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HERE'S A PHONE-CHARGING BRACELET YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY WEAR

There's no cell phone owner who doesn't understand intimately the special agony of watching their device drain and then... die. It's a universal. Most people have a plan B: Use a Mophie juice pack, bring along a charger and pray for an outlet — or this reporter's favorite, hang out in a bar for an hour and use the bartender's charger. There'salways one behind the counter.

A new startup called Q Designs is hoping to make juicing on the go a bit more convenient than that. Today it's launching pre-orders for its first product, a sleek bracelet that conceals enough rechargeable lithium-ion battery to give your phone a 60 percent charge. The bangle, available for both Android and iOS devices, unhooks to reveal the connector. We took a look at one of the prototypes a few weeks ago, and it's really, truly not bad-looking. It comes in black, silver and gold, the last of which co-founders James Kernan and Alessandro Libani say they spent a lot of time getting exactly right. The bracelet is still fairly thick — according to Kernan, making it any thinner would reduce the charging potential significantly — so it's a statement, but a clean one.