A new set of external battery packs released by Samsung will not just juice up your smartphones, but it will also teach you about how not all animals are having a great time here on planet earth. The Animal Edition Battery Packs is part of the Charge Your Life campaign which aims to raise awareness about the plight of four endangered animal species: the Lesser Panda, the Fennec Fox, the Giant Panda, and the Golden Monkey.
There will be two sizes of the battery packs available. The 8400 mAh will give you more than three times the capacity of the soon-to-be-released new flagship, the Samsung Galaxy S6. Meanwhile, the 11,300 mAh battery packs will bring you four times the capacity of the Galaxy S6 and can also charge the Galaxy Note 4 more than twice. Both kinds of battery packs will display the power levels as you charge. If you use the Charge the Life mobile app, you will even see the respective featured animal become more animated as your device gets charged more.
The 8,400 mAh battery pack will feature the lesser panda, a 42-inch long and 10-pound animal that has less than 10,000 existing adults, and the fennec fox, a nocturnal animal found in the Sahara. The 11,300 mAh battery will have images of the giant panda, which has just 2,000 living ones in the wild, and the golden monkey which has been on the endangered list because their habitats have been destroyed.
Byeongju Kim, Vice President and Applicative Product Biz Group Leader for Samsung says that these products will meet both the needs and demands of the customers for more battery capacity and at the same time, “raise awareness about a critical issue.” There are no pricing or availability details yet for the Animal Edition Battery Packs.
SOURCE: Samsung
