Stepping out without a battery case on our iPhone is for many as unlikely as leaving the smartphone at home altogether, but with Apple slow to embrace wireless charging, Mophie is picking up the slack. The company has launched Charge Force today, both a range of new Juice Pack battery cases which support the main wireless charging standards, and a commitment to recharging without cords moving forward.
Mophie has taken the wraps off its first wireless charging battery case with juice pack for Samsung’s newly unveiled Galaxy S7 smartphone. The case can be used to charge either of Samsung’s new handsets using various wireless charging pads, such as Samsung’s own model. Joining that function is an integrated 3300mAh battery adding several hours of extra run time to phone.
Mophie has launched its juice pack H2Pro for the iPhone 6 Plus, the company announced today. The case is now available from the maker's website, and joins the same case that has already been available for the smaller iPhone 6. The case is designed to both increase the battery run time (via an integrated battery) and to protect the phone beyond military standards.
This afternoon ZAGG announced that they'd be acquiring Mophie, bringing the battery giant into the accessories giant thusly. ZAGG will be holding a conference call for investors this evening at 6:30 PM Eastern Time, at which point ZAGG will explain the terms of this merger. ZAGG suggests that this combination of companies will create one which had a combined net sales of "approximately $470 million" in the year 2015.
Here's the thing about iPhone battery cases: you don't want them to be too thin. Go for the skinny model, and you're compromising on power, and if that's the case then you have to ask if it's worth carrying the case in the first place. Exactly what makes an attractive battery case which balances performance and style is contentious: witness the mixed reactions to today's Apple Smart Battery Case announcement to see that.
As smartphones become more sophisticated, they require more and more power, more than what they're internal batteries can provide. And as external batteries become more a fact of digital life, they themselves, in turn, become just as stylish and as sophisticated as the smartphones they power up. Take, for example, mophie, one of the leading brands when it comes to mobile battery solutions. Its new powerstation family of power banks sport not only a premium looking metallic finish, they also come with a power monitoring and management app.
Just in case users of the already large Samsung Galaxy Note 5 were looking for a larger battery, it's Mophie to the rescue. Creating another of their battery packs by the name of Juice Pack, Mophie is delivering the Galaxy Note 5 a substantial 60% more life from start to finish. This newest battery pack is also a high-impact protection system with its own brand name: Impact-Isolation System - with rubberized support pads around the entire interior of the case.
Mophie has unleashed a new case for your iPhone 6. Yeah, I know, they have cases for the iPhone 6 already, and the phone has been out quite a while — so who needs another case? This one is different, though. Called H2PRO, this one falls under Mophie’s Juice Pack range and brings you complete waterproofing and a battery backup that can charge your iPhone from dead (and then some). Currently up for pre-order, the H2PRO will set you back $130.
That was quick. While we’re currently (literally!) getting our hands on the LG G4, Mophie is already out of the gate with accessories. A notable name when it comes to external power packs for your phone, Mophie is introducing a juice pack for the LG G4. Juice pack is Mophie’s lineup of cases that double as power packs, giving you the pleasure of powering up while on the go, but not needing to tether to a clumsy battery pack via a power cord.
When smartphone users hear the name "mophie", they immediately think of battery cases and charging accessories for smartphones. With the arrival of the Apple Watch, however, it might be high time to change that perception. Sure, mophie isn't making a case for the smartwatch, unlike this rather odd accessory, but it's still probably the closest you'll get to the intersection of mophie and Apple Watch. As the name says, the mophie watch dock is simply that, a charging dock, or rather stand, for your smartwatch, just done in style.
Mophie may have its roots in providing snug-fitting extra power for the iPhone, but the future is all about the next big headache in mobile: storage space. Sure, running out of juice by mid-afternoon is an annoyance on your smartphone, but, Mophie points out, running out of memory is even more stressful. It might not happen so often, but with memory card slots getting rarer, having to face deleting your photos, music, and videos is a lot worse than needing to squat by an outlet. Enter the new Mophie Space Pack line and the companion Space app; I caught up with the Mophie team to find out more.
Mophie has already made a business out of giving the iPhone more battery life than Apple put inside, and now it's looking to do the same with storage. The new Mophie Spacestation range updates last year's iPhone 5/5s models, combining both an external battery and up to 128GB of space for photos, music, and videos, either packaged into an external enclosure or - more interestingly - built into a Space Pack case for the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and iPad mini.
