Start-up Viro will launch a phone with ‘infinite’ battery on 1st October

AndiSeptember 6, 2014

What’s the one thing that you wish you could improve on any smartphone? Chances are you just said the battery life, well start-up Viro are claiming they will be launching the end of charging with a new smartphone on 1st Octocber.

Viro hope to change the face of the smartphone world on 1st October with a new phone with unlimited battery power. Confirmed specs for the phone are extremely thin on the ground and we are working entirely on hints and teasers from the official Viro Facebook page.

From what we gather, Viro have developed a phone that no longer needs to be charged through traditional methods, renewable energy is mentioned on the Facebook page which leads me to personally believe that the phone will use a solar panel to keep the battery topped up through the day, whether that would be enough to prevent you from heading to the wall socket remains to be seen.

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More teasers suggest that a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor will be used in the phone, the same 20.7 mega-pixel Sony camera from that the recently launched MX4 uses, and will be waterproof with no opening flaps. It is also believed to have a screen size of below 5-inch.

The Viro page has a competition running at the moment and they promise that the phone will be available without invite once on sale. The launch will take place on the 1st October while phones will go on the market early next year.

If the Viro turns out to be true then they will certainly have many customers bagging at their door, but could solar really offer enough in power, or will other renewable energies be used to keep the phone running all day?

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- Rob
  September 6, 2014
  Better than the solar panels on my roof I hope!
- ferdi
  September 6, 2014
  you have to wear a tinfoil hat with bluetooth charge :p
  Got me thinking very few phones have wireless charge this year…one is the kingzone k1 turbo… be nice to get a review of it…the battery is 2500
  - ferdi
    September 6, 2014
- realjjj
  September 6, 2014

Rob
September 6, 2014
I was excited right up till the “screen size below 5 inches” part. Not convinced solar would be enough, maybe it has a plug in wind turbine!! Lol

Marius Cirsta
September 6, 2014
I’m thinking it might actually generate electricity from movement just like some watches do but that’s too little I guess.
Whatever it is I doubt it will actually work if it’s got such a power hungry SOC. Maybe something with some A7 or A53 cores would has worked better but let’s wait and see.
Often the first product to implement an idea does not really take off but the the idea does so it’s still good.

realjjj
September 6, 2014
Wouldn’t mind some phones with solar on the back but this sounds like BS.
You don’t go with a fast SoC if you are trying to use little power.
They do seem to hint at 3 ways to generate power but not sure what else besides solar would generate much energy at this point, unless it has a crank – that might be an acceptable feature on a rugged phone but kinda odd on a mainstream phone.
It’s goot to get more activity towards self powered devices so it’s all good as long as it’s not just vaporware.

BHy7
September 6, 2014
“Infinite battery” (for that phone) = made possible only by three forms of “renewable” energy.
Viro is not Asian (and not even Chinese).
Viro’s first smartphone (a “high-end” one) will enter general market availability next year (WITH NO INVITE SYSTEM). That smartphone will have dual-boot with Android as the first announced (and default?) OS.
Preemptive Antutu Benchmark (and possibly photos) for the smartphone may be leaked later this month, I estimate.
Guest
September 6, 2014
How would solar work in the UK? LOL.
- Rob
  September 6, 2014
  Better than the solar panels on my roof I hope!
- ferdi
  September 6, 2014
  you have to wear a tinfoil hat with bluetooth charge :p
  Got me thinking very few phones have wireless charge this year…one is the kingzone k1 turbo… be nice to get a review of it…the battery is 2500
- ferdi
  September 6, 2014
  the tinfoil hat comes with built-in anti-spyware though :p
- realjjj
  September 6, 2014
  In the UK it uses hydro lol

Rob
September 6, 2014
I was excited right up till the “screen size below 5 inches” part. Not convinced solar would be enough, maybe it has a plug in wind turbine!! Lol
iKosh
September 6, 2014
We need nuclear powered phones. A little bit of uranium and and it goes for hundred years without charging.
- lol
  September 7, 2014
Barry
September 6, 2014
dilithium crystals

Marius Cirsta
September 6, 2014
I’m thinking it might actually generate electricity from movement just like some watches do but that’s too little I guess.
Whatever it is I doubt it will actually work if it’s got such a power hungry SOC. Maybe something with some A7 or A53 cores would has worked better but let’s wait and see.
Often the first product to implement an idea does not really take off but the the idea does so it’s still good.

Aeonia
September 6, 2014
maybe they found a way to convert the heat in our palms to charge the battery..that way whenever you hold the phone,or put it in your pocket it keeps on charging..that would be kind of cool..
- Marius Cirsta
  September 6, 2014
  Ain’t going to do it I think. There’s a stove that burn fuel and even with the heat from that it barely manages to make 0.5A or something.
  Heat alone won’t generate electric power. A difference in temperature will but it has to be significant I guess and will probably only work sometimes ( if it’s 40 deg C outside it most likely won’t work )

realjjj
September 6, 2014
Wouldn’t mind some phones with solar on the back but this sounds like BS.
You don’t go with a fast SoC if you are trying to use little power.
They do seem to hint at 3 ways to generate power but not sure what else besides solar would generate much energy at this point, unless it has a crank – that might be an acceptable feature on a rugged phone but kinda odd on a mainstream phone.
It’s goot to get more activity towards self powered devices so it’s all good as long as it’s not just vaporware.

Guest
September 6, 2014
“Infinite battery” (for that phone) = made possible only by three forms of “renewable” energy.
Viro is not Asian (and not even Chinese).
Viro’s first smartphone (a “high-end” one) will enter general market availability next year (WITH NO INVITE SYSTEM). That smartphone will have dual-boot with Android as the first announced (and default?) OS.
Preemptive Antutu Benchmark (and possibly photos) for the smartphone may be leaked later this month, I estimate.

iKosh
September 6, 2014
We need nuclear powered phones. A little bit of uranium and and it goes for hundred years without charging.
- Guest
  September 7, 2014
Danny H.
September 6, 2014
Well, we all know the 2nd part of the old saying “when something sound too good to be true then…”
- Marius Cirsta
  September 6, 2014
  Have a little faith, at least if the idea has some potential it can evolve. I bet people said the same thing about objects heavier than air flying.
  Most of them didn’t fly and the ones that did were pathetic at first but now we have …. you get the picture.

Guest
September 6, 2014
dilithium crystals
Boni M.
September 6, 2014
maybe they found a way to convert the heat in our palms to charge the battery..that way whenever you hold the phone,or put it in your pocket it keeps on charging..that would be kind of cool..
- Marius Cirsta
  September 7, 2014
  Ain’t going to do it I think. There’s a stove that burn fuel and even with the heat from that it barely manages to make 0.5A or something.
  Heat alone won’t generate electric power. A difference in temperature will but it has to be significant I guess and will probably only work sometimes ( if it’s 40 deg C outside it most likely won’t work )

Allanitomwesh
September 6, 2014
talk is cheap,get back to me after it’s launching
balcobomber25
September 6, 2014
I am intriqued but it seems like nothing more than marketing, I expect it will have a battery similar to the THL 5000 that gives you a few days on a single charge. As for the solar panel how long do I have to stand in the sun with my phone? Most people I know wait till they are away from the glare of the sun to even take their phone out.

Danny H.
September 6, 2014
Well, we all know the 2nd part of the old saying “when something sound too good to be true then…”
- Marius Cirsta
  September 7, 2014
  Have a little faith, at least if the idea has some potential it can evolve. I bet people said the same thing about objects heavier than air flying.
  Most of them didn’t fly and the ones that did were pathetic at first but now we have …. you get the picture.

Angry Mobile Nerd
September 6, 2014
Reeks of bullshi*t.
Only Facebook and no official website? And those marketing graphics on their Facebook page are just horrible, totally amateur. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re doing this just to build interest, then launch a kickstarter project for a big cash grab.
Yeah I’m sceptical.
talk is cheap,get back to me after it’s launching
desponent
September 7, 2014
- - Madhan Kumar
    September 11, 2014
balcobomber25
September 7, 2014
I am intriqued but it seems like nothing more than marketing, I expect it will have a battery similar to the THL 5000 that gives you a few days on a single charge. As for the solar panel how long do I have to stand in the sun with my phone? Most people I know wait till they are away from the glare of the sun to even take their phone out.
Angry Mobile Nerd
September 7, 2014
Reeks of bullshi*t.
Only Facebook and no official website? And those marketing graphics on their Facebook page are just horrible, totally amateur. Wouldn’t be surprised if they’re doing this just to build interest, then launch a kickstarter project for a big cash grab.
Yeah I’m sceptical.