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Carlos’s favorite device of 2016

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Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone

I’ve always been interested in battery cases for the iPhone, I’ve even owned one of them. But until recently I owned a 6s plus. I only got one for the battery life and didn’t really care for how big it felt in my hands. So, I downgraded in physical size and upgraded in battery life by getting an iPhone 7 smart battery case.

Here’s why I think that for me, the iPhone 7 smart battery case is my best device of 2016 choice.

  1. It obviously doubles or mite even triple the battery life of the iPhone itself. I can go from 7 in the morning to about 10 at night and my iPhone still isn’t dead.
  2. You can set it and forget it. Install your iPhone and then you’re done. No need to flick a switch or press a button, it’ll just work.
  3. One thing the other cases do when you use them is activate all the backup and other services your iPhone uses when its charging draining the battery of the case even more than its supposed to. To me, it’s supposed to keep your iPhone battery topped off and not use any other services until you plug it into a charger.
  4. I like the design. A lot of people complain about the hump being there, I don’t mind that at all, it makes it easier to grip the phone.
  5. You can use one lightning cable to charge both. Need I say more on that one?

Those are my reasons why to me; the iPhone 7 smart battery case is the best device of 2016.

What do you think? Leave your comments below. I’d love to read them.

Take care all.

Low Power Mode Explained

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Image of black screen with battery icon which is a battery with small glowing red area showing the amount of battery left to represent a time when low power ode is needed.

Have you ever wanted or needed to squeeze more power out of your phone’s battery? Low Power Mode might be the setting you are looking for. Low power mode reduces the amount of power your phone is using until it has at least 80% battery. When low power mode is enabled, it may take some time for some features to work while others will not work at all.

Low Power Mode affects:

  • Hey Siri
  • Email fetch
  • Automatic downloads
  • Some visual effects
  • Background App Refresh
  • location services in apps

How to enable low power mode:

  1. Open settings
  2. Tap battery
  3. Toggle the switch next to Low Power Mode to On

Note: When Low Power Mode is on, the battery percentage icon on your status bar will be yellow.

#iACast 11 – What’s With the Hump?

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Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone

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Episode Notes

On this episode of iA Cast recorded on December 21, 2015, I discuss the following topics.

  • Changes to iAccessibility’s home page and why there have not been podcast episodes.
  • The iPhone 6s battery case and why people #lovethehump or #hatethehump.
  • Problems with Apple Music and previous libraries.

Is the new Smart Battery Case worth a hump?

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Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone

Late last year, Apple released the new Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6s. This battery was created for the iPhone 6s only as the 6s Plus contains 1/3 more battery power than the smaller phone. So is this case worth spending $100 for better battery life, and is it worth the hump on its back?

Smart Battery Case Dimensions and Characteristics

The iPhone 6s Smart Battery Case comes in at a size similar with the 6s, but adds a small amount of space at the bottom that contains its own lightning port, and puts the speaker on the front along with the microphone. The headphone jack is still on the bottom as well.

The case also contains a hump on the back that contains the battery pack. This is a change compared to the Mophi cases as the Mophi cases make the back of the phone the same thickness throughout the design where there is no hump on the phone or case.  The hump really doesn’t add much of a difference how you hold the phone, in fact, the hump on the back adds extra grip for the iPhone which can help some hold their phones better.

The color of the Smart Battery Case comes in either charcoal or White, which limits you to how your phone would look, so if you have the space grey phone then I would go with the charcoal, but it is up to you to customize your phone as you like it.

Performance

The Smart Battery Case promises 18 hours of web browsing and 20 hours of video watching, which is nearly doubled the amount that is offered on the built in battery on the 6s. The way this case works is that you use the battery on the case first and then your phone will then use its battery. You can even see your case’s battery in Notification Center under the batteries notification widget. When you plug your phone in to charge your phone will charge first, and then the case will finish charging.

Conclusion

While the iPhone 6s Plus has more battery built in, it is still a big phone, and not everyone needs a big phone. If a smaller phone is for you then this case adds a new way to keep your phone charged and is officially from Apple. If you do have the 6s then I highly recommend this case if you don’t already have a way to keep your phone charged as the 6s does burn through battery life fairly quickly.

Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone 6s from Apple.com

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