36PM (#227605)

    Followed by an unexpected large sales in Germany, and subsequently many cases of eaten batteries in German hospitals.

    Why? "Drogen" is German for "drugs"!

    • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Tuesday August 25 2015, @03:42PM

      by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday August 25 2015, @03:42PM (#227640)

      > "Drogen" is German for "drugs"!

      It's an Apple product.
      Have you tried prying Apple products from some of their owners? Might be safer to reach for their Meth...

  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @03:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 25 2015, @03:15PM (#227624)

    Apple becomes even more iDrogenous!