For one in three French people, the empty battery is "the new phobia"

Nothing is worse than a phone that turns off in the middle of a phone conversation or when you are looking for your way.

These fears concern many French people.

According to an Opinion Way poll for Chinese phone maker Oppo, 30% of respondents consider

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Unsurprisingly, it is the young people who are most concerned by this anxiety about the empty battery, in particular the 18-24% who are 64% to feel a fear about it.

They are also 42% to prefer to be late rather than take the risk of leaving with an uncharged battery.

An apprehension of the out-of-service telephone that is also found in nearly one in two people aged 25 to 34 (53% of respondents).

Another lesson from the OpinionWay survey, this fear is noted more significantly in the Ile-de-France region since 38% of Ile-de-France residents surveyed consider battery failure as a source of stress.

Among the worst inconveniences associated with the loss of batteries, missing a phone call comes first with 39% of those questioned concerned.

Being deprived of a GPS is in second position with 18% of respondents but 28% among 18-24 year olds.

Finally, 10% fear they will get stuck somewhere (27% among 18-24 year olds).

However, battery failure can be useful since 42% of 18-24 year olds have already used it to interrupt a conversation.

This stress of finding themselves without any means of communication and all the tools offered by the smartphone pushes this young audience to find solutions to recharge their batteries.

Thus, 23% recognized

at someone's house for this purpose and 19% took advantage of being in a bar to ask to plug in their phones.

Development of fast charging

With the development of smartphones and their applications, battery resistance has become a key issue for manufacturers.

Especially with the confinement, the use of mobile has further strengthened.

According to a study by App Annie, an application market specialist dating from April 2020, the time spent each week on applications has increased by 20% globally for Android devices, including 15% for France.

explains David Chauvaud, product manager at Oppo.

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A need that is found particularly among the youngest since it is nearly 80% of 18-24 year olds who are encouraged to use fast charging for at least one reason.

Even among an older audience, this technology is attractive although the desire for immediacy is less felt.

Thus only 40% of 35-49 year olds use fast charging.

* Online study on a sample of 1,002 people representative of the French population aged 18 or over using the quota method

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