NEW YORK: We all put our smartphones in our back pockets. While this is a perfect hands-free place to carry your iPhone, it would be even better if it was a way to charge our mobile devices.
Joe’s Jeans has created a pair of jeans that is designed to do exactly that.
The pair of women’s jeans comes with a special pocket located on the hips that charges your iPhone and other Apple devices of similar size.
While one pocket is specifically for holding a smartphone, the pair of jeans has a second pocket on the waistband that holds a portable battery that is designed for the iPhone. Consumers just slide a slim battery into this discreet battery pocket and connect it to a power cord.
Place the iPhone in the hip pocket, connect it to the cable and press the power button on the battery to charge your phone while on the go.
Joe’s slim battery is removable so that you can wash your jeans. It has a blue LED indicator that tells you when your battery is low. The battery is equipped with a built-in protection system that prevents over-charging and will fully charge an iPhone 5, 5s and 5c, as well as charge an iPhone 6 up to 85 percent.
The women’s skinny jeans come in four different colors, including black, gray, a dark denim blue and lighter blue denim and retails for $189 without the battery. The #HELLO Battery retails for $49.
This is not the first time technology has been incorporated into jeans. Google and Levi’s partnered up in May with the goal of turning your pair of jeans into a touchscreen.
Google’s research and development unit, ATAP, showcased its touch-sensitive fabric at day two of Google I/O, with Levi’s announcing its plans to incorporate the technology into a pair of its jeans.
Called Project Jacquard, Google’s ATAP team created yarn with metallic alloy that is woven in with regular fabrics. Electronics are then connected in between two layers of the fabric, which means consumers would then be able to swipe their touchscreen-enabled Levi’s 501s.
There is no denying that technology continues to be integrated into clothing, but only time will tell if the fashion-forward consumer would actually buy a pair of these types of jeans.
