When I first bought it, I was unhappy with the battery life, so I bought a spare, for thirty bucks. Last week I bought two for $2.41 apiece. I’ll never be without Droid juice again.
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When I first bought it, I was unhappy with the battery life, so I bought a spare, for thirty bucks. Last week I bought two for $2.41 apiece. I’ll never be without Droid juice again.
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I bought an S5 and returned it the next day because I’d used half the upgraded data service just doing my normal daily blog reading (starting here of course.)
Instead of the $35 restocking fee I expected. They also kept my $50 rebate (changing my cost from $200 to $250.) Now they’ve said I must pay them $350 for cancelling (apparently my one day wasn’t in the 14 of the contract???) So that’s $35 + $50 + $350 for one day of usage. I hope Verizon takes me to court.
I know Li-ion had been getting cheaper but not that cheap. Probably a combination of the glut in Chinese battery manufacturing and need to clear stock I guess.
I last week I bought a no-name 7200mAH external battery for $19.95. I used it on the train going to the city and back, reading Kindle books and listening to streaming music on my Android phone. Normally this would kill the battery of my phone by the end of the trip out. The external battery is about the size and shape of an iPhone 4 and lighter than I expected.
I was QUITE happy with it. Supposedly the quality of this model isn’t very high, but for the price I’m willing to consider it disposable. If it lasts a year, or even 6 months that would be fine.
And I agree with Bill Hensley below. The battery of my phone is rated for only 1500mAH and buying multiple batteries wouldn’t be worth the money or the effort of tearing the phone out of the case and taking it apart.
That should read: “And I agree with Bill Hensley below. Also, the battery of my phone…”
Well, battery changes in my phone are actually quite trivial, which is one of its features, to me.
I have bought replacement batteries for old devices and found that they are as old as the original battery I was replacing! I think that’s why you see lots of complaints on Amazon about battery life for some replacement batteries. When you receive your new batteries, see if there is a date of manufacture on the label.
Battery age isn’t the issue. My original battery is still fine. I just need extras because I can’t get through a day on one. Having two more solves the problem.
Huh.
You might be the first person I’ve met who actually does swap batteries in a phone.
I wouldn’t know. It seems perfectly normal to me. Slide the back panel off, lift out the battery, drop in a new one, slide the back panel back on. It takes less than ten seconds. I didn’t realize that it was unusual.
Of course in a few years batteries may no longer be needed for the devices we use, you will just plug it into you 🙂
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/09/bioprinting-new-organ-electricity-video_n_5473949.html?utm_hp_ref=science
Bio-Printing Technology May Bring New Organ That Generates Electricity Inside The Body
Actually this isn’t as crazy as it sounds given there are fishes that put out electrical energy. Although the idea is to provide power to pacemakers, its logical for it to power the smart phones that will one day be implanted in humans as well 🙂
I bought a late model (2001) Sony Walkman this weekend and it doesn’t have its rechargeable gumstick NiMH battery, and a replacement will probably run $12 to $15. It came with a big carrying/accessory case (remote, earbuds, charger) and a pair of Sony professional studio headphones from the era, which is all I was initially interested in, so I bought the whole package for $5 at a yard sale. Then, while trying to track down a replacement battery, I saw the same model Walkman going for $130 on E-bay.