Nokia announces new lightweight and portable chargers for your Windows Phones

Nokia has announced two new portable chargers for topping up the juice in our smartphones while on the move ourselves. The DT-601 is Nokia'due south new wireless charger, while the DC-19 is the new portable USB charger to back-trail your laptop and / or Windows 8 tablet.

Smaller, lighter and easier to carry

The DT-601 is very much like its predecessor, the DT-900. There are notable differences and improvements, even so. The new wireless charger is smaller, lighter and easier to carry. Not but that, only it'south likewise more affordable. Here's what Jaakko Huokkola, Production Manager for Wireless Charging at Nokia, had to say on the new accompaniment:

"The DT-601 is minor and round with identical bright colours to what we see in the Lumia family unit. Considering it's and so modest and colourful information technology looks very cute; a scrap like a lollipop."

We tin can definitely comment on how the new charger looks more boisterous with the new pattern. Talking about the new design, the DT-601 comes in at just 65mm in diameter and is less than 9mm thick. Now that's small. As it's the main wireless charger, this jumpy lilliputian production volition plug into a USB port or wall adapter. You also become a pocket-sized strap to wrap up whatsoever excess cable.

Fear not about working difficult to detect the correct spot when placing your Windows Phone on top of the charger equally Nokia has yous covered with the familiar LED notification low-cal. Finally, the DT-601 is Qi compatible, pregnant you tin utilize it with any supported device. Nokia aims to showtime shipping in Asia-Pacific from this month, with Europe and America following in the coming months.

The DT-601 volition ready you back €29 and will exist available in yellow, cyan, bright cerise, black, and white.

Zapping your phone while on the move

The DT-601 from Nokia is all well and dandy if yous have admission to ability and a PC, but what it you don't and all the same require some charge? This is where the new DC-xix comes into play. But add some juice to this accompaniment, identify information technology in your bag or pocket and and then charge your phone when information technology runs a petty low.

The DC-xix, existence the successor to the DC-18, has a 3,200mAh bombardment and measures in at 99.5mm long, with a circumference of 25.4mm.

LED bombardment level indicators display the level of charge remaining and the DC-19 can remain on stand up-by for more than six months. As an added bonus, this accompaniment tin can be used with any device that supported microUSB charging.

So when can you selection ane up? Availability begins this month and volition set you lot back by €29. The DC-nineteen comes in cyan, white and yellow.

Source: Nokia

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