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I can rarely be found without a portable phone charger with me – it’s the down side of having a phone that’s almost two years old. As a blogger and a community manager for several small businesses, I use my iPhone a lot – I charge it a minimum of three times a day and rely on a portable charger to get me through those times when I have to leave my house (and the electrical outlets there) and run errands or meet clients.
The first time I heard about a portable charger, I didn’t quite understand it – “what? You can charge your phone without an outlet? How does that even happen?” The first charger I bought five years ago was great. I relied on it to charge my phone one full time while I was out and about and it died after about a year of use. I knew that I needed something more powerful and started asking for advice from bloggers. One told me about (affiliate link) New Trent and I purchased my first charger from them. Four years later, that charger has been passed down to Michael and still works like a champ – the external charger will charge his iPhone three full times before it needs to be recharged itself.
How does it work?
1. First things first. You have to charge the charger. Plug the portable device charger into an outlet and allow it to charge fully – you can usually tell when it’s charged by looking for the lights. Four blue lights means this NT600C by New Trent is ready to be used.
2. Once charged up, your portable charger is ready to go. This charger has two USB ports, making it extra useful. Charge your phone and iPad, two phones, whatever you want to – it can charge all of these devices, as long as you have a charging cable:
Apple: Apple: iPhone 5, iPhone 4S/4, iPhone 3GS/3G, Original
Samsung: Galaxy Note 2/1, Galaxy S3, Galaxy S2, Galaxy Nexus, & all other Samsung smartphones
HTC: Evo Shift 4G, Incredible S, One V/S/X, Thunderbolt, EVO 3D, EVO 4G and all other HTC smartphones
LG: Nexus 4, Optimus 4X / 2X / V / S / T / 3D / 7 / One and all other LG cellphones.
Blackberry: Tour, Storm 2, Curve, Bold, & all other Blackberry smartphones
LG: Nexus 4, Optimus 4X/2X/V/S/T/3D/7/One & all other LG smartphones Motorola: Droid RAZR MAXX / X / X2 / HD, Atrix, Bionic, and all other Motorola cellphones.
Plug your device into the charger and look for the power button. Some portable chargers automatically turn on when they’re connected to a device, and some need you to push a power button. The NT600C shown here automatically turns on.
3. Live life! Set your phone and charger in your purse, in your car, or wherever you need to set it – the charger will continue to provide power to your phone until your phone is fully charged, then it automatically shuts off. When the charger needs to be charged again, it’ll shut off until plugged into an electrical outlet.
4. Recharge. Plug the charger into an outlet and let it charge back up. This particular charger is good for approximately 500 charge cycles like the one we just went through.
This post was sponsored by New Trent. It is a giveaway post that has been edited. As my Blissdom sponsor, New Trent has kindly provided this giveaway item. I have been a New Trent fan since long before they were a sponsor of mine, and I would never suggest a brand to you that I didn’t love myself.
This one! New Trent iGeek IMP99D/NT99D 9900mAh External Battery Pack and Charger — have the older ipad and need something that would work with all our devices.
I like the New Trent iTorch IMP52D 5200mAh External Battery Charger becuase it is slimmer and easier to stash in a purse. My iPhone 5 is practically begging for one. Thanks for the opportunity!
I like the New Trent Arcadia Rapiduo (1 pc), 10W 5V/2A Dual Port high-speed USB car charger w/ Free Full Speed Micro-USB Charging Cable (IMP80C/NT80C). That’s where we always seem to run into issues, in the car.
I would like to have the New Trent Power Rock Case with Extended Rechargeable Battery Juice Case 2100mAh for iPhone 4S.
New Trent NT120T USB chargeable 12000mAh Heavy Duty 2A/1A Dual USB Ports External Battery Pack
Seems like it would be good to have this!
I like the New Trent NT1400 iZen, built-in/removable 14000mAh iPad Battery Case, with built-in smartcover for the new iPad, iPad2.
I’d love the grip case for my iPad and this charger! Seriously that is really cool!
New Trent (1PC) 15W 5V@3.1A Dual high-speed USB port car charger w/ Free Full Speed Micro-USB Charging Cable (NT88C/IMP88C)…yep, could use that!
NT600C charger. I rarely leave the house without a charger thrown on for a recharge whenever I did a spare outlet while out and about. This would make things so much simpler!
New Trent iCarrier 12000mAh Dual USB Ports External Battery Pack
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New Trent iCarrier 12000mAh Dual USB Ports External Battery Pack for the Latest Apple iPhone 5, iPad 4, iPad mini, the New iPad with Retina display, iPad2 , iPhone 5/4S/4/3GS/3G, iPod Touch all versions; Android phones Samsung Galaxy Note/Nexus/S3/S2/S; HTC Titan, Sensation, ONE S/V/X, EVO Thunderbolt, Desire; LG Optimus series; Motorola Razr HD/MAXX & Bionic, Atrix/2; Nokia Lumia 700/800/900 and GoPro (IMP120D: iCarrier is the upgraded version of iCruiser IMP1000 with Dual USB output)
I could really use the New Trent, 10W 5V/2A Dual Port high-speed USB AC wall charger (NT90C/IMP90C).
I would love to get the New Trent IMP39B/NT-39B Embassy Keyboard Case for iPad because I hate typing long emails on the iPad virtual keyboard
I really like the New Trent IMP78B Imperial Leather Case Cover for the 1st and 2nd generation 7″ Amazon Kindle Fire.
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I would love to have the New Trent IMP36W Embassy Keyboard Case for iPad 2, Bluetooth keyboard /w leather finish back cover for Apple iPad 2 3G Tablet, WIFI Model, 16GB, 32GB, 64GB, with three different adjustable angles
I would like to have the New Trent iCarrier 12000mAh Dual USB Ports External Battery Pack. We travel with 4 phones and and iPad, so this would be great to have. Thanks for the chance! I also took your advice and followed them on FB, Twitter, and Pinterest!
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New Trent Chargepak NT600C 6000mAh External Battery Pack with Triple Port Output and Built-in AC Wall Charger for the iPad with Retina Display (4th Gen.), the New iPad (3rd Gen.), iPad 2, iPhone 5 4S 4 3GS 3G, iPod Touch (all generations), Android (Samsung Galaxy Note S S2, HTC Sensation EVO Thunderbolt, LG Optimus V), Blackberry (Bold Curve Torch), Droid (Motorola Razr), and Other Major Tablets with A 5V Input (Samsung, Blackberry, HTC) etc – [The Latest New Trent Battery Model]
I think that I “HAVE” to have either the iGeek Heavy Duty 5V/3A Dual USB Charger or the Easypak 5V/3A built-in Cable Charger. My iPhone and iPads are ALWAYS dying on me!! I would love to have one of these awesome chargers. :)
New Trent NT120T USB chargeable 12000mAh Heavy Duty 2A/1A Dual USB Ports External Battery Pack
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