FCC ID 2AOKB-A2850 Portable Charger Share by Anker Innovations Limited

[Ice1]

It seems like a charging station

FCC ID 2AOKB-A2850 Portable Charger Share by Anker Innovations Limited

[professor]

They’ve made lots of this before, for cafés primarily.

I think this was announced, a collaboration with an office furniture business a few months ago?

[Ice1]

collaboration with an office furniture business

That was with Steel Case, but looked different though.

Steelcase

[Screenshot_20200306_152339] I bet these will get wiped down with alcohol often in offices

[professor]

So this is a heavy user of WiFi. I reckon it’s a combined router, storage host, battery.

No mention at all of LTE so it is not a cellular router, so must be either acting as WiFi repeater or takes Ethernet in.

[Insider]

What’s Your Opinion? | Portable Charger Sharing

[image] The “sharing” business is booming everywhere around the world. Bike sharing, AirBnB, Uber, and more. But what you may not know is that Anker has its own portable charger sharing system, in China! Presenting: Ankerbox. In China, you can rent Anker portable chargers by the hour at places like restaurants, hotels, and karaoke bars. And because this is China, payment happens instantly, by using your phone to scan a QR code. Thanks to Ankerbox, people are free to go about their daily busine…

[Ice1]

Thanks for pitching in @Insider So, Anker has this idea for a while now and probably in use in China?
Would you even think of sharing a portable charge now with Covid-19 situation? unless Anker says they have UV lights in the base and they are 99.9% cleaned when in the base?

[ikari04warrior]

Maybe this is coming out in China and then other markets if it works out, but I wonder how good it will do now with covid