On long flights, unless you can plug the unit into a 110 Volt charger, it is almost worthless as a work tool.

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The box will still ship with a micro-USB to USB cable in the box, allowing the handset to plug into a deskbound computer or a mains charger with a USB socket.

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This Japanese car (right-hand drive in the version I piloted) is coming to the U.S. in slightly enlarged form, and I was able to plug it in to a mobile, truck-mounted fast-charger (at left) that can get it mostly ready to go (80 percent) in 20 minutes.

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