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Spare a thought for the attendees of the CES tech show who decided to briefly leave their phones in charging towers.<\/p>\n

The devices got locked inside when a power<\/a> cut plunged the exhibition hall into darkness.<\/p>\n

Having to constantly keep personal devices charged is a nuisance we are all, by now, familiar with \u2013 even device-makers are frustrated.<\/p>\n

During Huawei's press conference, the firm's chief executive acknowledged<\/a> that battery life was among the top complaints customers make about smartphones.<\/p>\n

He went on to explain that this is why Huawei's new Mate 10 Pro included a bigger battery than many rivals \u2013 at 4,000 milliamp-hour (mAh) capacity.<\/p>\n

Seeing the world's largest consumer electronics trade show briefly hobbled by a blackout perhaps makes gadgets with especially long battery life seem all the more appealing.<\/p>\n

If so, a new flurry of devices at CES this year are offering to outlast their power-hungry brethren.<\/p>\n

Take Lenovo's Miix 630 tablet, a two-in-one that comes with a keyboard. <\/p>\n

It is meant to last up to 20 hours on a single charge thanks to is power-efficient Qualcomm processor, a chip initially designed for mobile devices.<\/p>\n

That claim from Lenovo hasn't yet been tested, but it's a tantalising promise of a more battery-confident future.<\/p>\n

Qualcomm has been working on improving efficiency in the various components that it provides to the makers of consumer gadgets.<\/p>\n

At the company's press conference this week, one executive said that the firm's new Bluetooth system-on-chip slashed power usage by 65%.<\/p>\n

As a result, wireless headphones could last nearly three times as long<\/a> on a single charge, he suggested.<\/p>\n

More from CES: <\/a><\/p>\n

Another firm making similar advancements, this time for chips used in so-called internet-of-things devices, is Sigma Designs.<\/p>\n

It announced that its latest series of processors, the Z-Wave 700 line, could allow things like wi-fi connected sensors embedded in furniture and walls to last 10 years on one coin cell battery.<\/p>\n

Powering through CES<\/h2>\n

If there's anywhere that tests the lifespan of a battery-powered device, it's CES itself. <\/p>\n

There's often a race to plug in at the few available charging points and visitors to the tech show often find themselves texting last minute rendez-vous details to colleagues as their phones die.<\/p>\n

BBC Click's Lara Lewington says keeping her phone charged up has been "a nightmare".<\/p>\n

"It's in a case which should give it two full charges but inevitably something goes wrong," she explains.<\/p>\n

"I'm constantly using the internet so that's draining the battery.<\/p>\n

"When you're busy running around a chaotic place trying to get loads done, you're struggling to power your phone so you get paranoid about using it."<\/p>\n

If only gadgets had as much energy as CES attendees.<\/p>\n

For Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight, the irony of all this is that while battery life may be improving in some gadgets, the batteries themselves aren't.<\/p>\n

"To make things last longer you design around [the battery], you design processors or screens that draw less power," he explained.<\/p>\n

He added that PC makers such as Lenovo and HP were drawing inspiration from smartphones when thinking about how to make tablets and laptops less power-hungry.<\/p>\n

Smartphones, of course, have for the last 10 years or so been pushed to the limit in terms of efficiency since they must rely on relatively small and flat onboard batteries.<\/p>\n

For anyone seriously concerned about running out of juice, the latest portable battery packs for recharging devices away from mains supplies were on display at CES this year too.<\/p>\n

They included a giant one from Duracell comprising a large acid battery.<\/p>\n

Tech news site Gizmodo, which spotted the device<\/a> on the show floor, calculated that it could recharge an iPhone X more than 48 times.<\/p>\n

Finally, PC gaming hardware specialist Razer has come up with an interesting way of powering their new wireless mouse \u2013 take the battery out entirely.<\/p>\n

It is exhibiting a wired mouse mat that generates a magnetic field, which powers electronics inside the Mamba mouse directly.<\/p>\n

"While other companies have attempted to do wireless charging for mice, they have been unable to achieve true wireless power as their mice still need a battery to be charged," said chief executive Min-Liang Tan.<\/p>\n

No wonder Razer is proud of itself \u2013 tech firms are desperate to free us from the chore of regularly re-charging batteries because they know it could result in a far greater appreciation of their products, according to Ben Wood.<\/p>\n

"This is the Holy Grail," he said.<\/p>\n

"There's this constant race to see who can optimise the power consumption while at the same time deliver new capabilities."<\/p>\n

Follow the BBC team at CES via this Twitter list<\/a><\/p>\n

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