“Apple on Tuesday released new Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, offering a convenient but expensive way for iPhone users to get additional battery life,” Juli Clover reports for MacRumors. “The Smart Battery Cases will be in stores starting tomorrow, but we got our hands on the iPhone XS Max and XR versions early to check out the features and to see if they’re worth the $129 price tag.”
“Apple is offering the Smart Battery Cases in black or white, and while there are separate versions for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, each case costs $129 and appears to have the same capacity,” Clover reports. “On the iPhone XS Max with the Smart Battery Case, you’ll get up to 37 hours of talk time, up to 20 hours of internet use, and up to 25 hours of video playback. The iPhone XS with XS Smart Battery Case offers up to 33 hours of talk time, up to 21 hours of internet use, and up to 25 hours of video playback, while the iPhone XR with iPhone XR Smart Battery Case offers up to 39 hours of talk time, up to 22 hours of internet use, and up to 27 hours of video playback.”
“With the Smart Battery Case attached, you can check how much battery life is left in the case using a widget in the Today section of the Notification Center or via the Lock screen,” Clover reports. “Your iPhone will always use the battery provided by the case before expending its own battery, but when charging, your iPhone will charge first.”
An improvment over the previous Igore battery case for sure .
But.. to me its a shame to hide the sublime beauty of any of the x serise phones in a case, specially the white/silver or gold versions, they trully are things of beauty !
But the glass forces many to compromise the beauty and resort to cases unfortunately!
I wish Apple could come up with a technology that will l allow for the magnetic charging and the same gorgeous finish without the downside of surer fragility !
All Apple battery cases under Cook have been an unmitigated design nightmare. They need to contract Mophie for design cues because Tim Cook’s apple is sloppy and lazy when it comes to product design, product finish, QA, marketing, and product launches.
For ME (and me only I definitely am not saying folks don’t need these) I no longer have battery “anxiety” and don’t buy battery cases anymore. The iPhone X always makes it through the day for me. I plug it in when I go to bed and I rarely even look at the battery meter during the day anymore. I gotta think the market for these things is evaporating. I can even go deep into a second day if I have a charging issue. Remarkable how far we’ve come.
An improvment over the previous Igore battery case for sure .
But.. to me its a shame to hide the sublime beauty of any of the x serise phones in a case, specially the white/silver or gold versions, they trully are things of beauty !
But the glass forces many to compromise the beauty and resort to cases unfortunately!
I wish Apple could come up with a technology that will l allow for the magnetic charging and the same gorgeous finish without the downside of surer fragility !
All Apple battery cases under Cook have been an unmitigated design nightmare. They need to contract Mophie for design cues because Tim Cook’s apple is sloppy and lazy when it comes to product design, product finish, QA, marketing, and product launches.
These cases will conveniently hide the (camera) notch
It’s kind of ugly, again.
For ME (and me only I definitely am not saying folks don’t need these) I no longer have battery “anxiety” and don’t buy battery cases anymore. The iPhone X always makes it through the day for me. I plug it in when I go to bed and I rarely even look at the battery meter during the day anymore. I gotta think the market for these things is evaporating. I can even go deep into a second day if I have a charging issue. Remarkable how far we’ve come.