<Battery> Any one tried it?

[summer_dell]

I found this on ebay..

http://cgi.ebay.com.sg/NEW-GOLD-243...neBatteries&hash=item4aa9178adc#ht_3268wt_772


any one tried it already ? or is there any review? i cant seem to find any on the web!

btw, its make in Japan.

 

[justin0307]

The look of the battery is really nice.

But 2430

 

[AWBob]

Can't say I've tried it but it looks like crap to me, same as most other batteries on eBay. Who cares if their battery is gold or not?

 

[MrGarak]

Can't say I've tried it but it looks like crap to me, same as most other batteries on eBay. Who cares if their battery is gold or not?

They will try anything to make them seem a bit more plausible

 

[justin0307]

They will try anything to make them seem a bit more plausible

Yup, looks way better than the ones in the accessories section

 

[leppie]

This seems totally fake.

Googling will get you a few discussions on this battery, but the following image should confirm all suspicions.

http://img109.imageshack.us/i/20100708029.jpg/

For this one (1930mAh) it is only 750mAh....

 

[GavinChan1993]

well, i think this is fake and i don't think this is made in Japan, but in mainland china

 

[dr.m0x]

I'm about 400% sure it is a piece of ****. Unless they are selling some amazing new high density cell technology for only ten quid. If so we need to thank them for not seeking to profit from their industry changing discovery.

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[franklin20uk]

its not a gold like metal battery, lol. its just a normal battery wrap in gold sticker.

 

[mathewr]

mmmmm, gold stickers also increase the CPU speed. lol

 

[kotty]

that really funny.....

 

[zaq]

I never tried, but look at the cell type Li-Ion Polymer IMHO it's somehow realistic. Maybe not as their ads 2430mAh but somewhere between 1230 and that value. Then 20 bucks is worth to try, any one brave enough to try and report?

 

[franklin20uk]

You can check the seller's recent feedback and see if anyone bought any from them.

I mean there shouldn't be any harm, its just a battery. Its not like buying an adapter charger, in case of wrong voltage which will fry ur phone.

 

[paul c]

now, I'm no expert (and there is no end of websites run by battery experts), but there is a limitation as to how many mah can fit into a certain space.

That is, the OEM battery size gives a certain output, and you can probably get a bit more in the same form factor.

But not double Simply don't believe the bullshit out there. Whether it's chinese, japanese, gold or silver.

Older teminal designs allowed manufacturers to market physically bigger batteries with a custom cover, of course that is not an option here.

I am quite happy as long as I can get a day out of the phone, charging overnight.

If you want a 11,000 mah battery, look here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Largest-Capacity-In-The-World+1-AMP-Faster-Charging/dp/B004CHMP50/

There you go, your phone will run forever with that baby hooked up to it.

I bought a 5000 mah pack for about 2/3 the price, mainly since I want to be using the gps for tracking (and being tracked) purposes while out in the country on my mountain bike. Works very well, it's not heavy, it's a bit like having another small phone with you

 

[franklin20uk]

Its quite likely that most manufacturing overstate the specification, which is a common thing really, not just battery, broadband, harddrive, etc. They always claim it has more then what it actually has.

But on the other hand, I wouldn't go so far calling it a fake, since japs does always paint something gold or silver to suggest higher quality stuff. Because when I was a kid living in asia, I buy a lot of radio control cars from japan and their expensive parts like battery, motors, always has something gold or silver attach to it

 

[row1]

Has anyone ever got a decent battery from eBay?

I have been looking and I see a lot of 1500 mah ... but then if you read the fine print they say 1500 mah (+/- 200 mah) which admits that it is just another 1300 mah knock off. How can a legitimate battery be + or - 200 mah...

 

[HanZie82]

To bad the battery's coming from Japan are crap.
You want battery's from Hongkong, those are way better.
Anyway i bought a replacement/2nd battery wich had 1600mAh.
But after 2 weeks it wasnt as good as the stock battery wich let me use my phone all day and the 1600mAh one didnt.

 

[paul c]

To bad the battery's coming from Japan are crap.
You want battery's from Hongkong, those are way better.
Anyway i bought a replacement/2nd battery wich had 1600mAh.
But after 2 weeks it wasnt as good as the stock battery wich let me use my phone all day and the 1600mAh one didnt.

Precisely. tbh, I understand we'd all like to believe there are miracle solutions to this, but equally we should understand that this miracle is not going to come from an ebay seller

However few dollars a cheap battery costs you, it ain't much use if it's going to fail after a few hours. And the hassle linked with keeping replacement batteries charged is not worth it either. I had a spare OEM battery for my previous phone, and I got fed up of keeping it ready.

3 solutions:

1) strategies to minimise power consumption (loads of suggestions in this sub-forum)

2) keep it topped up during the day if you're at home/office

3) get an external power pack as I mentioned above, 5000mah variants are (were) GBP23 on Amazon.