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Apple Launches Official $99 Battery Enhancing Case for iPhone 6s

MrUNIMOG said:
You know there is quite a good reason for the Lightning Port placement on Magic Mouse 2, right?
Or would you prefer a Mouse looking like this...
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I didn't see the benefit, from a consumers side, to eliminate the replaceable batteries in the 1st place. As far as the battery pack, I think it could've been contoured better to make the presence of the bump less visually jarring. That's just my opinion and my disappointment with the design. I do like that it enables you to use a lightning cable to charge it.
 
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Jimmy James said:
I wonder if the battery back is in the middle so it's more comfortable to hold in landscape?

I wouldn't mind a slightly thicker phone to hold a bigger battery but I'm not sure I'd like the extra weight.
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That's exactly what I was thinking. The weight in the middle, the sides are easy to grip and you can basically push your fingers near the edge of the extended battery. The design might not look the best but there's a lot more to it then just looks.. though I guess that's not the case for most on here currently. :) I would buy one of these for the 6s Plus.. I run out of battery all the time because it's a work phone but also I take tons of video and photos... then show those daily for presentations. So this case would be perfect for me. I love how it integrates with notification center!
 
KPOM said:
No matter what the battery life, some people would complain and there would be a third party battery case market. There are battery cases for Samsung phones. Motorola's solution is to make two versions of the same phone, one with a bigger battery. I don't see Apple doing that, so this is their offering.
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Certainly, people will find something to complain about. But there is a baseline and general performance that most users come to expect. The iPhone 6 battery is extremely small comparatively...which is prompted the debate on thinness for the sake of thinness. Again, had Apple made it a few mm thicker...
 
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ToroidalZeus said:
Where have you been for the last 5 years? Beats Music purchase, Apple Watch, Apple Music, musical guests at the end of every keynote presentation, etc. it's been obvious for years that Tim Cook doesn't have vision and is running the company into the ground one bit at a time.
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I was very vocal in my opposition to purchasing Beats. But truth be told, we didn't know exactly what was going to come from that. This is Apple design gone wrong, and it's kinda freaking me out. Apple Music? That's a service, and Apple doesn't have the best history when it comes to services outside of iTunes. And in all seriousness Apple Music isn't bad, just kinda clunky and confusing at times. As for Apple Watch, I like mine and think it has a lot of potential—it's just kinda slow at this point and I wish it had more health features. I also remember a few artists performing after Stevenotes, including U2, Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Norah Jones, John Mayer, etc. I don't think he's running the company into the ground, but they have made some questionable decisions lately. Like I said, it's early enough to correct but I'm concerned.
 
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Is it safe to say that apple acknowledge the battery problem? Is so, is it safe to say that it's both consumers' and apple's fault that leads to this result? I mean, people continuing to support thinner and lighter and compromise battery?
 
Somebody needs to be fired for allowing this to see daylight. I wish Apple would've copied Mophie on this one. Oh well I have a 6Plus anyway in a Mophie Juice Pack, that charges when I want it to and only then
 
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WTF are Apple thinking? This case is an abomination. A TOTAL JOKE. Anyone with an ounce of sense can surely see that this design is not incepting with the standards the Apple has set for itself over the years. What with this and the ridiculous mouse you cannot use while it is charging! Seriously, someone needs to look at Apple's back catalogue of released products and compare them to the thousands of $h!tty designs Apple never released, then try to work out why! I just don't get this product. Make the phone slightly thicker if better battery life is what you're customers are after, instead of releasing turd like this.

I can really see Apple pulling this product. If they don't they damn well should.
 
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I swear to god I thought I somehow accidentally went to "SamsungRumors".

What the **** am I even looking at?
 
Classic Apple pricing.o_O £79 for a 1877mah battery case. I have a 22,400mah power bank which cost me under £20 on sale. It may not be as practical as this case but if you need extra juice in an emergency it hardly matters.
 
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Noble Actual said:
I swear to god I thought I somehow accidentally went to "SamsungRumors".

What the **** am I even looking at?
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Hilarious and I have to agree with you on this. It's such an ugly design. They could have just added more substance to the case itself to make the bump less noticeable. Or with today's battery technology, they could've just made the battery a different shape and spread that more evenly across the back. Man that thing is ugly.
 
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BUT WHY, APPLE? :apple:
 
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macduke said:
I was very vocal in my opposition to purchasing Beats. But truth be told, we didn't know exactly what was going to come from that. This is Apple design gone wrong, and it's kinda freaking me out. Apple Music? That's a service, and Apple doesn't have the best history when it comes to services outside of iTunes. And in all seriousness Apple Music isn't bad, just kinda clunky and confusing at times. As for Apple Watch, I like mine and think it has a lot of potential—it's just kinda slow at this point and I wish it had more health features. I also remember a few artists performing after Stevenotes, including U2, Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Norah Jones, John Mayer, etc. I don't think he's running the company into the ground, but they have made some questionable decisions lately. Like I said, it's early enough to correct but I'm concerned.
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A tight integration of hardware and software. An elegant UI that's anyone can use. Having a "clunky and confusing" interface in Apple Music is the software equivalent of having a clunky and ugly case. It shows that Apple is slipping on both the hardware and software front.

The next big breakthrough will be self-driving and electric vehicles. At present, without quality leadership, I don't think Apple can successfully reinvent the car.
 
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This bizarre, unsightly, abhorrent example of Apples superiority fantasy is proof positive of how out of touch Apple is.

It's further proof that Apple has complete control over the minds of a huge number of the buyers that purchase these cheesy items.

No other company comes close to Apples ability to fleece buyers
 
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