The 9 Best Phone Car Chargers So You Can Arrive With More Than 11% Battery

Thanks to our unwavering will for procrastination and insensitivity to any battery warning above two percent, a phone battery that promises to die in less than a few minutes somehow induces more panic than a dead one. The dismay of forgetting to charge at home and seeing your screen go dark when you were just gluing your eyes to YouTube is all too familiar. They say happiness rarely keeps company with an empty stomach, but I doubt it fancies low phone battery either.

This has perhaps made cars the second-most-popular place to charge phones when you don’t have the time, or will, at home. A phone car charger is a sought-after smartphone accessory. Of course, there’s your vehicle’s built-in USB port for charging, but by the time you arrive at your destination, your phone will probably still be giving you the “below 20 percent” middle finger. Taking power from the socket that held cigarette lighters back in the day, car chargers are a better solution to recovering phone battery on the go, fast and furious style. Just connect them to your device via a cord (or not) and watch the percentage spike up while sitting in traffic or jamming on the highway at 70 mph.

We’ve put together some of the best phone car chargers, each tailored to your personal tastes, needs, or habits. There are multi-port options to satisfy every passenger during ride-sharing. There are affordable options, so you can buy several for different cars. There are wireless options for safe phone navigation while driving. And your phone's operating system is something you do not have to stress about: Almost all car chargers feature universal USB ports for any USB cable. Just so you know, the charging speed of these devices is measured in wattage or W; the more the wattage, the faster the power-up speed.

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