Nowadays with the uncertainty with the weather, with power outages and phone line problems it is imperative that everyone has a backup battery power supply for their mobile phone. We all take it for granted that we can plug in our iPhone or Smartphone and charge it up, but what happens when the power goes off, just at the time when you need your mobile and it has no charge, or you need to make emergency phone calls and the battery is low, there is no way of charging it.This is where the Mipow 2600 comes in, a neat Aluminium metal tube with a 2600mAh battery built in that has the ability to charge your phone as well as give you talk time whilst using the phone. Simply plug in the charged Mipow unit with one of the supplied cables and your phone will begin to charge. The speed and capacity of the charge will vary from phone to phone but it will fully recharge any iPhone or Smartphone, the unit is then fully recharged after 4 - 6 hours of charging from a USB mains charger or a little longer through a USB port in the computer.