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Faisal Mohammed Al-Shamry

26 April 2022

The global market for smart phone chargers is expected to grow from $18.1 billion in 2017 to $25 billion this year, with a compound annual growth rate of 6.6% during the period (2017-2022).

While the portable chargers market reached $3.6 billion in 2017, it is expected to reach a compound annual growth rate of 9.1%.

The wireless charging segment captured the highest market share in 2018, the healthcare wireless charging segment is expected to grow at the highest compound annual growth rate (CAGR) and according to some surveys 66% of consumers use wireless charging at home.

It is estimated that around 200 million units of 5000-7500 mAh power banks were sold globally in 2016, and the power bank market was segmented based on battery type, price range, capacity, and USB port unit. , and the region.

The importance of power banks is that they can be palm-sized, customizable (come in a variety of colors and styles to choose from), affordable, reusable, fast-charging, and reduce the worry of smartphones turning off and dropping out. Our digital communication, which has become a chronic concern for some, and an obsession that can be considered a psychological symptom!

Low battery anxiety refers to the fear of running out of a mobile phone, a phenomenon that can affect airline passengers at a much higher rate.

What is the concern of low battery charge?

Also known as battery anxiety, it is a term that LG coined after a survey conducted by the company in 2016.

The term NOMOPHOBIA or NO MObile PHone PhoBIA is used to describe a psychological state when people fear disconnection from the mobile phone connection. Because we have become dependent on our devices as a way of life, but we have come to see life through devices not through our eyes, bodies, souls and feelings, and we express our feelings with icons « Emoji” are similar to ancient Pharaonic murals, as if history is repeating itself in our hands so that these icons become our common global language.

These fears grew to a growing concern to become a specific fear of running out of the battery while driving the electric car, which will increase in the future as companies go to change the design of each charger for the same purposes as the phone companies, in light of the lack of controls binding to standardize the design to reduce waste of resources and reduce electronic waste. It suits the interests of consumers, energy supply companies, and parties that support the provision of chargers for electric vehicles in public utilities, especially with the rise in fossil fuel prices and the increasing trend of electric vehicles.

Europe will finally embark on a common charger for mobile phones, as the European Union has adopted the imposition of a global charger for smartphones, obligating to switch to the standard USB-C cable, and this move is a blow to the American tech giant Apple.

This European orientation is a model for enhancing the well-being of society, reducing technical dispersion and reducing the waste of natural resources. It will also reduce the greed of companies and direct dealers towards monopolizing the use of their technologies through the difficulty and inconvenience of carrying multiple chargers simultaneously.

Will we see a similar trend with us?

Can we aspire to create an Emirati specification that will be the first in the region for mobile and non-portable smart phones and devices, electric vehicles and others?

We are looking forward to UAE standards for electric charging, which include and take into account the environment, reduce electronic waste and consumer interest, and limit the manipulation of giant companies in our markets.

Will we really see an institutional movement to protect the consumer that prevents commercial steps aimed at enhancing monopoly and affecting consumer behavior or costing it additional amounts to provide basic services by separating charger devices from phones or even vehicles under the pretext of reducing costs, while we are all convinced that the consumer will resort to buying the charger sooner or later There is no value to the commodity if its battery charge is disrupted?!

* Management consultant, digital transformation, expert and assessor for institutional excellence

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