The emergence and popularity of shared power banks has alleviated people’s "low power crisis" to a certain extent, but it has also been widely controversial for its "higher and higher prices and slow charging".
In recent months, topics such as "Is it expensive to start with 4 yuan per hour for a shared power bank?" "The shared power bank is only 30% charged when the electricity is used up" have frequently hit the hot search, causing many netizens to resonate and complain.
Not only is the price becoming more and more "assassin", but when the mobile phone battery is only 1% or 2%, you can scan the shared power bank. You may also encounter the dilemma of automatically shutting down the phone before the power bank pops up halfway through the scan.
As the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day holidays approach, I believe that many people with travel plans will write in the memo "carry a data cable with you when you go out", and charge it for a while when you encounter a place that can be charged, in case of emergencies. So, what are the charging-friendly places in Jing’an? Jing Bao has collected the following for you –
In recent months, have you noticed these red and black color schemes and stylish new public telephone booths on the streets of Shanghai?
Digital phone booth on Yuyuan Road
This rejuvenated digital phone kiosk carries the functions of one-click ride-hailing, sign language video, mobile phone charging, free calls, and other inclusive and convenient services.
Among them, the charging function supports wired and wireless, even if you don’t carry a data cable with you when you go out, you can charge it by the way after sitting in the public phone booth for a while.
Jingbao tested the wireless charging function for everyone at a digital phone booth on Yuyuan Road, which is very convenient.
Want to know where all the digital phone booths with this function are? Just search for "HELLO Friends Pavilion" in the map APP of your mobile phone. The map shows that there are 7 points within one kilometer of Jingbao’s location.
At present, digital public telephone kiosks have covered 13 administrative districts in the city, and it is expected that 1,000 will be built by 2025, gradually expanding the coverage and increasing the coverage density.
Have you ever charged while riding the subway? If you take the subway line 14 at Jing’an Temple, you will find that there are 4 USB charging ports at the head and tail connections of the carriage. After putting down the folding plate, you can use the built-in charging cable to charge. You can also charge it during the journey, which is very time-saving.
The logo shows that the output of this interface is 5V~ 1A, and the output power is 5W. After Jingbao sat for 3 stations from Jing’an Temple, the mobile phone was plugged in for about 8 minutes when arriving at Yuyuan Station, and the power increased by about 6%.
According to Shanghai Metro staff, there are usually charging ports in the cars of newly opened lines, while "old lines" have some train cars. For example, each car of Line 18 trains is equipped with wireless and wired charging devices, and some trains of Line 1 and 2 are also equipped with USB charging ports. In addition to the cars, the service center in the subway can also provide emergency charging services.
The staff at the in-app service center of Jing’an Temple Metro introduced that passengers can charge their mobile phones at the service center when they travel with low battery, and they do not need to bring their own charging cable. However, different service centers have different requirements on whether they can bring their own cable. Some said that for safety reasons, they must use the charging cable of the service center, and some said that they can also use it if they bring their own charging cable.
Reminder:If you are charging while taking the subway, please don’t forget to unplug the cable when getting off, and don’t forget to take your mobile phone with you.
At present, many street community activity centers have activity rooms, study rooms, and reading rooms, all of which provide sockets for citizens and tourists to charge.
Taking the Party and Mass Service Center on Jing’an Temple Street as an example, the library on the third floor is equipped with a sufficient number of sockets. However, it should be noted that this free charging place does not have a USB port, and citizens and tourists need to bring a charging plug to charge.
Reminder:When charging in the activity center of the street community, all public orders of the venue must be observed.
In addition to the above places, there are also many free charging sockets in some commercial cafes, but generally speaking, "charging stations" are very popular, and it is very likely that they will be "full".
Jing Bao visited some chain coffee shops in the Jing’an Temple business district. Generally, chain coffee shops with many seats and large areas will provide free charging sockets, such as Jing’an Kerry Center and Starbucks of Jiuguang General Merchandise, and M Stand of Jiuguang General Merchandise, etc., but many of them have been "first come, first served".
For citizens and tourists, it is a good choice to sit down and order a cup of coffee while charging, but if you encounter a large traffic in the store and there are no free charging sockets, you need to try your luck.