Apple releases battery phone case

[Phokus]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/12/8/9867996/apple-smart-battery-case-iphone-6-6s-hands-on

Wow, that is just an abortion of a design, how did jony allow that to come to market?

Apple is basically telling 6/6s users to pound sand when it comes to battery life.

Edit: Mophie makes a MUCH better looking battery case, wtf apple lol

Edit2: It's like the iphone 6/6s is pregnant in those pictures haha

 

[Chocu1a]

lol, wtf....that is about the ugliest thing I have ever seen. Makes those gawd awful Anker extended battery cases look good.

 

[luv2liv]

Take away any protection layer then sell a case to protect it.
Take away battery then sell the battery back.
Just pure greed is all I see. It's brilliant!

Hopefully people will care less about thinness. Then companies will make a phone that lasts at least a week on a full charge

 

[Trader05]

Its just funny because this is the total opposite Apple is known for.

1) It's not a nice piece of hardware, its blatantly ugly.
2) They always advertise great battery life with every iphone. Although I think this is making up for the 6s' smaller battery.
3) Made the newer 6s and + thicker...now thickest with this lol

My old 6+ had amazing battery life (compared to my 6p). Ignoring the bulkiness with having a case...that phone would have literally 3+ day battery life with this case.

 

[openwheel]

Those with Apple Watch will definitely buy it. LOL

 

[pm]

It's ugly, it's priced pretty high and the battery capacity is poor. I'm not sure how anyone at Apple thought this was a good design.

 

[Commodus]

Its just funny because this is the total opposite Apple is known for.

1) It's not a nice piece of hardware, its blatantly ugly.
2) They always advertise great battery life with every iphone. Although I think this is making up for the 6s' smaller battery.
3) Made the newer 6s and + thicker...now thickest with this lol

My old 6+ had amazing battery life (compared to my 6p). Ignoring the bulkiness with having a case...that phone would have literally 3+ day battery life with this case.

Well, the 6s' battery life is effectively similar to that of the 6, so I don't think that's why the pack exists.

The boring answer: Apple has been creeping into the accessory market more and more, and a battery case was a pretty obvious step. If nothing else, it's nice to see Apple at least acknowledging that battery life is an issue. I wouldn't be surprised if the next regular-sized iPhone has a bigger battery (though it won't be significantly thicker) or otherwise has a focus on longevity.

 

[openwheel]

Well, the 6s' battery life is effectively similar to that of the 6, so I don't think that's why the pack exists.

The boring answer: Apple has been creeping into the accessory market more and more, and a battery case was a pretty obvious step. If nothing else, it's nice to see Apple at least acknowledging that battery life is an issue. I wouldn't be surprised if the next regular-sized iPhone has a bigger battery (though it won't be significantly thicker) or otherwise has a focus on longevity.

and the 6 was the Energizer Bunny? LOL

 

[Artdeco]

LOL, it really does look like ass.

 

[Commodus]

and the 6 was the Energizer Bunny? LOL

Nope, it's merely average (I use one as a daily driver). I meant battery life as a broader issue, not specific to any one device.

 

[Zaap]

I would laugh... except Samsung and probably others are following Apple's lead.


"Hey let's strip out function and make things thin! thin! thin! needlessly thin! Then we can sell the missing function back in the form of gigantic strap-on accessories, at excessive prices, that make the thin! device into a bulky monstrosity! Profit!"

It's totally insane to me from an educated consumer standpoint... but totally brilliant from a pure corporate profit above user sanity standpoint.

 

[Shlong]

If Steve Jobs was still around he would say WTF are you guys thinking? What happened to good Apple design? It died with him.

 

[Anubis]

 

[Zaap]

Working on my prototype extended battery pack/SD card reader for Galaxy phones. Hardly adds any bulk at all! $89 retail is my target price.

 

[deputc26]

My biggest issue with iPhone battery cases (and all other battery cases) is they make the lower bezel YUGE, and it was big enough to start on the iPhone.

 

[elitejp]

If Steve Jobs was still around he would say WTF are you guys thinking? What happened to good Apple design? It died with him.

It was basically a square then and its basically a square now. So I guess his great design lives on

 

[Zaap]

There was some terrible design during the Jobs era too.

Come on... The clamshell iBooks?

Even for the times it was wretched design.

 

[sbpromania]

Although the purpose of this case is to have extra battery, it could've looked better, especially considering the price and the company...

 

[gorcorps]

All of the points here are valid, however this thing will sell like crazy just because it uses the lightning port you'd already have cables for. I didn't realize the other battery cases use micro-usb... that'd be an extra pain as an iPhone user to have different cables for you case and phone.

 

[WelshBloke]

I would laugh... except Samsung and probably others are following Apple's lead.

Samsung used to have the perfect solution to this.

Thin S5 with 2800MaH

"Fat" S5 with 3500MaH

 

[Oyeve]

Samsung used to have the perfect solution to this.

Yep. Glad I switched the the LGV10. The extra battery, charging cradle and 200gb promo definitely solved that issue.

 

[DeathReborn]

So no cartoons/gifs of Quasimodo wanting his hump back then... sloppy artists.

 

[WelshBloke]

Yep. Glad I switched the the LGV10. The extra battery, charging cradle and 200gb promo definitely solved that issue.

LG V10 is too big for me.

 

[Ichinisan]

Still fits in the official Lightning dock. I guess that's why Apple went with this hideous design.

 

[Oyeve]

Limited to use apples crappy earbuds or imitations. Of course they will sell you an adapter for that.