Mophie has unveiled an updated version of its classic juice pack battery cases for Apple’s latest iPhone lineup. The new juice pack access cases are designed to protect and wirelessly charge Apple’s latest smartphones while providing extra power to help get heavy iPhone users through their day. The mophie juice pack access for the iPhone XS promises up to 25 hours of talk time, while the juice pack access for the iPhone XR and iPhone XS Max offer up to 31 hours of total talk time. More significantly, the switch to wireless charging means that the Lightning port is now left exposed so that users can connect wired headphones or other Lightning-based accessories. Juice pack access also features mophie’s Priority+ charging to pass both wireless and wired power to the iPhone before charging up the battery pack itself, and the juice pack access not only transmits charging power to the encased iPhone wirelessly, but also includes a wireless receiver so that it can be recharged from any Qi-enabled wireless charger, including of course mophie’s own charge stream family of products, although a built-in USB-C port is also included for faster wired charging, and users can also charge their encased iPhone directly via the standard Lightning port without needing to remove it from the case. The new juice pack access cases will be available in black, stone, gold, and dark red for the iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XS/X and black, blue, and red for the iPhone XR. They’re expected to be available in Q1 2019 for $120.
