Let s start with the positives. The Juice Pack isn t the iPhone s first battery option APC was one of the first to market a battery, the UPB10 (iLounge rating: B) , as iPhone-friendly but it s definitely the first that is designed specifically to be used all the time with the iPhone. Mophie has created a holster-like black plastic shell that wraps around the iPhone s sides, bottom, and back, with a male Dock Connector sticking up and a female Dock Connector facing down from its bottom.
The soft touch rubber shell doesn t come all the way up the iPhone s back, but overlaps enough of the camera to have a half-circle cut out to avoid interference. It includes gray side grips for easy carrying, and in what can only be described as the designer s fancy, has an all-green interior. With the iPhone inside, only a little of the green peeks out: two cut-outs next to the Dock Connector provide room for the bottom speaker and microphone to breathe, and be used.
Callers reported that we sounded pretty much the same with or without Juice Pack on a good sign that Mophie avoided a big potential iPhone usage problem. Juice Pack s battery performance also lived up to Mophie s claims. Four blue LED lights on its back not five, as claimed on the packaging let you know how much of the charge remains, if you press a small black button to their right.
When they re all full, the company promises that Juice Pack will double the iPhone s advertised battery life, giving it the ability to run for 8 extra hours of talk time, 6 hours of Wi-Fi Internet, 7 hours of video, 24 hours of audio, or 250 hours of standby time.
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