Apple’s new iPhone Air is skinny and stylish on the expense of digital camera versatility and battery life. Figuring out that the battery bit may annoy some customers, Apple launched a particular battery pack aimed just about solely on the iPhone Air.
It is referred to as the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery, and in the course of the iPhone launch occasion in September, the corporate hyped it to the purpose the place it appeared like a must-buy. However is it?
The iPhone Air MagSafe Battery is slim and opulent
No less than the digital camera “plateau” is considerably protected when this factor is on.
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I do not like the concept of shopping for a super-thin, ultra-fancy iPhone Air after which lugging an exterior battery to cowl for its considerably missing battery life.
Alternatively, this battery pack is gorgeous in its simplicity: It sticks to the cellphone magnetically and, apart from a USB-C charging port, has no different nooks or crevices. It is very slim itself, it solely is available in a silky white end, and it pairs with the iPhone Air superbly. It is like a easy, magical rock that prices your cellphone.
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And, regardless of how easy it’s, this factor is fairly good. Should you plug it in whereas it is on an iPhone Air, it’ll cost itself and the cellphone on the identical time. You can even use it to cost your AirPods, and even different telephones, each wirelessly or with a USB-C cable.
That every one sounds nice, however…
It is skinny, nevertheless it solely packs a 3,149mAh battery inside.
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So what’s to not like? Initially, it is pricy; 99 bucks is a steep cost on condition that it solely has a 3,149mAh battery, which is simply good for charging your iPhone Air some 65 p.c (Apple’s quantity). It prices slightly slowly; as much as 12W. It does not provide you with any indication of the state of cost; the only real LED (superbly hidden beneath the system’s floor) will glow inexperienced when it is getting charged, and orange when its battery is getting depleted.
Then there are the design quirks. True to its title, the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery Pack solely matches the iPhone Air; it actually doesn’t match every other iPhone. Frustratingly, whereas it is a MagSafe-compatible battery pack, it doesn’t have MagSafe on its personal again, that means you’ll be able to’t place a pockets or every other equipment onto it. As somebody who’s fully switched to Apple Pockets which I stick with it my cellphone always, this can be a deal breaker.
The iPhone Air MagSafe Battery solely matches the iPhone Air; it is too huge even for the iPhone 17 Professional Max. However it could actually cost it…like this.
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Now, if not one of the points above apply to you, and you do not thoughts doling out one other $99 on high of the $999 beginning worth for the iPhone Air, the iPhone Air MagSafe Battery Pack might be the most effective battery pack you will get for the Air, just because it is so fairly and matches the Air so properly.
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