Back in the early days of vibrant I clearly remember unbranded 3000+ Mah batteries being around... Of course they would requite a special backplate which would make the phone twice as thick, but that wasn't stopping people from trying them.
What I especially remember (from back then) was that they were not as good as they were advertised in their specs. Of course they were better than the original ones (the 1500 Mah ones) but not enough to necessarily worth the trouble of doubling your phone in size.
So my question is (with those new batteries - the Andida ones) what is the deal now? I've searched this thread for comparative measurements but I found very little in the way of satisfying. My question is how far better (if at all) are those (2300Mah) batteries from the 1500Mah originals or even the 1800Mah ones? I mean real world numbers...
For example does it double the phone's battery capacity or it merely increases it just enough to make them not worth the trouble (bending the contacts, etc). Because I've seen some fantastic numbers here (and by fantastic I mean hard to believe) and at the same time some less than impressive.
So what's the truth (that's directed to those owning the battery for some time now), are they worth the risk to damage your phone's contacts?
...sorry for my long post, but seeing that I already own the 1800Mah variant, I'm quite sceptical whether I should buy one of these. I mean there is a good chance that they (may) give me true usage of my phone (since I won't fear to deplete it's juice too early on - which is why I had bought a smartphone in the first place), but at the same time it feels kind of fishy (given that that they're not Samsung originals)...
edit: I found this website:
http://batteryboss.org/ stating that Andida batteries are BS, but I dunno if the same is true about our battery. If 2300Mah (however) means less than the 1800Mah Samsung original then I see no reason why should this be (branded as) an upgrade...