--- description: Right off the bat, I can think of two types of people who might be interested in a $350 case that turns the iPhone camera... title: FLIR Smartphone Case Gives Your iPhone Thermal Vision image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5031b20d4af21a5/6998b95ee2d64ba63fc5ddb3/p1000060.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) # FLIR Smartphone Case Gives Your iPhone Thermal Vision by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 8, 2014 6:31 PM CUT  Doug Aamoth / TIME by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Jan 8, 2014 6:31 PM CUT Right off the bat, I can think of two types of people who might be interested in a $350 case that turns the iPhone camera into a thermal imaging camera: ghost hunters and home inspectors. And if you’re a home inspector who moonlights as a ghost hunter, well here’s your next purchase. While big-boy thermal imaging cameras can cost thousands, FLIR has shrewdly concluded that maybe not everybody has deep pockets and maybe having a pocketable thermal imaging camera with you at all times would be kind of cool. The [FLIR One case](http://www.flir.com/flirone/explore/ "undefined") leverages a special app to grab heat signatures and detect temperatures, and what you see on the screen can be captured as photos and video just like you’re using the iPhone’s built-in camera app. The case itself doesn’t add too, too much bulk considering the functionality it adds, and it doubles as a backup battery if your iPhone battery runs low. A FLIR rep told me the battery pack will last four hours for powering the thermal camera, or you can re-route the power to your iPhone instead. Look for this in the spring. There will be Android options available closer to the end of the year, too. [Product Page](http://www.flir.com/flirone/explore/ "undefined") \[FLIR\] **MORE:** [Check out TIME Tech’s complete CES coverage](http://techland.time.com/category/ces-2014/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7228503/flir-smartphone-case-gives-your-iphone-thermal-vision/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7228503/flir-smartphone-case-gives-your-iphone-thermal-vision/"},"headline":"FLIR Smartphone Case Gives Your iPhone Thermal Vision","datePublished":"2014-01-08T18:31:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T10:46:52.876Z","description":"Right off the bat, I can think of two types of people who might be interested in a $350 case that turns the iPhone camera...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7228503/flir-smartphone-case-gives-your-iphone-thermal-vision/","keywords":["Tech","CES"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5031b20d4af21a5/6998b95ee2d64ba63fc5ddb3/p1000060.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb5031b20d4af21a5/6998b95ee2d64ba63fc5ddb3/p1000060.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"P1000060","caption":"","creditText":"Doug Aamoth / TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7228503/flir-smartphone-case-gives-your-iphone-thermal-vision/","name":"FLIR Smartphone Case Gives Your iPhone Thermal Vision"}}]}] ```