Boostcase Stylishly Extends Your iPhone's Battery Life

[Guest]

For the iPhone users that can't bear to sacrifice form over function with a clunky batter pack.

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[burnley14]

Available in an array of colors from red, yellow, black, yellow, orange and so forth

What about yellow? 😉

 

[dthx]

That does add some heft to your iPhone, but not so much that it is turned into a HTC Touch, and

The HTC Touch is a 3 years old model??? What's the point here?

Android phones don't conform to a single standard

Well, in fact, all smartphones (even non-Android smartphones like Blackberry) use a micro-USB connector. In Europe, it is by law forbidden to propose smartphones with a different/other connector for environmental reasons, to reduce the amount of waste due to too many different charger types in circulation (BS if you ask me, because you still get 1 charger with any device you buy anyway). For some pretty funny reason, Apple manages to get away with it with their odd connector ... because unlike other phone manufacturers, they don't provide a charger in the box of the device, just the cable to charge it from a computer ;-)

Anyway, I understand the manufacturer of the battery pack. All android devices have different layout (displaced connectors and different physical dimensions), but even powered cases are available for many Android devices, many HTC or Samsung users have a cheaper and more energy efficient solution: replace the removable battery by a 2400mAh one and replace the device's back cover with a thicker one. Your device eventually becomes quite thick (but not more than with a boostercase) and the device will still fit your pockets quite well as the other dimensions of the phone remain the same. It is by far more energy efficient to charge one big battery from the wall socket than to charge a battery with a battery (which is what those cases do). And at least, you get proper visibility of your battery's total remaining %.

 

[DaddyW123]

[citation][nom]dthx[/nom]The HTC Touch is a 3 years old model??? What's the point here?Well, in fact, all smartphones (even non-Android smartphones like Blackberry) use a micro-USB connector. In Europe, it is by law forbidden to propose smartphones with a different/other connector for environmental reasons, to reduce the amount of waste due to too many different charger types in circulation (BS if you ask me, because you still get 1 charger with any device you buy anyway). For some pretty funny reason, Apple manages to get away with it with their odd connector ... because unlike other phone manufacturers, they don't provide a charger in the box of the device, just the cable to charge it from a computer ;-)Anyway, I understand the manufacturer of the battery pack. All android devices have different layout (displaced connectors and different physical dimensions), but even powered cases are available for many Android devices, many HTC or Samsung users have a cheaper and more energy efficient solution: replace the removable battery by a 2400mAh one and replace the device's back cover with a thicker one. Your device eventually becomes quite thick (but not more than with a boostercase) and the device will still fit your pockets quite well as the other dimensions of the phone remain the same. It is by far more energy efficient to charge one big battery from the wall socket than to charge a battery with a battery (which is what those cases do). And at least, you get proper visibility of your battery's total remaining %.[/citation]

First - I don't think you've ever purchased an apple product. I'm not a fanboy and currently sit in the android camp, but I did have an iPhone and my sister just got an iPad, and both come with the wall adapter to plug that USB cable into so you don't need a computer to charge. My wife's Nano might not have come with the wall adapter, but it's an MP3 Player - She actually leaves it plugged into the car's USB port pretty much 100% of the time so she didn't need one.

Second - It's not true that all smart phone's use micro-USB. My bosses blackberry uses a mini-USB, and I have seen other Android phones use mini's as well. Granted, most NEW phones are Micro-USB now, but that wasn't always the case.

Third - You thought it was BS that Europe made it a law to use standard connectors to cut down on waste because every phone comes with a charger anyway... this is not BS, because even though your phone comes with 1 charger, many people buy an extra one to possibly keep one at home and one at the office - and MOST people also buy a car charger. I've got 3 old car chargers from old flip phones in a box in my garage, all different styles because of that crap. That law is fantastic and I wish the US would pass a similar one.

Fourth - I originally purchased the extended battery and cover for my HTC Thunderbolt when I got it because I had already read the reviews on the poor life and was covering myself. Within a week I went back to the stock battery because I HATED the extra weight and mostly the thickness of the extended battery. It felt like a bulge in my pocket (and not a good bulge).

Lastly (and this one is more of a comment than a disagreement) - I firmly believe that if Android manufacturers would standardize on at least a common layout (not necessarily a size) of their connections, it would help other manufacturers create common accessories, which would drive up consumer interest. One of the good things about apple products is the multitude of accessories you can get for them, that work across them all. A bed-side radio that you can dock your iPod, iPhone OR your iPad into for example. My Thunderbolt's charger is on the left side near the bottom corner. I wanted a Seidio desktop charging dock for my office desk. When I eventually upgrade phones, the dock I purchased will be useless unless I get another HTC AND it's designed a similar way. If every android manufacturer agreed to keep their Micro-USB port dead center on the bottom, Seidio could have made a dock that was expandable side to side to make way for larger phones, which means instead of only being able to sell to Thunderbolt owners, they could sell to ALL owners.

This just seems like a no-brainer to me, and it really blows my mind that they haven't done this yet.

 

[fancarolina]

What is with these articles with only one picture from the worst angle. We can't see anything about the product. If a company only sends you one photo tell them to go get there camera and send a few more. Consumers actually want to see it then they will attract lots of preorders/interest.