Mophie Space Pack for iPhone 5/5S

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 6 expert reviews

Excellent:

3
Good:

2
Average:

0
Bad:

1

Pros:

Extends iPhone's battery life considerably. Adds extra media storage. Well-designed app.
Attractive design; Useful battery meter
More than doubles battery life, while offering extra protection, One of the few ways to increase an iPhone's local storage, Can be used as a USB flash drive, Curved, softtouch plastic feels good to hold, More compact than carrying around an extra external...

Cons:

Adds bulk and weight to iPhone. Extra storage is separate from internal storage. Pricey
Belowaverage battery life; Inconsistent app; Slow to sync photos

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Last revision on January 26, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Extends iPhone's battery life considerably. Adds extra media storage. Well-designed app
Attractive design; Useful battery meter
More than doubles battery life, while offering extra protection, One of the few ways to increase an iPhone's local storage, Can be used as a USB flash drive, Curved, softtouch plastic feels good to hold, More compact than carrying around an extra external

Reviewers Didn't Like

Adds bulk and weight to iPhone. Extra storage is separate from internal storage. Pricey
Belowaverage battery life; Inconsistent app; Slow to sync photos
Bulkier than most iPhone cases, iPhone 5 and 5S only, iOS' restrictions limit how you can interact with the case's storage, Recessed headphone jack makes it hard to plug in headphones without the small, easytolose accessory, More expensive than most cases

Expert reviews and ratings

If you need more storage space on your iPhone for media as well as extra battery life, Mophie's Space Pack is the case to...

By PC Mag on July 17, 2014

Battery life is a long-running – or should that be short-running – bugbear for iPhone users. After a few months of heavy use another concern raises its head: lack of storage space. The new Mophie Space Pack uniquely solves both problems, being a battery...

By PC Advisor on April 02, 2014

If you're looking for more juice for your iPhone 5/5S, and you don't mind having in the form of a case, you'd better go with the Mophie Space Pack for that sweet, sweet storage. Unlike other smartphones that have microSD card slots, the iPhone doesn't...

By TechRadar AU on March 24, 2014

The Mophie Space Pack combines a battery and extra storage into one case, but the execution is...

By LaptopMag on March 14, 2014

First presented at the 2014 CES, the Space Pack ($150-$180) takes a step beyond Mophie's traditional battery cases. Yes, the black or white hard plastic slider packs a 1700mAh battery, just like Juice Pack Air, and actually looks almost identical to that...

By iLounge on March 04, 2014

I bought one of Mophie's external battery packs not long after we reviewed one in mid-2012 , and since then it's become one of my favorite travel companions. My phone is in near-constant use while I'm traveling for work, whether I'm transmitting...

By Ars Technica on March 09, 2014

For the past few weeks, I've been testing out Mophie's new ‘Space Pack' battery case with included storage that it showed off earlier this year at CES. While I've never used a case on my iPhone for longer than a few days, I do run out of battery more...

By 9to5mac.com on March 09, 2014

I debated a long time before purchasing the Apple iPhone 5s , mainly because I couldn't decide what capacity to buy with local stores only selling 16GB models. In the end I found a white 32GB model at one local T-Mobile store. With the new Mophie Space...

By zdnet.com on March 08, 2014

Of course, by the time you fuss around and delete enough stuff to make more room, you've lost your video opportunity.Now, Mophie has revealed that it has a solution to that problem, too: a new case for the iPhone 5 and 5s called the Space Pack. It's the...

By yahoo.com on January 07, 2014

Das Space Pack von Mophie ist ein wirklich innovatives Produkt, das mit von Apple auferlegten Beschränkungen leben muss. Dennoch kann die Akku-Speicher-Hülle eine sinnvolle Anschaffung für Power-User mit chronisch leerem Akku und geringem Speicherplatz...

By curved.de on June 29, 2014

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