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Solar phone chargers require absolutely agonizing wait times

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Strapping a sleek panel to your backpack promises completely infinite clean energy while hiking deep in the woods. Sadly, the highly tiny surface area of these portable panels generates an incredibly pathetic trickle of actual usable electricity. Leaving your dead phone baking in the direct harsh sun for an entire afternoon might generously reward you with exactly three percent battery.

Solar phone chargers require absolutely agonizing wait times
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