In a plan that could potentially set a new course for the battle of smartphone battery life supremacy, Chinese manufacturer Gionee aims to set their new models up with interchangeable, hot-swappable batteries. The smartphone distributor calls it the M5. While there is still no actual photo of the phone in question, Android Police explains that the phone will be holding two removable batteries inside the bay.

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For a piece of technology that just keeps growing and adding more data capability, the smartphone is always in danger of overstepping the bounds of what its battery could handle. Even iPhone creator Apple itself has its share of longevity problems, which isn't surprising, given the tremendous amount of data and apps available today.

A post by CNet.com explains this problem quite thoroughly, stating that: "The electronics that enable faster performance, higher-speed data, better video and gaming, a more vivid and detailed screen, are moving at the speed of Moore's Law. The lithium ion (Li-ion) pouch cell batteries that power them can't keep up."

When faced with overwhelming technology like retina display, motion sensors, and a wide variety of other features, the best way to power the entire gadget efficiently is to supersize the battery. In the case of Gionee's M5, though, the solution is to just double the power source in the first place. This time, users can easily use one battery while the other is warming up. The hot-swappable batteries could be the answer to the dilemma smartphone manufacturers around the world are facing on a regular basis.

So what exactly is hot-swappable? Essentially, the term refers to a component, usually within a computer system, that could be unplugged and replaced without shutting down the system. This technology is useful for network servers holding sensitive or important connections that could be severed when the server shuts down. To minimize the need for battery cooldown without simultaneously increasing the risk of burnout, these servers use hot-swappable components.

Whether or not the M5 could emulate this same function is yet to be seen. Nevertheless, Gionee's revolutionary smartphone battery system just might be the start of shift in the ever-present problem of phone batteries quickly dying out.

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