So Apple just released their smart battery case for the iPhone XS, XS Max and
the iPhone XR.
And you're wondering if it's worth $130 dollars of your hard earned money.
Well let's unpack both literally and figuratively the case and find out
what features it has and see how it's different than the competition.
Let's get started.
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As I said in the opening, Apple just released their smart battery case
for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and the iPhone XR and here we see it for the iPhone XS Max
in white.
The case comes in a one hundred thirty bucks and everyone on the internet is
a flame saying "why would anyone pay $130 for this?"
Well I think the question you'd ask yourself is what features does it have
that other cases that are in the marketplace don't have other than high costs obviously.
it's really when you look at the case there are going to be three key features
that this case has that other cases that are less expensive that don't have.
So first is going to be support USB Type C power delivery (PD). So,
none of the lower cost cases that you find at Amazon support charging via USB Type C P
ower Delivery (PD).
So if you want to charge it with a fast charger that is a 29-watts or hooked
up to your MacBook charger. You could not because those cases don't support
that they would be limited at 5-watts.
What's the other cases that you find on Amazon are not going to support
the wireless fast charging as well.
So if case that you find on Amazon from a third party that supports wireless
charging it's limited at 5-watts.
So it's not going to support the 7.5-watts 5-watts fast-charging that you find
on the iPhone.
Third, is that the case will not restrict me from using Apple CarPlay in
my vehicle unlike the 3rd-Party cases that you see out there.
This is really no different than you see on any 3rd-Party wireless charger
even the Moment charger that I reviewed a few months ago.
If you haven't seen that this is the integrated case that supports the
moment lenses. In addition to having a battery pack I'll link it up above
for those who are interested.
I wonder how it sounds. Let's try that
It sounds good. Yeah. Definitely difference with having the phone in the
case and the acoustic pass through that you see here at the bottom
So if you look at what Apple is doing Apple has got such a tight integration
between the phone and the battery case that they're able to get more usage
time out of the phone while it's in the case than any other of those battery cases.
And I'll tell you my example I put my phone into my battery case on Friday
at 7:55 AM and my phone was 100% charged and obviously the battery case
was as well.
It kept my phone charged all day long until 5:00 PM when it died finally
while I was getting five hours of answering time throughout the day
I was amazed how long that battery case lasted me. Then when I went to
bed at I think I went to bed early that night at like eleven o'clock
It had 80 percent battery life. So it was just really kind of a testament
to how how tightly the OS and the battery case are coupled. So when putting
the phone into the case the bad the phone itself is going into what they
call mobile mode and it's getting a table to eek out better performance
from the battery than it was with these third party cases.
Very interesting factor which I don't think many people talk about.
So in the beginning of the video we asked ourselves whether or not it was
worth paying one hundred thirty dollars for this case.
I think objectively speaking at this point I can say that if you're someone
who is trying to optimize for features and functionality this case it doesn't
restrict you from using Apple CarPlay like I said.
You're able to charge of via via USB Type C Power Delivery (PD) and you're
able to charge it wirelessly with supports for wireless fast charging.
In addition to those three things that you can get the case service anywhere
at any Apple store in the world plus the tight integration between the
phone and the case.
So all that said what case are you going to buy. Is this even worth it
for you.
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