The very concept of keeping an iPhone fully charged? Laughable. But using the sun as a power source? That’s positively preposterous.
Apparently crazy is on the menu over at Dexim HQ. Their new solar- powered P-Flip, promises to juice an iPhone’s talk time up to eight hours. The rigging basically looks like a bulky black and camouflage case. You slide the iPhone in and the panels soak up sunlight and transfer it over to the phone’s power-hungry battery.
While the P-Flip manual claims a full solar charge takes 10-12 hours, Dexim’s website says 15 hours. It doesn’t matter if it’s cloudy, foggy or smoggy — the battery charges up at the same rate no matter the conditions. 
The side button and an array of three LED mini-lights tell how much energy is left. The middle light also keeps informed if a solar or USB charge is taking place.
The P-Flip is also digitally ambidextrous, flipping both horizontally or vertically — cool for hands-free viewing of videos in either direction. There’s an included USB cord too that can used to sync the phone with iTunes on a PC or Mac.
In any event this solar charging case isn’t a bad idea. Anyone who needs their phone charged and won’t be near an electrical outlet for a while would be smart to get one.
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