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are you an iPhone owner who's jealous of all those Android users who use wireless charging be jealous no more I'm Taylor Martin this is PocketNow and this is the Sims wireless charging flip case for the iPhone 5 the iPhone 5 is undoubtedly one of the most popular smartphones around and while it may not offer over-the-top specs or blistering clock speeds the phone easily offers one of the greatest and most reliable experiences you can get from just about any phone but whether you blame apples stubbornness and refusal to give in to various trends in the mobile industry or it's slower product cycles there are some things that other smart phones have offered for quite some time that might take a while to get over to the iPhone like NFC or expandable storage some of those things will probably never happen one of the standards we're seeing more and more of in smartphones is the Qi standard for wireless charging phones like the Droid DNA Lumia 920 and Nexus 4 all have Qi wireless charging built-in and for those that don't there are a handful of cases or aftermarket battery covers they can be purchased to enable wireless charging likewise there's one for the iPhone from Zins it comes in the form of a flipped case that snaps easily onto the phone's chassis we have a custom skin on the back of ours which makes the phone jut out a tiny bit from the edges of the case but it still fits pretty snugly and shows no signs of slipping out snapping the case on is quite simple at the bottom there is a flexible lightning connector slightly bend it back insert the connector in the Lightning port at the bottom of the iPhone and snapped a hard case on to the back of the phone the outer part of the case is a rubbery plastic that makes a phone easy to hold and provides a small amount of protection from drops and despite the wireless charging module inside it adds very little thickness to the phone on the inside of the flip cover is a suede like material and with the exception of the lightning connector at the bottom you still have easy access to all the buttons and ports over all the case which retails around $50 feels exceptional in fact it's the sort of case we would shoot for even if it didn't have wireless charging included it's that nice it can be used with one of Zins own wireless charging pads the single pad which we've been using retails for around $65 and Zins also makes a dual charging pad that's a bit more steep the charging pad has a designated area for charging and it's quite simple to find the sweet spot there's an indicator light they'll let you know when you're charging or if you need to readjust the positioning the best part is that Zins adheres to the Qi standard meaning if you have additional qi chargers laying around it's cases will work with no problem in our office we have the Nexus 4 wireless charging or sitting on the desk and we drop the iPhone 5 in the Zen's case on it and it charged without a hitch and all the Zins case for the iPhone 5 is very nice it costs a little more than your standard flip style case and it comes with one caveat if you don't have a wireless charger around and your iPhone needs some juice you'll need to take it out of the case to charge it this could be a nuisance if you only have one Qi charger between the workplace and home and you have to end up taking the case off every day other than that we couldn't be more happy with the Zins wireless charging case for the iPhone 5 that's going to wrap up this video if you enjoyed it let us know by clicking the thumbs up button below and subscribe to see more videos like this one in the future be sure to follow us in all the usual places twitter google+ and facebook at pocket now I'm Taylor Martin you can find me on twitter at casper tech and i'll see you next time