I had a previous Casio Slim & I only needed to sit the entire camera in the charger for the battery or to upload pictures. With this new one, the battery has to be taken out of the camera & put into its own charger. It's just not convenient & it leaves room for forgtting to put the battery back in the camera before taking it out.Get more detail about Casio Exilim EX-S5 10MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD (Blue).