InCase Power Slider Review (followup)
The battery life on the iPhone 3G is abysmal and I was getting tired of charging every six hours or so depending on how much I used the phone. It was just careless and irresponsible for Apple to embed the battery for this phone into the case so that it can not be easily replaced or swapped out.
Last week, I purchased an Incase Power Slider for my iPhone 3G. Yesterday, I decided to do a full discharge test to see how long the iPhone would last using my typical usage load. I use Qik a lot and am always snapping pictures and uploading them to Flickr. This typically drained my battery within 6 hours of a full charge.
I’m happy to discover that my battery life has not only doubled; it’s almost quadrupled! It has been about 30 hours since the full charge and I decided to throw it back on the charger with 15% battery life remaining. I will gladly lose the pocket real estate due to the battery size to gain the usage time that I’ve seen with this case.
I do have one small problem with the manufacturing of this case, however. After removing the case from the phone for the third time, the plastic casing slid off the device revealing the sensitive electronics and connector. I plan to head to the hardware store tomorrow to get some glue and fix it myself instead of returning it for such a minor issue.