Mophie Juice Pack Plus for iPhone 5s/5 - Retail Packaging - Black

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113 of 120 people found the following review helpful.
The journey...
By Victor M. Susanto
I purchased this product for my new iPhone 5s from Best Buy to take advantage of their low price guarantee (Thanks Amazon for helping me bargain!). It was advertised that it was precharged (partially) right out of the box, good thing too, I only had 7% left for the ride home. Opened the box, slapped it on, got me home and an additional 23% in a 20min car ride home.

When I got home, plugged the cell/case into the wall and let it fully charge. To my surprise, I received the "This accessory may not be supported." error message, but my cell was at 100% now. Disappointed, wanted to return it. But wait, it still worked. Searched online if anyone else had this error, couldn't find it. Okay, I have my box and receipt and 14 days to play with it, let's just see how it goes.

Next day, normal usage, no big deal. Mophie recommends to drain cell to 20% then flip the switch to use the case battery. But, I wanted to see if I'd get that message again. Flipped switch, for about 5-10 mins, no message, charged back up to 90-95%. Then turned case back off and wanted to see if it was my USB cable, no error message. So far so good.

Got through the day and night, no plug-in over night. Next morning, woke up, had 50% case battery (2 LEDs), and 85% cell batt. Did the recommended usage, worked flawlessly. Plugged back in, end of day, charged to 100% cell, got the error again. Case was at 1 LED. Ignored the error, let it charge over night. Yay, 100% cell and 100% case.

Also, I noted that when plugged in the cell and case don't charge simultaneously, but rather sequentially (note the 1 LED above). The cell charged first, then the case. But if you are doing it over night, no biggie.

Docked it a star, just because of that error message, which is disconcerting and annoying. Noted that the error might even be a "good" thing though, because it only appeared when cell was at 100% already, and by then, you'd want the cell charge (plug-in) to disengage. I don't think it would melt the phone or anything, but maybe you can consider the error message another fail-safe?

In sum, I am keeping the Mophie. It does what it's supposed to do. The case is solid and has comfortable girth and weight in your hand (what she said). Feels like it provides enough protecion than the delicate iPhone on its own. It does block the lightning plug, so for hard wired syncers, you'd have to remove the case (which is a task). However, those who sync thru wifi and the icloud, just flip the switch on, and it will auto sync seamlessly.

Hope this helps!

62 of 69 people found the following review helpful.
very useful - good purchase
By RGV
It's solid - built really well. Not at all cheapy. handles well. others mind the headphone extension, but I do not know why - it's just fine (free - comes with this). Works like it is supposed to - and there is no need to remove it.

I am not a big sync person - but if I were, this could be a challenge. They say to use wireless sync, so that is an option. Since your iphone will be in this case - it cannot be synced by plugging it into the computer without taking it out. Big deal.

the phone feels better with this case - and I love the black, slick design. Also has a rubber seal around it so the face of the phone cannot be touched if dropped or laying flat face down. I use a plastic shield in addition anyway.

you can charge both the phone and Mophie together without removing the phone.

very simple - useful. done.

39 of 47 people found the following review helpful.
Wow best battery case yet!
By Heri Rivero Jr.
This is my fourth battery case and out of all the ones i have purchased this the best one yet. Comfortable and yet powerful for my long days of work and if your looking for a case this is the one don't go for a cheaper one it's not worth it.

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