However, a single cell phone charger cannot be used in charging the cell phone in different circumstances. This necessitates purchasing chargers with several additional features.

Several types of cell phone chargers are available in the market.

Wall Charger

Wall charger generally comes with your mobile phone, when you buy it. It has a plug that can be fitted to an electric outlet. The wall charger sold in a particular country is designed according to the electric outlet of that country.

However, if you have bought a phone charger in North America, to make it usable in a European or Asian country, you need a plug adapter. Similarly, a plug charger bought in Europe can be used in North America with the aid of an adapter.

Car Charger

To recharge your mobile phone battery while traveling in a car, you need a car charger. The charger could be fitted to the DC port of the car.

Rapid Charger

It takes approximately two to three hours for a standard cell phone charger to recharge the phone's battery. A rapid charger, on the other hand, could recharge a battery within a few minutes.

However, always use a rapid charger during emergencies, because rapid charger reduces the effective life span of your cell phone battery.

Solar Charger

Environment conscious cell phone users could use solar phone chargers. The solar cells of the solar chargers trap the sun's energy, which is consequently converted to electricity. The longer the time span for which it is exposed to sunlight, the greater is the amount of electricity that is stored in the cells.

A solar phone charger exposed to sunlight for about an hour, could provide enough power to allow ten minutes of talk time or four days of standby time on a standard cell phone.