Mophie debuts modular Hold Force case for iPhone 7 & 7 Plus, but no headphone jack

Joining in on recent trends, Mophie on Monday announced its Hold Force modular case for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus, allowing buyers to swap between backs depending on what they need to accomplish.

The case itself is available in nine different color combinations, including ones that are mostly see-through. All of them include magnetic plates in the back, which allow the modular components to pop on and off.

After buying the case, owners have a choice of three accessories. The first, the Wallet, simply adds two card pockets. The Folio improves on this, adding a third pocket and relocating cards to the inside of a lid.

The most significant accessory may be the Powerstation Plus Mini, a 4,000 milliamp-hour battery pack. This adds up to 12 hours of extra battery life, and includes a switch-tip connector, letting users switch between Lightning and micro USB.

What the cases do not have, however, is a headphone jack. Other battery cases adding a 3.5-millimeter input to the iPhone 7 are in the works, but none are yet available.

Mophie is selling the case for $39.95, and the Wallet and Folio for $19.95 each. The Powerstation Plus Mini is $59.95. If people buy accessories alongside the case, though, the prices of the Wallet and the Folio drop to $9.95, and the Powerstation slides to $39.95.

8 Comments

robin huber 4019 comments · 22 Years

About 8 years ago

Apple has already taken my cards and put them IN my phone with Wallet/Pay, no need to carry them outside on the back. What I DO need is a way to clone the functions of my car key fob, preferably in the watch or phone, but if Mophie could put that in a case I would buy it. I have keyless ignition which probably complicates things, but even just triggering the door locks would be cool

cali 3494 comments · 10 Years

Bwahaha! So the ugly modular caps that Moto was bragging about are possible with cases? Nice try knockoffs!

romanmar 32 comments · 9 Years

am I the only one who thinks this is stupid, how is this different than just buying 3 different case each for diffn't occasion?

volcan 1799 comments · 10 Years

robin huber said:

Apple has already taken my cards and put them IN my phone with Wallet/Pay, no need to carry them outside on the back.

Really? How can someone theoretically stop carrying their actual wallet?

I only have one CC and one rewards set up in Pay. I just looked through my wallet and found several cards that I use all the time which cannot be put in Wallet.
These are the other cards I have to carry:

Drivers license
Health insurance
Auto insurance
Marriott rewards
AA Miles
Lowes
Krogers card
Home Depot
AAA
SS
Veterans ID
and a few others that I probably shouldn't mention like my NRA membership, concealed weapon license, and GOP member in good standing card. /s

Plus some other Visa cards that I need physical versions of for stores that don't accept Pay, which is most of them. Furthermore, I shop online at the office so I need my regular wallet and probably will continue to for the foreseeable future, or at least until all the online merchants that I use provide web versions of Pay.

Just having a picture of a card is usually not acceptable, especially if it has a barcode or magstripe.

SpeaksDolphin 19 comments · 8 Years

volcan said:

robin huber said:

Apple has already taken my cards and put them IN my phone with Wallet/Pay, no need to carry them outside on the back.

Really? How can someone theoretically stop carrying their actual wallet?

I only have one CC and one rewards set up in Pay. I just looked through my wallet and found several cards that I use all the time which cannot be put in Wallet.
These are the other cards I have to carry:

Drivers license
Health insurance
Auto insurance
Marriott rewards
AA Miles
Lowes
Krogers card
Home Depot
AAA
SS
Veterans ID
and a few others that I probably shouldn't mention like my NRA membership, concealed weapon license, and GOP member in good standing card. /s

Plus some other Visa cards that I need physical versions of for stores that don't accept Pay, which is most of them. Furthermore, I shop online at the office so I need my regular wallet and probably will continue to for the foreseeable future, or at least until all the online merchants that I use provide web versions of Pay.

Just having a picture of a card is usually not acceptable, especially if it has a barcode or magstripe.

1) Auto Insurance - Why do you have to carry this on you? I keep mine in the glove box of my car. 2) Lowes - You can keep this in Wallet app. I do. 3) AAA - If you have the AAA app, you don't need to carry your card. 4) SS - Why would you be carrying your SS card in your wallet? That is asking for big trouble if your wallet is lost or stolen.