While the iPhone 3G offers lots of great features, many of them (and 3G itself included) drain your battery pretty quickly – a full charge typically barely lasts a full work day. And even if you’re still using the first generation iPhone, you’re battery is probably getting eaten up faster than usual given the fact that you have all these apps to play with.
That being said, check out these portable iPhone chargers and battery packs.
- Brando iPhone 2G/3G Power Station – White [Buy]
- $25
- Charge the power station by your USB cable, then plug the power station to your iPhone.
- Features:
- Test button for checking the power station’s current capacity
- Animated LED indicator when charging is in progress
- Capacity: 1000mAh
- Input: 5V/500mA
- Output: 5V/400mA
- Brando iPhone 2G/3G Power Station – Black [Buy]
- Same specs as Brando White above
- Mophie Juice Pack [Buy]
- $99.95
- The first Apple certified "Works With iPhone" external battery in the world
- Currently for first generation iPhone only
- Specs:
- Standby Time – 250 hours
- Audio Playback – 24 hours
- Talk Time – 8 hours
- Video Playback – 7 hours
- Internet Use – 6 hours
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iPhone AA Extended Battery Pack [Buy]
- $12.95
- Up to 8 extra hours of battery life
- Uses 4 AA batteries
- Kensington Battery Pack [Buy]
- $69.99
- AC power adaptor and USB for battery pack recharging
- LED battery meter
- Provides 100 hours music, 21 hours video, 6 hours talk
- Kensington Mini Battery Pack and Charger for iPhone and iPod [Buy]
- $49.99
- Provides 30 hours music, 6 hours video, 3 hours talk
- Includes retractable USB cable to charge the battery pack
- FastMac iV for iPhone [Buy]
- $79.95
- 20 hours talk time
- 36 hours audio time
- 10.5 hours video time
- 375 hours standby time
- Built in flashlight
- USB port for multi-charging purposes
In conclusion, although these battery packs are expensive and pretty much hideous, they could definitely come in handy when you’re in a tight (battery-less) spot.
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I recently purchased the juice pack air which I really liked, but then I dropped my phone. I was devistated to see that it was cracked when i picked it up. Thank goodness for http://www.iphone3gscreenrepair.com was there for a quick repair, but if you are thinking about the juice pack air, know that it is a great hard case for the back of the phone, but doesn’t properly wrap around the front. I would give it a 8 out of 10.
I had the exact same thing happen! I still have the Juice and like it, but I bought a wrap-around battery case as well.
Actually there’s a new Juice pack out there. The Juice Pack Air, compatible with 3G & 3GS and it’s a full case for the phone.
Hiya. Going on a long flight with two small kids soon so was looking for more juice. I got two Morphie Juice Pack Air (one for each iPhone).
All in all a very good deal for under HK$448; 200 less than the Juice Pack Air for 2¬Ω times the capacity! Ok, so it doesn’t encase the iPhone…
I also found something called “BluePack S8″. from Dexim. It is a small external battery pack that holds a whopping 3000 mAh. It comes with charging cables for iPhone, mini-USB (Blackberry, etc…) and micro-USB (various). The latter is quite neat since it can actually charge the Juice Pack Air directly and the iPhone “through” it. It comes with a small powerbrick and a USB cable so you can charge it from the wall or the computer. Finally, it has an LED flashlight. I guess they had some space left in the casing.
Now I just have to charge all this stuff lol.
Hey guys, when you start to concern the batt life problem, you need to meet New Trent~ check out the amazon.com battery ranking page:
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I do not need to say nothing no more.
http://www.newtrent.com is their website. GO and FIND the one you like.
all of these battery backs seem to be from china. they do work well.