Video: Fake vs Real Spare Battery Charging System

[Skitals]

Quick video to illustrate some of the difference. I bought the fake one on Amazon from a US based seller with Amazon fulfillment.

 

[scott_0]

good info, hopefully this will help others, I was beat on one of these fake charger kits, mine came in a single package but looked like yours, I had my doubts that it was fake from the day I got it, my battery wouldnt charge all the way and died quickly, so I started digging around and researching and found it to be a fake, I ended up buying an authentic system directly from Samsung

 

[Skitals]

good info, hopefully this will help others, I was beat on one of these fake charger kits, mine came in a single package but looked like yours, I had my doubts that it was fake from the day I got it, my battery wouldnt charge all the way and died quickly, so I started digging around and researching and found it to be a fake, I ended up buying an authentic system directly from Samsung

The ironic thing is the authentic one was cheaper than the knock-off. Samsung still has a coupon for 50% of all accessories under $50, so the charging system comes to $24.50. Orders over $50 get free shipping, so I got two charging systems and a pack of Tectiles for $57 shipping

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[scott_0]

yeah I missed the 50% discount by like a week when I ordered my charger kit

 

[big samm]

I have the authentic one from samsung but mine didn't come with a wall charger... you said the wall charger 0.7 amps? In reality it should be 2amps just like the charger that came the phone no? It will charge the battery much slower

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

 

[Phatdawg]

I have the authentic one from samsung but mine didn't come with a wall charger... you said the wall charger 0.7 amps? In reality it should be 2amps just like the charger that came the phone no? It will charge the battery much slower

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

Mine also didn't come with the wall charger. But everything else looks the same.

Battery charging at 700 mah will have your battery charged in 4 hours. If your phone is on, it draws about 400-500 with the screen on idle, so it would be considerably slower.

Since it's just a charger and there isn't actual use, it charges well at 700 mah. I didn't bother looking at the fine print of the charger so I take your word for it. The charger itself should have an input and output on it's power.

 

[big samm]

Here is the sticker inside the charger...


Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

 

[Skitals]

Here is the sticker inside the charger...
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Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S4

That is definitely legit. I forgot to mention to mention the fake/foreign one has a different model number... it ends in a C instead of a U. I'm guessing maybe "China" vs "US" market? They look very similar, but there are some obvious differences besides the sticker and packaging. The LED light bleeding through the plastic is most obvious. I also noticed the Chinese version had a green PCB instead of black. I didn't do a complete teardown, but you can see it through the holes in the corner of the battery tray.

 

[slofmb]

Am not so sure that those things mean that anything is fake.
For example, the original battery in my s4 says Made in Chine, assembled in china.
Those big companies produce slightly different versions of products for different markets for pretty obvious reasons.1st of all is Regulations and 2nd is demand. For example they judge that people in China are likely not going to pay 50$ for the charger so they opt for lower cost materials to drop the costs.

 

[Skitals]

Am not so sure that those things mean that anything is fake.
For example, the original battery in my s4 says Made in Chine, assembled in china.
Those big companies produce slightly different versions of products for different markets for pretty obvious reasons.1st of all is Regulations and 2nd is demand. For example they judge that people in China are likely not going to pay 50$ for the charger so they opt for lower cost materials to drop the costs.

I agree. But when you pay for the US version, and shady sellers pawn off the lower quality foreign market product, that isnt acceptable. The product description on Amazon even warns buyers to look for the Samsung hologram on the packaging. These cheap versions, real or not, dont have any holograms and shouldn't be sold as substitutes. If you want to pay less for the foreign version on aliexpress or wherever, and you know what youre getting, more power to you!

Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app

 

[slofmb]

I agree. But when you pay for the US version, and shady sellers pawn off the lower quality foreign market product, that isnt acceptable. The product description on Amazon even warns buyers to look for the Samsung hologram on the packaging. These cheap versions, real or not, dont have any holograms and shouldn't be sold as substitutes. If you want to pay less for the foreign version on aliexpress or wherever, and you know what youre getting, more power to you!

Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app

Definitely. Nobody should be paying the price of the American market product and getting the inferior (maybe quality-wise but not performance wise). But then there are people (and i admit that sometimes am one of them) who dont care if the light shines through the plastic and i wouldnt mind paying almost 1/2 the price for that.

 

[anuj6111]

HELP PLEASE !!!

just got my s4 battery kit delivered ...
















can any1 tell me is this fake/ oem ??

i haven't opened it yet ....

 

[anuj6111]

Quick video to illustrate some of the difference. I bought the fake one on Amazon from a US based seller with Amazon fulfillment.

the battery that came with my device is "made in Japan and assembled in china"

the one with the battery kit is "made in Korea"

it is still not clear which is oem / fake !!!

 

[dtrinh4000]

the battery that came with my device is "made in Japan and assembled in china"

the one with the battery kit is "made in Korea"

it is still not clear which is oem / fake !!!

the battery that came with my phone also says made in japan and assembled in china. i don't think that means the phone is a knockoff though... the batteries are made in various different placesi t seems.