PopGrip JumpStart review: what if a battery bank were also a PopSocket?

Photo of someone holding an iPhone, with the PopGrip JumpStart between their fingers.
PopSocket’s battery bank isn’t a small accessory. | Image: Mitchell Clark / The Verge

We’re smack in the middle of new phone season and getting close to the time when some of us are going to have to start worrying about wish lists and stocking stuffers, so I want to look at an accessory that may be on some people’s radar: the PopGrip JumpStart, a $35 battery bank that attaches to your phone via PopSocket’s quick release mechanism and provides around a 50 percent charge via a built-in Lightning or USB-C cable.

When I first heard about it, I hoped that the JumpStart would be both a good battery bank and a good way to hold my phone. Unfortunately, I found that it was relatively mediocre at the first job and worse at the second, making it a bit unclear who exactly this product is for.

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