If you haven’t seen what’s all over social media and the news recently, Apple has just released their own battery case for the iPhone 6 and 6s. This is great and all, as Apple products generally don’t have the best battery life.
The function of the case is no problem. It easily allows you to put your iPhone in by bending the top of the case back, and simply sliding your phone in. The battery itself gives your phone about an extra charge to it, allowing you to go about double the time with both the phone and case charged. Another thing that’s great for Apple uses about it, is that it uses Apple’s lightning connector. No longer do you need to manage micro USB cords, along with your Apple lightning cord if you want to get a battery case for your iPhone, you should already have the cables necessary to charge the case. Additionally with the release of the case, there has been a software update that adds support for the phone to show you the percentage of battery left on your battery case along with what is left on your phone.
The problem is though, that this case is hideous. Really, it is. It looks like someone took a cellphone battery, and put it inside a gel case. People say the case is well built, and feels nice to the touch, but that doesn’t get over the fact there there is a very noticeable hump on your phone. I know some people’s response to this will be like, “Oh it’s just a hump, no big deal to me”. That’s great if you don’t mind it, but it’s just really strange for a company like Apple who strives for the premium look for their products, and for a case that costs $100, I’d like it to be more pleasant to look at then it turned out to be like.
Apple’s battery case is the newest out of what Apple thought were “good ideas” that somehow took a turn for the worse. The Apple Pencil is another product that took a turn for the worse. With 3D touch, Apple also released a stylus to complement and build on this new feature. This stylus worked on a battery that as you assumed required to be charged. Instead of having a lightning female end like people assumed it would have, it turned out to be the male side. To charge the pen, you would have to plug it into your iPad. Having something the size of a pencil sticking off of your iPad with only a thin piece of metal connecting to it was a wrecked pen waiting to happen.
Apple’s new wireless mouse also has a design flaw to it. The product looked fine at first, worked perfectly fine. Like all wireless mice, it would run off of some sort of battery. Most wireless mice run off of replaceable AA or AAA batteries. Apple’s mouse didn’t though, it had it’s own built in rechargeable battery built in. To charge your mouse, you would have to plug in a lightning cord. This port to plug it in through was on the bottom of this mouse. This means to charge the mouse you would have to flip it upside down, preventing you from using it while it is charging. The port could've easily been in a better place, such as in the front like conventional mice have their cable running out of. This would of made it possible to use while it was charging.
Apple is really on a streak of creating great accessories with tragic flaws. If only the battery had been smoothed out or boxed in completely to make a smooth, more premium looking product, this case would of met no resistance by the internet. We’ll see how well this case sells for an expensive price of $100.
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