OtterBox’s latest creation is a stackable wireless charging battery system

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You’d be forgiven for confusing OtterBox’s new OtterSpot for a stack of restaurant buzzers, those vibrating devices that you hold onto while your takeout is being prepared. But the OtterSpot is more exciting than that. It’s a wireless charging system, and each layer of the OtterSpot is a portable 5,000mAh capacity battery with its own Qi charging coil and support for USB-C wired charging.

The OtterSpot costs $129.99 and it ships with a charging base and one wireless charging battery. Each additional battery costs $69.95, and OtterBox says the 36W base can charge two additional batteries (totaling three OtterSpots) stacked, with a phone on top. An OtterBox spokesperson told The Verge the system can actually handle up to four stackable...

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