mophie Charge Force Case with powerstation External Battery Pack for Samsung Galaxy Note 8 - Black

The plastic feels slightly above cheap on the case like it should be $5 or something. It fits ok, the phone has a cloth inner part which makes you feel slightly better but the overwhelming feeling of I'm putting a cheap feeling case on my $1k phone enters the foray. Feels slippery too if you don't have freshly washed hands.The battery pack itself definitely feels cheap. Thin almost toy like plastic. Mine has a slight bubble like the battery had expanded a bit. The magnets are weak. The battery pack moves around easily by the slightest touch. The top magnet seems ok but the bottom is the weakest. I pointed it out in a few pics. No I wasn't trying to get a reading just used it as a pointer. The only thing this is good for is wireless charging where you set the phone down on it. In that case you are better off buying a wireless charging battery pack that charges faster and costs less with a larger capacity.If the magnets were stronger and the battery pack held in place I could almost overlook the cheap plastic feel. But the functionality for what this was suppose to offer is not there. The USB port on the battery pack was finicky to connect. It was tight.It doesn't even charge my phone once and its very slow. I was using my phone and my battery was at 46%. By the time the battery pack went dead I got to 57%. 🙄 It also takes awhile to charge the battery pack. We're talkin several hours. There is no indicator to let you know its fully charged and ready. You have to check it. The concept is innovative and could easily be a common accessory but this wasn't done right and this costs too much for the quality you get. This should be $20. See my video. If it doesn't upload I will update with photos.Update: Sent the 1st one back as it was defective. The battery bulge and running hot is a dead giveaway to a defective battery. The 2nd one connects with the magnets much better but still could be stronger. Since there is no bulge its able to make better contact with the magnets or I just got one that works right. Charging the battery pack is better but still takes a couple hours but it's much better than before. Charging the phone is better but it needs more power to charge and use at the same time. It still doesn't have the capacity to charge all the way to 100% from 30%. I would buy an updated version of this and I would buy spare battery packs if they were available. Until they improve this and drop the price you are better off getting a wireless battery pack and add some thin velcro. They charge faster and have larger capacities and cost less than half the price of this.

Love this mophie. Had to return it, cause i dropped phone, one too many times. Had to upgrade.....still will get compatible mophie, with upgraded phone.

I should have listened to the other reviews. This doesn't work at all.Update: After playing around with it, I've got it to work. I'll see how well....

Disappointed. After about two weeks of use, here's my thoughts. The case itself is fine. Nice build quality, and I like the soft lining of the shell. However, the magnetic charging block does not stick very well, and the charge it provides is unimpressive. Definitely not worth the $74 I paid for it. Would not purchase again.

I like it. The only thing I didn't like, is that I only get on charge out of it. But other then that it works great.

Charging power station not exactly what I thought, but ok.

It fit perfectly and works great!

I love it. Wish it was in different colors