Andy and others, You are correct, the new MyCharge battery packs apparently are doing away with the spoken battery level. I do have the one that does speak and it's a nice feature, butit is not so difficult to get used to how often a particular battery pack can charge your phone and in any case, all of these new batteries don't mind it if you charge them frequently and without them being completely empty. I know, for example, that my Peak 6000 charges my phone twice completely and then a bit more, so if I am down to 20% or less and use the battery to charge my iPhone 4S then I know that after I do this twice I have to definitely charge the battery.
I think an even more compelling advantage of the MyCharge batteries is the integrated cables, a 30-Pin connector in addition to a Micro USB and some others on the older ones and a Lightning connector in addition to Micro USB on the new one. However, the Peak 6,000 is basically the same size as even the 18,000 MA Limeade which costs the same and has 3 times the capacity and that is also a very compelling reason why if I had to choose today I'd buy the Limeade. For half the price of a Peak 6000 you can buy the smallest of the Limeade packs which still has double the capacity. I wouldn't be surprised if we saw the prices for external batteries coming down over the enxt couple of years as more and more phones have non-replaceable batteries and demand for these increases hence there will be more competition and it will be cheaper to make them. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andy Baracco Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2013 5:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: anyone heard/used this external battery pack? limeade The My Charge Peak 6000 gives you spoken feedback on charge status, but hurry if you want one, because the new model will not speak. Andy -----Original Message----- From: Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 11:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: anyone heard/used this external battery pack? limeade Andrew, If you are looking to get an external battery then this sounds like a good one. If I hadn't bought a $99 MyCharge Peak 6,000 I would probably spring for any one of the three options, which one you get is completely your choice and should be based on whether you want small size or not. But even their smallest unit with 13,000 MA should charge an iPhone 4 or 5 times over completely. At $50 that is an incredible value. The big one with 18,000 MA gets 4.8 out of 5 with almost 700 ratings and it doesn't get much better than that. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Andrew Head Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 10:59 PM To: blind iphone list Subject: anyone heard/used this external battery pack? limeade Hi all, Saw this article on an external battery called limade and wondered if anyone used it? To read the article, Go to: http://lifehacker.com/the-limeade-packs-enough-juice-for-all-your-gadgets-fi -639921826?utm_campaign=socialflow_lifehacker_twitter&utm_source=lifehacker_ twitter&utm_medium=socialflow Hope everyone has a great day, Andrew -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. Post a new message to VIPhone by emailing [email protected]. Search and view the VIPhone archives by visiting http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. 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