Feel the POWER! - LifeProof Fre Power Review - iPhone 6 battery cases
If you need a waterproof iPhone case with a spare battery, this is the case to get!
Web review:
http://www.mobilereviews-eh.ca/lifeproof-fre-power-review-iphone-6/
Other waterproof iPhone cases: http://www.mobilereviews-eh.ca/waterproof-iphone-6-case-review-comparisons/
Torture test: https://youtu.be/wRlH51NzvGY
Based on my time with the Fre
Power,
I’ve given the case a score of 3.8 Eh’s out of 5 which is a tad higher than what we thought of LifeProof Fre’s but not as high as the Nuud. If you’d rather read the rest of this review, head over to our website and if you want to see how this case compares against other waterproof cases, check out our comparison tool!
In terms of design, this is a massive iPhone though its not as big as the
Ballistic Hardcore and its sleeve. It also adds a bit of weight to your iPhone but this should be surprising given that this case comes with a spare battery and is pretty tough.
Installation of the case is quite simple as you snap two pieces together. And like other LifeProof products, you use a coin to take it apart.
In terms of the build quality, the Fre Power feels better built than the other LifeProof cases. It feels solid and you’ll see why in a minute. The only issue that we had with the build quality, and this is something that we’ve said for all the LifeProof cases is that the case will show wear and tear quicker than other cases.
In terms of protection, the Fre Power is shockproof up to 6.6 ft and waterproof up to 6.6 ft. We did a full torture test for this case so if you want to see us hurt the iPhone, check that video out.
For water protection, LifeProof sticks with their brightly covered o-rings along the edge of the case and at the bottom of their latch.
We generally didn’t have any issues with the waterproofing but if you do get the Fre Power, keep an eye on the o-rings as if they get dirty, your going to lose your iPhone.
In terms of accessing your iPhone inside the case, there’s some really great things about the Fre and some not so great.
In general, it handles just as well as the Fre at the buttons are bit tougher to use and smaller, the
Touch ID membrane works quite well.
Sound coming from your iPhone is quite unique. Unlike other LifeProof cases that have the sound out the bottom, the Fre Power has sound coming out the back through these two slits.
Covering up the slits will essentially mute your iPhone.
In terms of voice, there is a bit of vibrating through the ear piece speaker which is annoying if you’ve never used a waterproof case but from all the ones we’ve used that’s the norm. The mic on the bottom, like the speaker is moved to the back as well. I didn’t really notice a
difference in call quality on my end as the microphones on the iPhone seem to do a pretty good job of picking up my voice.
The cutout for the flash is actually large enough that no noticeable clipping will occur.
No before I before I talk about the battery, I’m going to talk the screen protector. There is a tiny gap between the screen protector and the iPhone but its not noticeable and because the screen protector covers the whole iPhone, you can get to every part of the iPHone’s touchscreen.
In terms of screen viewability, I’ve basically said this about every Fre product that I’ve reviewed which is how much the screen viewability sucks. The worst part of is the diffusion of the iPhone’s
Retina HD screen which really sucks the joy out of using your
1000 dollar iPhone.
The 2600 mah battery will basically add another days worth of battery under my normal day use. If you ration your battery use, you could probably get
3-4 days of use with the Fre Power. The battery charges fairly quickly and like all other battery cases, you can switch between charging and not charging by pushing on the only button on the back which also tells you how much power is left.
Unlike some of the earlier Morphie case, the Fre Power allows you to sync your iPHone through the case using a Micro-USB cable. LifeProof includes a micro-USB cable and I would suggest that you hold onto that cable since its optimized for the Fre Power case which
I believe is true because charging it with other cables was incredibly slow.
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