iPhone New Accessories: "PodCase" Is A Battery Case Designed For iPhone 7 To Charge AirPods

After Pebble was acquired by Fitbit late last year, Pebble said that its hardware devices would continue to function as normal for at least another year. Today, the company’s founder Eric Migicovsky and friends are back with a new Kickstarter campaign for the PodCase, an iPhone battery case that also stores and charges your AirPods.

The PodCase's Kickstarter page describes the case as a "slim case" for carrying and charging both the iPhone and AirPods, thanks to a 2500 mAh battery. That'll provide up to one full charge for the iPhone 7 (1,960 mAh battery), although not quite enough for a full charge of the iPhone 7 Plus ( 2,900 mAh battery). That's also equivalent to "up to 40 AirPod charges.”

Keeping track of your AirPod charging case is a chore. It’s one more gadget to misplace, one more item to remember when you run out the door, and one more lump of plastic in your pocket. Drop it into your bag or purse and you might as well call search and rescue! Storing your AirPods with your phone seemed only natural to us.

Charging an extra device every night is a pain. No one likes a mess of cables on their night stand, and remembering to charge your AirPods during the day isn't a great solution either. You plug your phone in every night anyway--why not charge your AirPods and your iPhone together? That's exactly what PodCase does.

The case itself is charged through USB-C, so those with the newest MacBook models will be able to fuel up PodCase through their existing chargers. The similar design is said to coming to long-rumored iPhone 8, Apple’s first OLED iPhone, which will official announce at the tech giant’s September event at Apple Park.

PodCase will retail for $99, but for early bird Kickstarter backers it only costs $79. The PodCase team also includes Avegant co-founder Allan Evans and Pebble industrial designer Steve Johns. The Kickstarter's goal is $300,015 in 30 days, and the PodCase's shipping date is estimated for February 2018.

Via MacRumors And 9to5Mac