Review Mugen Power 3600mah battery

Hey everyone ! I recently got an extended battery for my Sensation for around $90 as it was much needed to meet my usage !
I thought I would share the feedback with you guys !


Mugen Power is a 3rd party battery manufacturer, and is known for it's "extended" batteries. If you’re an owner of a high end Android phone you too are probably facing a very poor power backup with the stock batteries and that’s where extended batteries come into play.

Basically, Mugen promises something near double battery life with this extended battery life, let's see how this extended battery fairs.


Unboxing


This battery comes in a very small, compact and simple backing - it has a leaflet with the instructions and standard warnings, a back door and the extended battery itself.


Look and Feel

We already know the HTC Sensation is not a very thin device in itself, and by adding the Mugenextended battery and the battery door, it does get noticibly thick - but for double battery life which it promises, the thickness can be bared - at least for me !

One would think that this battery adds a significant ammount of weight to the phone, but on the contrary it does not add any weight which can be significantly felt.

It's also nice to know that the backdoor cover fits perfectly on to the Sensation, and the feel of the replacement cover is not different from the stock one

However, with the extended battery users with small hands will find it a little difficult to hold on the phone for long durations at a go, rest shall be fine.



Performance

The li-ion extended battery which we were provided was rated at 3600mAh which is more than double of the stock battery on the HTC Sensation which is 1560mAh, so was the battery life also double ? Let's find out.

I have been using the HTC Sensation for almost 2 months now and with moderate usage, casual browsing, push email and constant interactions along with a lot of IM and calls, it did last me around 11 hours or so with moderate usage.

But on days when I had heavy usage, with constant data transfers on wi-fi or 3G along with lot of media playback, games, calls and IM - going beynod 8 hours was a tough task for the Sensation.


Now I did spend a nine days on the Sensation with the Mugen Power extended battery, and yes, it works ! And works pretty well following are the figures :

Heavy Usage : 2 days
Moderate Usage : 3 days
Light usage : 5 days

Now let me describe my usage, my heavy I mean constant connectivity either via 3G or wi-fi, 5 email accounts with push email and mails coming in every hour or so on all 5, constant IM i.e. Google talk and Facebook chat, off and on internet browsing, around 40 pictures shot, around 3 hours of voice call, lots of media playback (songs) and even video streaming.

My moderate usage I mean, data connectivity on 2G and wi-fi, push email, selective IM, and 2-3 hours of voice call, with causal browsing and media playback.

Light usage is more like a few texts, some casual browsing and a few calls in a day, with hardly any data usage - more like constant standby.




Conclusion

The Mugen battery is a very good buy and lives up to it's promise of increased power backup. It is a must have for hardcore users and the people who travel a lot, regardless of their usage patterns.

One would however have to bare the slight increase in the thickness of the phone, but amazing amount of backup one gets is well worth it.
But, if you are a light user, and mostly have the phone on standby with a few calls a day, Mugen Power is not for you.

Also note that the HTC Sensation has been known for the "Death grip" issues - but don\t worry the added thickness or the replacement door on the Mugen extended battery does not affect the signal receiving capabilities of the HTC Sensation.

Overall, the battery lives up to the promise of double battery life and has left me much more mobile fearless about the phone battery finishing suddenly !

Hello guys. As I promised I'm sharing my experience again. Now I'm using the third (3rd!!!!) cover for my HTC Sensation with mugen 3600 battery inside. First 2 just didn't support wifi (see my last messages).

Now the situation is better. They improved wifi-signal quality. Though it's still 60%-70% of wifi signal with original cover. But these silly people worsen the GSM (or 3g/h) signal quality. Below are 2 screenshots. One with original cover and one with the latest mugen cover (in the same room).

What's next? We have a company that lies constantly and is not able to produce a normal cover. May be it's possible to improve back cover by ourselves?

Product placement

Wow, the OP sounds like a product placement or marketing. It is nothing personal but I read so much comments on Mugen...that it sounds like a rip off.

For my taste your posting sounds a bit too perfect. Like loose 20 kg in just 2 weeks.

I got an Anker 1900 mh and it is perfect. 5 to 6 hours with navigation or 24 hours with moderate to heavy usage...on sense 3.5 - stock kernel. What else do you want....I mean you are not awake for 24 hours...every day...are you?

Just my 5 cents.

Guys, just look at this. This is what I get with mugen

I simply don't buy cheap stuff. Thank you.

Moon2 said:

Anyone know why anker or any of the other companies haven't made one this big for the sensation?

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Because they look stupid, the build quality is never as good as the standard back cover, and it's easier (and cheaper) to have 3 Anker batteries, one in your phone, one in your pocket and one in the wall charger.