Mophie Announces Juice Pack Helium for iPhone 5

Tuesday February 5, 2013 8:10 AM PST by Jordan Golson
Mophie has announced the iPhone 5 version of its popular Juice Pack line of battery cases. The $79.95 Juice Pack Helium comes with a 1500mAh battery that can give the iPhone 5 80% more battery life, good for an estimated additional 6 hours of LTE use.

Helium
Engineered with edge-to-edge protection and outfitted with 80% more battery life to keep your iPhone 5 safe and charged, the juice pack helium allows you to truly Do more™. Its elegant, thin design makes it the perfect accessory, easily fitting into any pocket or handbag. The enhanced forward-ported acoustics redirects the iPhone audio towards you, optimizing playback and maximizing your experience.

The dark metallic color ships on February 14th, while the silver units will ship in early March. They are available through Mophie's online store.
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camnchar
74 months ago
This will allow me to play Temple Run 2 for an additional 20 minutes!
Rating: 5 Votes
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CrAkD
74 months ago
just ordered mine. I dunno if apple is the culprit or if its mophie. why not just a lightning pass through? i flipping HATE micro usb. the stupid chip has broken in 2 other mophies I've owned.
Rating: 3 Votes
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pgiguere1
74 months ago
Still too bulky, I'm waiting for the Juice Pack Hydrogen.
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gmanist1000
74 months ago
Took long enough!
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guzhogi
74 months ago
I had the corresponding case for my iPhone 4 and really liked it. Might get this for my iPhone 5.

My gripes with the iPhone 4 version: it used micro-usb instead of a regular dock passthrough connection. That means that I couldn't use any other accessories while using this. So I had to remove the case to use any of my other accessories. Which didn't work well if I had depleted my iPhone's battery and was using the Mophie case to charge it.

just ordered mine. I dunno if apple is the culprit or if its mophie. why not just a lightning pass through? i flipping HATE micro usb. the stupid chip has broken in 2 other mophies I've owned.


Beat me to it!

My other gripe is how much thickness it added. It made using the volume buttons difficult to use with my fat fingers. I wouldn't mind the added thickness if they had overlays for the various buttons.
Rating: 2 Votes
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davidgnomo
74 months ago
:eek: :confused:

Coupon code given by Mophie not working on their site ... seems like they don't want to sell their new battery case !!! Way to go ... I'm not buying !!!

:cool: :mad:
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JSmoove05
74 months ago
All this time and they cant make it with a lighting cable passthrough??? Gotta be kidding me thats really a deal breaker for me.
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1Alec1
74 months ago
Rather than letting people switch the iPhone batteries, Apple forces some of its customers to use this. Very frustrating for some, but I think it's worth it when you consider how many people don't need this.
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ratsg
74 months ago
:)

I had to read your comment a couple of times.

the first time through, I read this as "I have replaced my Apple Genius with a burrito."

:)

But I have already replaced it with Genius. No bueno.

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DerekRod
74 months ago

I love my Mophie for the 4S. It let's me not worry about battery life at all during long days of travel. It's fantastic. And if I want to feel stylish, I can just remove the case and go naked for awhile. I haven' t had any trouble with the micro-usb port either and I've had it over a year. The only annoying this is the LEDs that blink while charging at night.


Apparently the LED's dont blink anymore unless you press the button now which is a welcome improvement
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