Hi Eric, You can get the Mophie Helium on Amazon for about $72. However, based on the rating of 2.8 out of 5 and quite a few not very good reviews I would not buy this case. Some of the issues people describe are confirmed by some and reputed by others, but overall it seems the tone of the reviews is that this is not necessarily up to snuff with Mophie's past reputation. Also, at 1500 MA capacity and the iPhone 5 having a capacity of 1445 MA there is no way you triple your battery life. It even says right in the product specs "80% more battery life to keep your iPhone 5 safe and charged" and based on my experience with several battery packs 1500 MA should be enough to get it from 20% back up to maybe 90% or even close o 100%. I have a MyCharge Peak 6000 which has 6000 MA or 4 times the capacity of the Heliumm and I get almost 3 full charges if I start to recharge at 20%.
Another drawback mentioned with the Mophie Helium is the fact that you have to take the phone out of the case if you want to use the Lightning port to connect the phone maybe to a dock or even to iTunes with the Lightning cable. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of SSEric Sent: Friday, July 19, 2013 5:32 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: external iphone 5 batteries I like the Mophie Juice Pack Helium. It adds about a half inch to the length of the phone and protects the back and sides, but not the front. It adds very little weight, but triples the battery life, approximately. It does sell for around $90, however. Eric On Jul 19, 2013, at 8:03 AM, "Andrew Head" <ath...@bigpond.net.au> wrote: Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has some recommendations on a good external battery for the iphone 5? A friend mentioned the incredicharge but when I looked it up I found it didn't support the iphone 5. Thanks in advance for any help, Hope everyone has a good day, Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing viphone@googlegroups.com. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. Reach the VIPhone owner and moderators by emailing viphone+ow...@googlegroups.com. Unsubscribe and leave VIPhone by emailing viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. More VIPhone group options can be found by visiting http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
