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Recommend me a battery.

Hi,
I'm looking to replace the stock 1500mAh battery in my nearly 2-year-old Galaxy S. I've had a look around a notice their are some high capacity ones available. However, I'm not looking for those "extended" packs, it needs to have the same dimensions as the stock battery in order to fit into the case I use. I have no idea which manufacturers are reliable, can somebody help me out?

I've heard recommendations of Anker batteries of 1800mAh. You can find them easily on Amazon.

bregan90 said:
I've heard recommendations of Anker batteries of 1800mAh. You can find them easily on Amazon.
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In one of the big battery threads here on the forum 3 1800mah batteries are compared: anker, polarcell and samsung. The samsung is the most expensive. The polarcell and anker are more or less the same price and most users said the polarcell performed the best. I have one of these and it's much better than the stock, so i sugest you buy a polarcell of amazon

speedfreak007 said:
In one of the big battery threads here on the forum 3 1800mah batteries are compared: anker, polarcell and samsung. The samsung is the most expensive. The polarcell and anker are more or less the same price and most users said the polarcell performed the best. I have one of these and it's much better than the stock, so i sugest you buy a polarcell of amazon
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Are polarcell available in europe?

or armani 1650mah battery will work too

slybunda said:
or armani 1650mah battery will work too
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Looking for something closer to 1800 thanks!

I am using the Anker battery and it works fine.:good:

i got oem samsung epic touch 4g battery on order its 1800mah from amazon, will be with me by 5th march, ordered form amazon so will update when it arrives.

Unregistered. said:
Looking for something closer to 1800 thanks!
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You can't trust the mAh-specifications of most batterys anyway so I'd choose Polarcell since they last longer than the original ones.

my samsung oem 1800mah battery working awsome!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/RAVPower-18...samsung-galaxy-S-GT-I9000-I9000-/140780570824
this one should work right?

never heard of rav power dunno if its good quality

My friend used this battery :2430mAh High-Capacity Gold Li-ion Battery For Samsung Galaxy S i9000 i9001. He bought this in ebay.
Sorry, I can´t add link
3 months everything was good and in one day suddenly ..nothing. So don´t buy thisone.

those gold bateries on ebay just dont cut it, they cheap dodgey knockoffs.

Mairo said:
My friend used this battery :2430mAh High-Capacity Gold Li-ion Battery For Samsung Galaxy S i9000 i9001. He bought this in ebay.
Sorry, I can´t add link
3 months everything was good and in one day suddenly ..nothing. So don´t buy thisone.
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You can't add another 930ma capacity on top of the standard 1500mah without increasing the size. It's a lie
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Hello everyone,
i have a SGS+ with the stock battery of 1650mAh. I am wondering if it worth to buy one of 1800mAh such us the Polarcell you mentioned.
Which is the (average) difference on hours?
Thanks in advance!

fragioud said:
Hello everyone,
i have a SGS+ with the stock battery of 1650mAh. I am wondering if it worth to buy one of 1800mAh such us the Polarcell you mentioned.
Which is the (average) difference on hours?
Thanks in advance!
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I would say if your battery needs replacing anyway then yes buy the anker or polarcell, but if your battery doesn't need replacing then its not really worth 'upgrading'.
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I've been using Polarcell for more than 6 months now. Better than my aging stock and utterly reliable so far.

slybunda said:
my samsung oem 1800mah battery working awsome!
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Can you please mention the model no./serial of the battery you are using?

i will post some pics up when i get back home today, also iv noticed now that the battery life has increased even more. will provide screenshots of that too.

Battery for S4

Has anyone been able to find the battery for sale that is in stock? EB-K600BUW is the part number but nobody seems to have it available including Samsung.

No

inmnbob said:
Has anyone been able to find the battery for sale that is in stock? EB-K600BUW is the part number but nobody seems to have it available including Samsung.
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So far the Anker aftermarket battery has been working very well as my 2nd battery.

samsung.com has it for $40, $50 for the kit, it is currently on backorder, i'm thinking they should have it in a week or two, just keep checking. also, don't forget to register your phone with them, you'll get an email for 50% off cellphone accessories priced no higher than $50, max 5 items.

I threw the dice, and ordered off of ebay. Should have 2 batteries and a charger in 3 weeks....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380614170222?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

guess we are all rolling dice lol.
This one should be with me next week. ill let you guys know how it is
http://www.ebay.com/itm/171034651752?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

The sg3 batteries work for the sg4 also.
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vj092887 said:
The sg3 batteries work for the sg4 also.
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Isn't the S3 battery 2100mAh stock? The S4 comes with a beefier 2600mAh battery. Cool that the batteries will work in a pinch though.

Yeah. And It has a little space on the right side of the battery but it fits snug and the phone turns on
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I ordered two of these batteries and they just came in today. The battery and the cover don't make the phone that much thicker.

I agree on the Anker Batteries. Had two of those for my EVO 3D after buying all sorts of different batteries. They are the only ones that lasted for me.

Testing out one of the extended batteries. Starting at 90% power. I'll report back after several hours with usage statistics.
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I just received these batteries and charger..
3 x 3000mAh battery + US Wall USB Charger For Samsung Galaxy S4 4 IV I9500
Works good, no NFC (as with most cheap extra batteries).. Battery Monitor Pro registers 3100mAh :good::good::good:
a bit for a tight fit as you'd expect from an extended battery that fits with the stock backplate (which bulges very slightly)
So far so good though

blackknightavalon said:
I ordered two of these batteries and they just came in today. The battery and the cover don't make the phone that much thicker.
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Pics? I'm guessing NFC no longer works? This might be useful for work days regardless please post screen tome after your depletion

nba1341 said:
Pics? I'm guessing NFC no longer works? This might be useful for work days regardless please post screen tome after your depletion
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5 hours off the charger (starting at 90%) and I'm down to 59% power after moderate/heavy use. Keep in mind that this is an initial charge.
Sent from Spaceball One.
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8 hours, moderate/heavy use, 42% left.

vj092887 said:
Yeah. And It has a little space on the right side of the battery but it fits snug and the phone turns on
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Cool. Do you think that we could use the GS3 extended 3000mah battery in the GS4?

zetajunkie said:
I threw the dice, and ordered off of ebay. Should have 2 batteries and a charger in 3 weeks....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380614170222?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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Those are the ones I bought XD hoping they work fine!

Just bought the Anker battery, arriving Tuesday. Will be interested to see how it fairs considering I bought it brand new for only £10, with the official Samsung battery costing £35. As long as it fairs up relatively well, I'm not fussed about not having the NFC capability.

zetajunkie said:
I threw the dice, and ordered off of ebay. Should have 2 batteries and a charger in 3 weeks....
http://www.ebay.com/itm/380614170222?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
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Used same branded batteries as spares for my Galaxy Nexus and they perform fine. You probably won't get the same as from the official battery but these are well worth it for those who need some extra juice and don't care about losing NFC.

A screencap of my 5200mAh battery on its initial charge.

experience of using Onite Battery for my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500

Last month I bought a new brand Onite battery for my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500.I must say this has been a good battery. I have used it for about a month now; I am on the phone all day, usually over 4 hours of screen time, and the battery is rarely below 70% in the end. It is not like my stock battery only last less a day.

wow, It seems good.
eight1127 said:
Last month I bought a new brand Onite battery for my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500.I must say this has been a good battery. I have used it for about a month now; I am on the phone all day, usually over 4 hours of screen time, and the battery is rarely below 70% in the end. It is not like my stock battery only last less a day.
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Where did you got this battery?
I didn't find it when S4 released in the end of April.

I just ordered the 2600 2-pack with charger from Amazon for $20.
After days of being in airplanes I realized I needed a spare.
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When did you get it?
cfn87 said:
I just ordered the 2600 2-pack with charger from Amazon for $20.
After days of being in airplanes I realized I needed a spare.
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It shows $21.98 in amzon now?
How does it work? Compared to the stock one?
I'm looking for a pack of spare battery with charger for my S4.

chales said:
It shows $21.98 in amzon now?
How does it work? Compared to the stock one?
I'm looking for a pack of spare battery with charger for my S4.
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I will have it on Tuesday. I hear good things. I went with stock size because those extended batteries look ridiculous.
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It suonds good
cfn87 said:
I will have it on Tuesday. I hear good things. I went with stock size because those extended batteries look ridiculous.
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Thanks for your information.
I agree with you. Extended battery is so thick.
I am eyeing their 2600mAh battery with NFC on another listing.
Share your purchase when you got it.
I would like to buy it if it works great.

Onite battery from amazon
I bought it from amazon. It is a brand called "Onite", you search "Onite battery" in amazon, then you will find serials of batteries.

I got Onite battery last month
Compared with my original one, it works one day longer. The charger came together with the batteries is a specific one for Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500. They are all works smoothly recently.

eight1127 said:
Compared with my original one, it works one day longer. The charger came together with the batteries is a specific one for Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500. They are all works smoothly recently.
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I got the Onite S4 battery today and just started charging my battery. It's been on for about six hours and still shows charging.
I'm concerned if they have a higher amp charger for the s4 battery .Then I contacted the customer service and they explain that the low current will not hurt the battery life.
Moreover, they also introduce a new charger which is 600mAh, I have bought a new charger, will update it later.

Claire Dobson said:
I got the Onite S4 battery today and just started charging my battery. It's been on for about six hours and still shows charging.
I'm concerned if they have a higher amp charger for the s4 battery .Then I contacted the customer service and they explain that the low current will not hurt the battery life.
Moreover, they also introduce a new charger which is 600mAh, I have bought a new charger, will update it later.
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I too bought the onite 2 pack with charger on Amazon. Everything works great, I just wish they would label the batteries NFC or non-NFC so that I knew what i had. The ones i bought said NFC in the order, but the batteries are not marked from what i can see.

Was there a bulge on the back?

Great batteries that last long!!!
nismo35 said:
Was there a bulge on the back?
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Hey there, no bulge for me, and I'm using the 2600mAh ones. I too was concerned about whether or not there would be a bulge because of reviews I read about the Anker ones being a tad bit thicker than the OEMs, so that's why I went with the Onite ones, and from my experience you don't have to worry about bulging with these. They last pretty long too. I charged mine, then let them drain so that I could charge them again, and it took almost 17 hours after just one charge, and that's with heavy use all day.

yeah, the 2600mah Onite battery is a good chioce. one friend suggests it to me and I bought one .

eight1127 said:
Compared with my original one, it works one day longer. The charger came together with the batteries is a specific one for Samsung Galaxy S 4 i9500. They are all works smoothly recently.
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Yeah okay mate. As if a battery which claims to have the same rating as stock (which I doubt) can last a day longer. I was considering buying a couple to test and discredit you but I don't really think I need to now. That utterly ridiculous statement has made you look untrustworthy enough I'd say, and I don't want to give you a single cent.
You have a post count of 5 and it's petty obvious you are a spam account set up to promote your batteries. There are also several other posters in this thread with low post counts who, coincidently, only post in battery threads to either recommend onite batteries or discredit other brands. In fact there are more suspect posters than legit ones in this craptastic thread.
If the product were any good you wouldn't have to resort to such underhanded marketing techniques as creating multiple accounts just to spam and mislead people.
Please folks, BEWARE!
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tigtingn girty
thank you for your review:laugh:

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thank you for your review:laugh:
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No problem. Always happy to expose fraudsters.
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you are so nice
eight1127 said:
Last month I bought a new brand Onite battery for my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500.I must say this has been a good battery. I have used it for about a month now; I am on the phone all day, usually over 4 hours of screen time, and the battery is rarely below 70% in the end. It is not like my stock battery only last less a day.
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it is so kind of you to share the experience with us

is it an extended battery
eight1127 said:
Last month I bought a new brand Onite battery for my Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500.I must say this has been a good battery. I have used it for about a month now; I am on the phone all day, usually over 4 hours of screen time, and the battery is rarely below 70% in the end. It is not like my stock battery only last less a day.
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is it na extended battery?

Guys stay away from onite. This Sophia Chan is a salesman of Onite just look at her profile. Onites battery is actually a stock battery people take stickers off of the so called extended battery and did further looking and foumd it was 3100 mah for our note 2 and so on.
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3 Onite battery review

So I got around test 3 batteries I got from Onite. I spent the past 3 weeks using the batteries.
Onite 2600mah (44.4 grams), Onite 2600mah with NFC (46.4 grams) , Onite 5200mah (82 grams)
Overall, both 2600mah batteries last as long as the Original Samsung battery. I think these batteries are worth their price.
The 5200mah battery run time I observed is at least double the standard battery.
NFC works like it should with the Onite version.

Do these batteries create any bulge? Are they the same size as the original one? If yes, then i'm ready to ditch Anker.

whytechapel_x said:
Do these batteries create any bulge? Are they the same size as the original one? If yes, then i'm ready to ditch Anker.
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Actually since you asked, I'll pull my gauge and measure them for you. I don't really notice it, but it could be different depending on everyone's perspective.

Since you have both NFC and non-NFC - how do you tell them apart? I see nothing different between the two.

alphadog00 said:
Since you have both NFC and non-NFC - how do you tell them apart? I see nothing different between the two.
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If you look closely, you could actually see the NFC pad inside through the white sticker. Otherwise they do look very similar.

fusiondynamics said:
If you look closely, you could actually see the NFC pad inside through the white sticker. Otherwise they do look very similar.
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Thanks for the review. I am going to get the nfc capable one.

Onite did a good job
It works well indeed.
Both 2600mah and 5200mah.
I heard of that they will release 7800mah witn NFC.
Have you got it?

I was told that the 7800mah is going to be released in 1 week. If I manage to get it. I'll update this post.

they cancelled it
I was told that they cancelled the plan to release 7800mAh due to some problem.
Too high capacity is not safe for the cellphone.
5200mAh is enough for S4 to keep on 2 days.

I have been running the 5200 for a month awesome battery.
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awesome
Greg1964 said:
I have been running the 5200 for a month awesome battery.
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Their 2600mAh with NFC is awesome too.

The Anker Giant - 7600mAh S4 battery pack

When Samsung released big-screen Galaxy Note seriers smart phones and get the market, we have 5.8 / 6.3 inch GALAXY Mega, 5.9 inch HTC One Max, 6.4-inch SONY Xperia Z Ultra, the coming 6.0 inch Nokia Lumia 1520 ... ... Do we really need big like tab smart phone ?
Not only for the phone itself, we have more and more third party factories offered huge capacity replacement batteries, The Galaxy S3 has 2100mAh original battery, after that, we found 4200mAh, 7000mAh replacement batteries in market. The Galaxy S4 has 2600mAh original battery but we saw 7500mAh which so called world's largest S4 battery in the world.
Well well well ... that's not the end, I just noticed Anker released 7600mAh S4 replacement on Amazon and the nice price is only $32 free shipping.
This beast comes with two different back covers -- black and white. The huge innovative is they provided a 2600mAh internal battery plus a 5000mAh extended battery in the back cover. You need to use the internal battery and battery case together in order to prolong the battery's lifespan. What are you expecting for this one?
Here are the links:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EN76VO0
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EN73M4C

Anker has really good products but for me, I think I'll pass. Large capacity but no NFC. Also, great if you run your phone naked. I bet it will be a pain to get a protective case around that thing. I'd rather pay $7 more and get the ZeroLemon Extended Battery.

haza12d said:
Anker has really good products but for me, I think I'll pass. Large capacity but no NFC. Also, great if you run your phone naked. I bet it will be a pain to get a protective case around that thing. I'd rather pay $7 more and get the ZeroLemon Extended Battery.
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Nfc might work tho because the oem battery is still in there
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jrollercoasters said:
Nfc might work tho because the oem battery is still in there
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No. Near Field Communication means what it means, it needs to be near. With the thick extended battery covering the OEM battery.. It wont work.

lambstone said:
No. Near Field Communication means what it means, it needs to be near. With the thick extended battery covering the OEM battery.. It wont work.
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that is correct. you can not get the factory battery work with extended battery. I haven't really used NFC once but I fear I might in the future, so for me it is not that important.

haza12d said:
Also, great if you run your phone naked. I bet it will be a pain to get a protective case around that thing.
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I've read that the Seidio Active Extended Battery Case works well with the Hyperion battery and just well enough with the Anker 5200.
Also: Is the Anker really larger than the Zerolemon Extended 7500mAh? Why wouldn't it fit into the Zerolemon case made for that battery?
Amazon product page and picture here
(I'd hate to sell Anker products in the UK, given the obvious rhyme!)

Hyperion has one out too with nfc and a 24 month gurantee
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jrollercoasters said:
Hyperion has one out too with nfc and a 24 month gurantee
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do they provide honeycomb for it either?

moraymol said:
do they provide honeycomb for it either?
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Im not sure about that I have the 5200 which gets me through a whole day with everything on and heavy use and it has nfc and a honeycomb case haha
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Im not sure about that I have the 5200 which gets me through a whole day with everything on and heavy use and it has nfc and a honeycomb case haha
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thinking if the honeycomb makes phone thicker as the 5200 is large already (had anker 5200 before)

moraymol said:
thinking if the honeycomb makes phone thicker as the 5200 is large already (had anker 5200 before)
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I have it with out the case and actually really like the look and the grip isnt bad I have the honeycomb case with my evo and I didn't like it that much
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does anyone has a photo of it from side? thanks

Just ordered one and it should be coming in on Monday! I'll post some pics once I've got it.

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Just ordered one and it should be coming in on Monday! I'll post some pics once I've got it.
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look forward to see it

The shipping took longer than I thought, so I just received it this Saturday. :silly:
There was a definite gain in thickness and weight once I installed the battery, but it's not that bothersome. I'd compare it to Zerolemon's 7500mAh extended battery. (I'll post some pics soon.)
I've only gone through one complete cycle (fully charge and discharge) since most of the time I forget to drain it all the way. Anker's instructions recommend to go through about 4-6 cycles of charging and discharging the battery before seeing actual results. (I asked via email.) Once I've gone through those cycles, I'll report back. The battery is doing moderately well so far. I'm at 26% after a day and nine hours, with 3 hrs of screen on time, about 30 minutes of GPS navigation, sync on, push notifications of email and social networking, all smart features on, LTE on, and 75% brightness. :good:

hey guys just wanted to see what kind of battery life you guys are getting out of this battery? i have this already on my s4 but my battery life varies, i am running gummy rom 4.4 using ktoonz 11/16 kernel, im seeing only about anywhere from 8-11 hours of use on a moderate to very moderate use, but i did read somewhere that they recommend you fully charge then use all the way dead on battery like 5-6 times can someone re-iterate me and correct me if im wrong? my frist initial full charge use was awesome...as i got 34 hours out of my battery with about 17% left, but that was light to moderate use.

I'm on my 2nd 7600.. returned the first one because it wouldnt hold a charge very long.
so far im on my 3rd cycle with the 7600.. and it's hit or miss about lasting longer.. because i dont see a way to force the 2nd battery to charge...

moraymol said:
When Samsung released big-screen Galaxy Note seriers smart phones and get the market, we have 5.8 / 6.3 inch GALAXY Mega, 5.9 inch HTC One Max, 6.4-inch SONY Xperia Z Ultra, the coming 6.0 inch Nokia Lumia 1520 ... ... Do we really need big like tab smart phone ?
Not only for the phone itself, we have more and more third party factories offered huge capacity replacement batteries, The Galaxy S3 has 2100mAh original battery, after that, we found 4200mAh, 7000mAh replacement batteries in market. The Galaxy S4 has 2600mAh original battery but we saw 7500mAh which so called world's largest S4 battery in the world.
Well well well ... that's not the end, I just noticed Anker released 7600mAh S4 replacement on Amazon and the nice price is only $32 free shipping.
This beast comes with two different back covers -- black and white. The huge innovative is they provided a 2600mAh internal battery plus a 5000mAh extended battery in the back cover. You need to use the internal battery and battery case together in order to prolong the battery's lifespan. What are you expecting for this one?
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I have the zerolemon battery. I forgot the exact mah, but it last me the day with how much I use my phone, full brightness and such.

ok guys update, i've let my phone go through the full charge and completely dead cycles 3 times now, i am now on my 4th charge, but this time it charges up more slowly, i charged it for about 3 hours and it was up to 79% its now been 19 hours and 18min and im down to 50% on battery i think its pretty good so far now, alot better when i was just randomly charging it.

posting another update, battery went completely dead from 79% charge at 1 day 11 hours. moderate useage..... Great battery life!