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These Clothes Come With A Built-In Smartphone Charger

REDMOND, Wash. (CBS) – Tired of watching your smartphone battery drain all the way down when you're away from home? These new clothes might be able to help.

Baubax is developing apparel like jackets, pants and shorts that will charge your smartphone without any wires.

The company says all you need to do is slip your iPhone into a case and then into your pocket; Android phones don't even require the case.

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The BauBax jacket and charger (Image credit BauBax)

The power source is a battery bank that's small enough to fit inside a wallet and must be kept near the device you want to charge. The clothes are all machine washable.

Baubax expects the clothing to be ready by January of next year – you can preorder here.

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