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ChargeBite - A Social Charger

ChargeBite is a revolutionary charger that charges your iPhone by transferring power from your friends’ iPhones.

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ChargeBite - A Social Charger

ChargeBite - A Social Charger

ChargeBite - A Social Charger

ChargeBite - A Social Charger

ChargeBite - A Social Charger

ChargeBite is a revolutionary charger that charges your iPhone by transferring power from your friends’ iPhones.

ChargeBite is a revolutionary charger that charges your iPhone by transferring power from your friends’ iPhones.

ChargeBite is a revolutionary charger that charges your iPhone by transferring power from your friends’ iPhones.

ChargeBite is a revolutionary charger that charges your iPhone by transferring power from your friends’ iPhones.

Liran Elihay
Liran Elihay
Liran Elihay
Liran Elihay
1 Campaign |
Tel Aviv, Israel
$1,196 USD 64 backers
2% of $45,000 Fixed Goal Fixed Goal

Visit our website ChargeBite.com

 

ChargeBite official website

 

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People are talking:

Ubergizmo: "The ChargeBite is a charger that doesn’t have you relying on an electrical outlet in order to get your charging needs."

Technabob: "What it does is draw power from other 30-pin iOS devices to transfer to your own. See where I’m going with this?"

TUAW: "Surely no white night can end well with a phone that isn't working. So what do you do? Find an outlet and hope you've brought an adapter? That's so 2009 of you."

TECHSPOT: "A new product by the name of ChargeBite aims to revolutionize the way you charge your iPhone."

Geeky Gadgets: "The ChargeBite requires no cables or extras and can be carried on your keychain, allowing you to syphon juice form friends mobiles when your battery becomes a little low."

Cult of Mac: "I have to admit, although I scratched my head at first, I actually love the idea of the ChargeBite. I don’t want to carry around any more batteries with me, or remember to charge another gadget"

Also Seen in: Says.com, BWW, CHILLIES, C.IT, Computing forever, Technews (video)

 

In a word

ChargeBite is a brand new type of iPhone charger that charges your iPhone by transferring power from your friends' iPhones.
It's beautifully designed, extremely practical and will completely change the way you think about chargers.
Simply connect yours and your friends' iPhones to their designated ports, and that's it --- charging is on.

 
ChargeBite in action
 
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A ChargeBite is born

We know that there are a lot of situations that a power outlet or USB port are just not available, or maybe you happen to forget to charge your battery pack overnight? Fortunately, nowadays almost EVERYONE has an iPhone. All that energy, just waiting to charge your empty iPhone…

So we set a goal to create the first social charger – one that will allow you to share energy with your friends, and charge your battery while doing it. A couple of weeks later – the first ChargeBite was born.

  ChargeBite

What makes it special?

  • ChargeBite is based on the concept of sharing energy between devices.
  • It is completely portable and attaches to your keychain. No power outlet, USB port or cable are required.
  • Absolutely no preparations required. No pre-charging is needed. ChargeBite is always ready to go.
  • ChargeBite is beautifully designed. With a smooth and elegant finish, and with 3 color combinations available, its also a treat for the eyes.
  • charging speed - excatly like a USB port.
  • ChargeBite is solid and robust. With no parts to lose or cables to rip.
 

ChargeBite concept video link

 
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Resurrect your iPhone

ChargeBite is perfect in giving you those few valuable percentages when you need them the most. Who hasn’t experienced his iPhone dying at the worst possible moment? Or had to make a really important phone call just to realize he has only a few seconds left? From now on, in situations that 5 percent more would make all the difference, ChargeBite is your iPhone's lifeline!

 

Simplicity WORKS

We've been working hard to make ChargeBite as intuitive and easy to use as possible. ChargeBite doesn't require any pre-installation or modifications done to your iPhone, no additional accessories and no iPhone applications.

ChargeBite’s way of use is simple and straight forward. Simply connect your iPhone to the designated plug and your friends' iPhones to the remaining free plugs and ChargeBite does the rest…

 

ChargeBite prototype demonstration video link

Visit our website ChargeBite.com

 

ChargeBite's advantages

There are a lot of charging solutions out there: chargers based on sunlight, movement, thermoelectric effect, external battery and juice pack cases. Each one is restricted by various constraints. While some require sunlight, others need to be pre-charged.

What's ChargeBite constraint you ask?

ChargeBite just needs 2 friends! No precharging, no cables and no other special requirement.

Whether you're in a pub, hanging out with some friends, eating at a restaurant or relaxing on the beach, as your iPhone runs out just look in the eyes of your responsible friends and smile embarrassedly… They'll probably agree to share some good ol' precious energy if you ask them nicely :)

ChargeBite can be used everywhere

 

Looking good

We spent a lot of time and effort perfecting ChargeBite's design. We wanted ChargeBite to not only be pactical and effective but also beautiful and elegant. A device you'll be happy to attach to your keychain. 

The design is fashionable, modern and with 3 available color combinations, fits the style and personality of every user. With a diameter of little more than a golf ball and less than half of an inch thick, ChargeBite is small and light enough to easily fit in your pocket.

ChargeBite designs

ChargeBite attaches to your keychain

ChargeBite dimensions

 

Efficiency

Since the day we first thought about a social charging solution, it was obvious that efficiency optimization is critical. Here's how we imp­roved along the way:

  • The first design had 5% to 15% efficiency, which means having to take 15% from each charging iPhone in order to gain 5% battery – ouch.
  • A lot of reassessment led to changing the concept of our circuitry completely, enhancing the efficiency to 5% to 10%.
  • further development and were already at  5% to 8%.

After some research we concluded that 5% to 5% is ideal.

We expect serial production to make the efficiency even better, so we'll get even closer to the ideal efficiency, but being good engineers means always seeking for a better solution. So we decided not to rely only on production, and budget some of the funded money just for improving the efficiency rate. 

 

Compatibility

ChargeBite uses three 30 pins connectors which allow the following compatibility options:

ChargeBite compatibility

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Who are you guys?

A robber pulls out a gun on someone in the street and says: "your money or your life." The man replies: "I'm an engineering student; I have no money and no life…" were just a couple of engineers that got tired watching our family and friends get stuck without battery, constantly looking for power outlets, begging to borrow a call from everybody… we knew there had to be a better way! 

We both have more than 5 years' experience in the industry, Liran as an electrical engineer and Asaf as a mechanical engineer.

We knew when we started this project, giving our backgrounds, that we will really complement each other's capabilities and were really excited about the results!

Liran and Asaf

Where are we now?

We have proven the concept, built working prototypes and determined our production plans.

How can you help?

The next step is perfecting the design and starting serial production of ChargeBite. That means plastic molds, dies, material, circuit boards, packaging, and delivery… pretty expensive stuff. We will use the funding from Indiegogo to begin serial production and bring a beautiful new ChargeBite right to your door.

What do you get?

It's obvious what we get from your generous contribution. We get to see our vision realized – starting serial production and providing as many users as possible a device that we believe will make their iPhone experience much more enjoyable. In order to show our great appreciation to our awesome supporters in Indiegogo, we are offering ChargeBite at special prices, which will only be available here in Indiegogo, not to mention that you'll be the first ones to own a ChargeBite and be enveed by all your friends.. :)

All contributions, big or small, will be greatly appreciated and rewarded.

So, if you are excited as we are, help us get the word out. Get social on Facebook and twitter and don't forget to checkout our site!

 

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Have a burning question?

Contact email:    ASK@ChargeBite.com

 

 

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Early Bird Special

$20 USD
The early bird gets the worm. One ChargeBite at the lowest price. Color of your choice. Add 5$ for international shipping.
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$22 USD
The late worm doesn't get eaten. One ChargeBite in a special price. Color of your choice. Add 5$ for international shipping.
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Single Charger

$25 USD
One ChargeBite. Color of your choice. Add 5$ for international shipping.
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$45 USD
Two ChargeBites. Colors of your choice. Add 5$ for international shipping.
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$65 USD
Three ChargeBites. Colors of your choice. We recommend getting the whole set :) Add 5$ for international shipping.
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$105 USD
Five ChargeBites. Colors of your choice. Add 8$ for international shipping.
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