The Power1 AirPods charging case gets a lot smaller • TechCrunch

We didn’t make it to the in-person CES final yr, however we did handle to get our arms on a couple of merchandise from the consolation of our personal houses. That listing included Power1, an iPhone battery case with a built-in slot for AirPods charging. The product’s creator, AXS Applied sciences, has since achieved a  rethink of the accent, which debuts at this yr’s present.

Like its predecessor, the Mannequin 3 depends on the iPhone’s MagSafe function, however as a substitute of operating the complete size of the telephone, it’s considerably smaller — although the the corporate says it provides as much as 5x battery life for AirPods. There are two modes — one simply expenses the headphones, whereas the opposite expenses each them and the telephone on the identical time. The pad itself has a magnet robust sufficient to stay to a telephone in a MagSafe case.

“Power1 Mannequin 3 is our most important and superior design but giving customers the flexibility to connect our charging system straight on iPhones or on most MagSafe circumstances” says CEO John Merenda. “Power1 is the primary product to supply all-in-one on-device charging of AirPods and iPhone and creates a brand new class of charging methods.”

The product is appropriate with AirPods Generations 2 and three and is ready to start out delivery within the spring, priced at $100 — the identical as its predecessor.