7 ways to charge your iPhone if you don’t have your Apple wall charger handy

  • Charging options include the car’s cigarette lighter, wireless, solar, USB cable with a laptop, portable battery or charger, and backpack with an integrated battery

If you do not have access to your iPhone’s wall charger, there are many ways to charge your device. Photo: Business Insider

Every iPhone comes with an AC adaptor and charging cable in the box, and that might be the only way you have ever used to keep your phone topped up. But that is limiting – there are a lot of ways to keep your iPhone charged, and many are more convenient than plugging it in to the wall adaptor that Apple gave you.

Here are seven ways to charge your iPhone for those times when you do not have access to the AC adaptor or a wall outlet. A few of these are so handy that they might replace the AC adaptor as your preferred way of keeping your iPhone charged.

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