(image credit: MiPow) MiPow Maca Air Power Case for iPhone 4 | about US$77.00 | www.mipow.com
iPhone users are constantly plaque by short battery lifespan and the much publicized antenna issue. users counter these problems with portable batteries and iPhone case, which in anyway, most users would have them even the antenna issue isn’t present. floating around the market these days are cases that provide additional juice to your iPhone and also double-up as a protective case and here’s one more to add to the list. this item from MiPow, dubbed the Maca Air Power Case, is touted to be “the slimmest power case in its class (i.e. 1200 mAh) measures just 13.3-mm thick.
the Maca Air Power Case features a Mac-style battery level indicator and a power on/off switch, allowing user to turn on the charging only when needed. yep, there is no automatic switching like some of the power cases have. this could be due to its slim factor that limits the circuitry allowed within. the case come supplied with a micro USB cable for recharging the case and also to sync with the iTunes which eliminates the need to remove the case when syncing with iTunes. aesthetically, the case has an anodized aluminum back plate which allow user to customize with laser etching and framing the power case is a transparent frame with full-access to all the buttons and controls of the iPhone 4.
sandwiched in this slim form factor power case is a 1200 mAh Lithium-polymer battery which is capable of providing up to180-hours standby time, 3-6 hours of talk time depending on whether it is on 3G or 2G network, 3-hours and 5-hours web surfing on 3G and WiFi respectively, 20-hours of additional audio playback or 5-hours of video playback.
