There is not much preventing me from making an iPhone my next phone. I might wait till the next version, but I am pretty sure I have come to the conclusion, that its hype was and is justified. However, there is still one thing holding me back. Too many of my friends have had their iPhones run out of battery after less than one day of use, and that to me, is unacceptable.
Now, I know myself, and I am a heavy user if there ever was one. So, I now have a dilemma. Do I get the iPhone and enjoy a superior experience or do I get another phone and enjoy a longer lasting experience? Kinda like quality vs. quantity. Well, lucky for me, this dilemma might have just been resolved for me, without having to make compromises on either factor.
A new battery pack accessory released by a company named Mophie adds significant juice to the iPhone’s battery, while in no way destroying its simple and beautiful design. We have seen many battery packs for the iPhone in the past, but I at no point considered any of them. I figured if I wanted a fat ugly device that does not fit in my pocket comfortably, I might as well get an N95 (ouch, take that Nokia.)
The iPhone With and Without The Juice Pack Air
Well this new accessory adds 4.5 hours to the iPhone’s life cycle and might even make the phone nicer, if that is possible. It is called the Juice Pack Air and it comes with a power switch so you can turn it off and save it for when you really need it. Here are the specs as reported by the manufacturer:
The battery is 1200 mAh and virtually doubles your power in the following ways:
Additional Hours:
Standby Time: Up to 270 hours
Talk Time:
Up to 4.5 hours (3G)
Up to 9 hours (2G)
Internet Use:
Up to 4.5 hours (3G)
Up to 5.4 Hours (Wi-Fi)
Audio Playback: Up to 20 hours
Video Playback: Up to 6 hours
This new accessory might be the one to push me over the edge and actually go pick myself up a spanking new iPhone. The only problem I have with it is that it is only available in the Spring, which means they better be working on their next generation already, since we all know by now that the next iPhone will be announced in June.
-Hillel
My question is: will my phone with its InvisaShield on still fit inside without tearing the Shield? I bought a Power Slider that was so tight I had to get the InvisaShield replaced… (Power Slider was returned to the Apple store the next day.)
I will let you know as soon as they send us one to review 🙂
I came to the realisation that I really didn’t need to be notified of email the very second it was sent (who wants to check yet more junk email) and found that turning off Push and just having the iPhone check for email every 15 minutes more than doubled my iPhone 3G’s battery life. It also meant I was less at the tyranny of email interruptions and more able to actually get a life – you know? 😉
The iPhone now goes for a good 2 days solid with heavy use of email, browsing, Stanza ebook reading and other apps.
However, for the odd long plane trip, I might think about getting the Mophie. it does look like a nice option.
-Mart
Thanks for the review!
martin, that is interesting to note, thanks for that. So you are saying with no Push, the iPhone battery is actually pretty decent? Palace Online Casino, you are welcome. Are you the developer?
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