Cell Phone Powered by a AAA Battery

In an effort to get cellular phones into more hands throughout their country, the Indian mobile phone company Oliver Telecommunications cellular telephone which is powered by a single “AAA” sized battery. The “FrvrOn,” short for “forever on,” is outfitted outfitted with a rechargeable lithium-ion battery just like most other cellular phones. However by creating a phone that runs on a AAA, people in areas where power isn’t readily available are able to stay connected until nearer to a power source.

“We have electrification all across the country but the power supply is erratic,” said marketing manager Ravi Perti. “With our phone, all one needs to do is pack a few extra cells (batteries) if one is traveling in areas where one expects power supply disruptions.”

Perti says the phone can run for up to three hours on the stock lithium ion battery, and another hour on a single AAA battery. Probably wouldn’t be a bad gadget to have anywhere in the world.