The RichardSolo 1800 has arrived in Britain, giving people the option to not only have a charge and a half battery backup for their juice-hungry iPhone, but also use it as a torch or laser pointer.
With the iPhone being such a hungry blighter in the charge stakes, the need for a battery backup is fairly obvious, especially because you can't just buy a second battery pack.
But the RichardSolo is not the first example to market, but it is a solid, well-designed, but not cheap effort brought in by USA Best.
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One of the neater touches means that the iPhone is charged first and then the battery if both are plugged into a power source, and the RichardSolo also carries a charge and half for the iPhone/iPod touch.
For those with a light fetish, there are also laser pointer and torch buttons.
Coming with a neatly retractable cable and both a plug and car charger adaptor, the RichardSolo is available now and retails at a not inconsiderable £69.99.
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shanty
March 12th 2009
3. I also tried for a while to get hold of one, however once you allow for shipping, import duty and VAT the price is actually lower in the UK.
So I took the plunge and ordered from usabest.co.uk, arrived next day and I am no longer without juice!
Guess who's the happiest, me or tyranter?!
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usabest
March 10th 2009
2. Just to redress the balance re the previous slightly misinformed comment.....
At the time of writing this response the exchange rate stands at $1.37 for each pound (source wwww.xe.com) and, I might add, you wouldn't get that rate on your debit or credit card I'm sorry to say. So, based on 1.37 that means a RichardSolo battery in the US currently costs £51.06 before you even think about "silly postage charges". Finally, when bringing the product into the UK let's not forget duty and VAT. So cost + postage + VAT & Duty adds up to a lot more than £50(!)
Also it's worthy of note that the US site specifically states that they do not supply to our and several other regions.
I hope any readers of my post will consider this a reasonable and considered response.
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tyranter
March 10th 2009
1. £70?!?!!! I have been after one of these for aq while but did want to pay the silly postage charges... even with those it wouldnt have worked out any more than £50 (!)
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