Did your cell phone run out of battery

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Dictionary and thread title search: Previous Thread Next Thread. Hi, To mean cellphone is dead, is it correct to say: You can't say, "out of battery". You can say, "out of battery life" but even that sounds a bit strange. It is better to say, "my battery is dead" or "the battery died".

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When talking about the amount of "juice" left in the battery, you say, battery life instead of just battery. Driven , Dec 21, You can also say "My cell phone is out of batteries. LaVache , Dec 21, London English - London Irish ethnicity.


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Hello Dolcedell I agree with what's been written above. In addition, you could also say my phone has died or my phone is dead. Further agreement with the member from Marmitia Other expressions used in AE: My cellphone batteries are out of power.

My cellphone batteries need charging. I have to disagree with some of my fellow AE speakers.

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I've heard the expressions "out of battery" and "ran out of battery," many times, in reference to phones, ipods, laptops, and the the like. It may not be as logical as the other expressions, and it tends to be used by younger people, but I can't say it sounds strange to me. My phone battery is empty My phone is dead battery is empty. I just say, "My phone needs charging. Parla , Nov 15, In BE "my battery is flat".

I'm sure there is a previous thread about batteries rather than just mobile phone batteries. Andygc , Nov 15, The lithium-ion battery has been around for more than two decades, and hasn't fundamentally changed since Sony started producing them in And despite lots of effort being put into replacements, these batteries are likely to be with us for many more years.

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