【Watch Nice Sister】

The Watch Nice Sisteryear has only just begun, and Apple's first product releases are...Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR.

Apple quietly introduced the new battery cases, which provide up to twice the amount of battery life for some use cases, for $129 in its online store and through its Apple Store app. Retail stores will carry the accessories soon.

SEE ALSO: 11 million iPhone users chose to get battery replacements: report

The new Smart Battery Cases feature a soft-touch silicone exterior with micro-fiber-lined interior and come in white or black. It's a bummer that there aren't matching colors for iPhone XR owners, though.

Here's the breakdown on how much extra juice these new battery cases get you:

Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories? Sign up for Mashable's weekly Light Speed newsletter. By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Thanks for signing up!

iPhone XR

• Internet use: Up to 22 hours (up from 15 hours)

• Talk time: Up to 39 hours (up from 25 hours)

• Video playback: Up to 27 hours (up from 16 hours)

iPhone XS

• Internet use: Up to 21 hours (up from 12 hours)

• Talk time: Up to 33 hours (up from 20 hours)

• Video playback: Up to 25 hours (up from 14 hours)

iPhone XS Max

• Internet use: Up to 20 hours (up from 13 hours)

• Talk time: Up to 37 hours (up from 25 hours)

• Video playback: Up to 25 hours (up from 15 hours)

The best part about the new Smart Battery Cases is that they're compatible with wireless charging. Most battery cases don't support them, but these do.

As with the previous battery case for the iPhone 6 and 6S, Apple doesn't specify how much milliamp hours (mAh) the case comes with. We'll probably have to wait until a repair community like iFixit tears it open to see.

Original image has been replaced. Credit: Mashable

Also like the old battery case, the new ones keep the XR, XS, and XS Max constantly charged up with a battery indictor within the notification center.

Aesthetically, though, the case definitely looks less hideous than the old one with the battery "hump" extending all the way to the bottom edge of the case. Design snobs will appreciate it for sure.

In our review of the iPhone XR, we found the battery to last the longest compared to the XS and XS Max. In some cases lasting nearly two days with light to moderate usage. The Smart Battery Case is great if you're on the go and have no time to plug in or you're a power user who's glued to their device.

---

Featured Video For You

---

Is Apple's iPhone XR the best premium phone value of 2018? — Mashable Reviews

---

Topics Apple iPhone

• Entertainment
• Deals
• Social Good
• Shopping
• Games
• Life
• Tech
• Science

• Citizen Zuckerberg
• The Genius of Terry Southern by David L. Ulin
• Whiting Awards 2019: Michael R. Jackson, Drama
• Skate Escape: On ‘Minding the Gap’
• Emboldened Fight for Health Care as a Right
• When Mario Vargas Llosa Punched Gabriel García Márquez by Silvana Paternostro
• Beyond the Narrative Arc by Jane Alison
• Poem for Merwin by Matthew Zapruder
• PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Graphics Performance Revisited: 44 GPUs Tested
• Redux: Revelry by The Paris Review

• NASA video shows its next Martian helicopter soaring over Mars
• Best power station deal: 47% off Bluetti Solar Generator Elite 200 V2
• Best Sony deal: Save $55.04 on ULT Field 3 portable speaker
• Who is VidCon really for? 3 takeaways that reveal the creator economy's future.
• Wordle today: The answer and hints for June 19, 2025
• Wordle today: The answer and hints for June 25, 2025
• In Starliner fallout, 2 women lose their ride to space
• How to unblock YouPorn for free in Florida
• NASA's plan to return Mars rocks is in trouble. Could these 7 companies help?
• The Stipend by Deb Olin Unferth

• We’re Living in “The Thick of It”
• White People Must Save Themselves from Whiteness by Venita Blackburn
• How I Began to Write by Gabriel García Márquez
• The Laws of the Fairy
• HELLO, NEW YORK! STROUD CALLING!
• Novels Defeat the Law of Diminishing Returns by César Aira
• Letters From W. S. Merwin by Grace Schulman
• Staff Picks: Bangs, Barbie, and Bodies by The Paris Review
• It All Comes down to Real Estate
• Meet Your New Favorite Poet by Anthony Madrid

• Uniting Against White Supremacy in Charlottesville
• The Laws of the Fairy
• Poetry Rx: Suddenly Something Snaps by Kaveh Akbar
• Redux: Lovers Surprised by Love by The Paris Review
• Friends in Stupid Places
• The Ragpicker: Frédéric Pajak’s ‘Uncertain Manifesto’
• The Corner of ‘MacDoodle St.’ and Memory Ln.
• Wikipedia halts AI plans as editors revolt
• Total Attention Deficit
• Novels Defeat the Law of Diminishing Returns by César Aira