Phone users get handy power fix

Recharging service now in restaurants, shopping malls and even metro stations

Ubiquitous social networks, online shopping and mobile games are keeping smartphones constantly busy but they are also draining their batteries. Now, however, that need seems to have been taken care of.

According to companies behind the initiative, people can now rent a power bank to charge their mobile phones, and they are becoming almost as commonplace in public as shared bicycles.