You can also view the battery status in the Today view as long as you have the Battery widget activated. It did give nearly a full recharge to an iPhone below 10% charge, which is on a par with cases with more impressive statistics. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out. A soft elastomer hinge design makes it easy to put the case on and take it off – so no perilous bending or two-part disassembling that some cases put you through. But if you’re the kind of user who goes hard on your phone for many hours a day and doesn’t have many opportunities to charge up, the Smart Battery Case could be the right tool for you.

This means that I can only recommend it for extremely heavy users that are finding they can't get through a day without worrying their battery will die, or are going to be away from a charging point for a few days. Read more about the condition New: A brand-new, unused, unopened and undamaged item in original retail packaging (where packaging is applicable).

If your phone is locked, two battery icons will display on your screen -- one for your phone, another for the case. It's already received rave reviews for its battery life, which in many tests have bettered every other iPhone and even matched the likes of the Galaxy Note 9 and its massive 4000mAh battery. The battery status will be displayed on the iPhone Lock screen and Notification Centre to ensure you know how much charge is remaining.

The lack of a headphone jack has meant that many have been forced to create cases that lack support for the likes of Apply Car Play and headphones with Lightning connectors, with most using a micro-USB port instead to connect to your computer or for charging. You can recharge your Juice Pack Access battery case simply by dropping it on any Qi wireless charging pad or by plugging the included charging cable into the USB-C port. This means you get the extra hours (Apple claims talk time is increased to 33 hours, and Internet use to 21 hours) without having to think about it or suddenly lose all power and have to wait for the case’s battery to be alerted. When you put your phone in the case, you'll see a familiar charging animation in the top-right corner of your phone's display.Apple has improved its Smart Battery Case by making it compatible with Qi-certified wireless chargers, so no need to remove the iPhone for wireless charging. However, there are plenty of much cheaper alternatives, admittedly without the ability to wirelessly charge themselves, but with much larger batteries that will be better suited to charging on the go. I’m much more likely to use an external battery pack on the off chance I do need to charge up, as it’s much less expensive, has a larger capacity, and can be used to charge devices other than just my phone. The thoughtful design of the Juice Pack Access preserves your access to the Lightning port on your iPhone. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.

You get full access to your iPhone's Lightning port, but there's no need to use a cable for the case . The Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone XS does fit the older iPhone X, which has the same dimensions. Despite the battery on the cover keeping in good condition, over time, the cover itself started to peel off and get in a very bad condition. Keeping the phone at 100% charge might seem damaging, but the case manages the power output in a way that doesn’t harm the battery.So you can plug in wired EarPods or headphones to talk and listen to music while the juice pack access charges your iPhone with extra hours. Apple says the 5W brick that comes with the iPhone will charge the iPhone first, then the case, while a 10W or 12W charger will charge both simultaneously at 5W. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions.