Coincidently, I had received the surge g4 last Thursday,
just a day before the holiday weekend. The next day on a moments notice, the
family packed up and decided to go on a 17 hour drive, and you know that moment
you forgot something, well that something happened to be a phone charger, and
no, we don’t have a car charger…yet. The surge g4 may be the saving grace in
this situation, being that it is a battery case for the iPhone 4 that boasts up
to 80% charge on a dead battery. On top of coming to my aid in a pinch, it also
has a kickstand integrated to the design.

The kickstand, you know, the moped of accessory features,
because if you work at a desk it will be used daily but never have I seen one
that you want to show off around the water cooler. At first I wanted to say it
looked larger than the other battery cases we have latched onto our phones, but
side by side, it wasn’t visually larger than any of the lot. Like the Mophie is
equipped with, the surge has a power switch rather than a power button and
separate button on the back that shows remaining charge.

The charger location, coating, and how the case fit were the
only things I had an issue with.
The
location for the charger is in the bottom like all of the rest, but the reason
I didn’t like is that it was inset and a fit for their charger but if you are
like me, then you use multiple chargers and those much larger than Scosche’s
provided charger will not be useable. The surface coating was another part of
the case’s design that I would have liked to see done differently as Scosche’s
design team decided to use a glossy look to the black case, and it shows ALL
smudges and isn’t too hard to scratch either. The fit of the case was the final
issue I encountered; it comes with two removable back plates, one black and the
other, a brushed metal. I wanted to use the black one as my white phone didn’t
match to begin with, but it just wouldn’t stay on the phone no matter how I man
handled it.

So how does this compare to the other battery cases we have
reviewed in the last year? Top of the chart, it had me at kickstand. This is
the first battery case we have reviewed with a switch and I preferred that to
powering the battery pack on in error when checking to see how much charge is
left. Other than that, it does what it say and does it well, while looking good
enough to leave on rather than as needed, and included a built in stand that
allowed my phone to be propped up while at my desk. I am a bit disappointed the
case isn’t offered in white, but being able to stream from my phone at my desk,
with enough juice to mostly refill my battery before having to recharge.
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