http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1600mAh...9A/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&qid=1318871003&sr=8-15
Bought it and my battery life is very good now, I can actually power use my phone without worried about battery. I played fruit ninja and played music via 3g with the speakers for more than an hour and loss like 15% percent battery. Went to bed with the battery at 12% and when I woke up it was at 8%. I can't get you any technical specs but the battery is alot better than stock, and for the price you can't go wrong.
Bought these batteries but after pretty extensive testing, I've got to say that any actual difference is marginal at best. Battery Monitor Widget measures them at nearly the same capacity as the original...the best figure it gave was ~1300mAh but accounting for the % error that's likely a bit overstated. Bottom line...you get two batteries on par w/ stock for a good price...just don't expect any real performance difference between a new stock battery and an Anker.
I too purchased this set of anker batteries and charger. But picked up on ebay for even less from the same amazon dealer. Also I needed the charger to charge batteries for older phones that used a proprietory charger that I didn't have. My stock HTC battery just wasn't keeping up after only a few months old. Maybe it says something for the quality of the OEM battery. Who knows. But after 2 weeks of using one of these batteries the difference is still night and day for me. Charge lasts much longer than my 6 month old OEM battery. Whether they are better/worse than a NEW OEM battery I can't say. But for the price and after running one for 2 weeks I definitely give them 2 thumbs up.
I highly doubt these are 1600 mah, it's probably closer to the stock battery.
You guys are comparing a heavily used stock battery to these new ones. What you should be comparing is a new stock battery vs these and you'd probably end up seeing very little difference.
I agree, I bought the same batteries and I wouldnt say the power was what I expected. I wouldnt say they are worth the price, rather just practice good battery management with the proper settings over the battery.
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I agree, I bought the same batteries and I wouldnt say the power was what I expected. I wouldnt say they are worth the price, rather just practice good battery management with the proper settings over the battery.
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That or have a charger handy at all times lol.
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Well I just got them for Christmas (gosh I love ordering my own gifts from time to time Haha) and Will give a review after I charge one up tonight and give it a few days use. I can say that I got this phone in March and battery monitor widget consistently measures actual capacity between 986 and 1081 mAh. So OEM battery durability seems to be pretty crappy. Fingers crossed for the new ones!
Also, the stock battery in the last month has still been awful with the battery management technique of "put it on the table and do something else while leaving it in idle mode with data connection off"
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News is good! This battery tests at around 1500 mAh, as expected short of the advertised 1600, but far better than the older stock battery! After 5 hrs 5 mins on battery with fairly light use, I have 83% battery left.
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I got one of those on the 25th too. The first couple of days were moderatly light use until I got home from work. Then it was more. Got 26+/- hours out of each charge. Lots better than stock battery that was down to 5% usually after a 10 hr day with the same amount of usage
I wonder how the performance of the battery last over time. As in does the quality compare to that of the stock? So far my stock battery has a charge of about 8 hours on a good charge with moderate use anand its about a year old. How do these compare?
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We shall know in a few weeks/months/Kardashians (you know, 72 days). We will keep you posted man! As terrible as quality was on stock, I don't see how it could get much worse. This battery peaks out aroun 27 degrees Celsius when charging during use and stock would hit 34 degrees consistently.
Have to report that my Anker batteries are still doing great. Battery monitor still reporting both around 1475. I find myself not charging the battery overnight sometimes since I still have a decent charge left. And as someone mentioned it isn't fair to compair these new batteries to a failing stock battery. Stock battery was ONLY 7 months old (not good at all). It too is made in china. You can purchase 2 anker batteries and a universal charger for half the price of an oem replacement battery. Never expected the anker batteries to be 1600. How about someone with a fairly new oem battery and using battery monitor report the mAh they get.
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Have to report that my Anker batteries are still doing great. Battery monitor still reporting both around 1475.
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May i ask how long ago you bought this battery?
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I highly doubt these are 1600 mah, it's probably closer to the stock battery.
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As from previous experience, It is not a big deal if they are less than 1600mah, so is the case of OEM batteries.
Or a quick Google search will show batteries with much less capacity selling for a lot more.
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Have to report that my Anker batteries are still doing great. Battery monitor still reporting both around 1475. I find myself not charging the battery overnight sometimes since I still have a decent charge left. And as someone mentioned it isn't fair to compair these new batteries to a failing stock battery. Stock battery was ONLY 7 months old (not good at all). It too is made in china. You can purchase 2 anker batteries and a universal charger for half the price of an oem replacement battery. Never expected the anker batteries to be 1600. How about someone with a fairly new oem battery and using battery monitor report the mAh they get.
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mine is what i would consider fairly new and battery moniter reports the total mah to be 1230mAh stock OEM htc battery that came with my inspire and i get usually a day and half out of normal use
I have had my batteries for about 2 1/2 months now. Still getting 1470 on average out of each. I switch them every 2 weeks just to keep them fresh.
Great news, I'll be buying these batteries soon then
Just got these myself yesterday. Granted I've only had them one day they have been great and are equal if not better than my original battery. Again this is only after one day use so hopefully it stays the same.
But so far I have 4.25 hours of on-screen time
30 min of GPS with imapmyrun
30 min of Pandora(for my run)
Total time: 1day 2 hours and have about 7 percent left
Wifi and GPS were always on even when not in use. Regular setup of gmail, and yahoo to push my emails
I hope you guys are aware of how lithium ion's work... which these are. I'm positive someone has already said this in some other section, but it should be known as this applies to practically all phones.
Deep discharging frequently will damage the batteries, best not to run these batteries all the way down just because you can....
Heat will kill the batteries quicker than just about anything you throw at it. When you guys deep discharge and have a prolonged recharging time the phone does get hot, also leaving the phone/battery in a hot summer car... well...
Time is another issue. The batteries degrade with time/age, whether you use them or not. If a seller is selling you a "new" battery that's been sitting on their shelf for a couple of years, you're going to get a gimped battery despite it being "new".
I recently got a couple of these batteries, charged them with the wall charger then when i put them into phone, didn't work phone saw them as at 0% and switched off , (yes made sure i put them in the right way.)
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I recently got a couple of these batteries, charged them with the wall charger then when i put them into phone, didn't work phone saw them as at 0% and switched off , (yes made sure i put them in the right way.)
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Sounds like you did something wrong. 2 batteries? I don't care how junky you might find them they should have at least worked. Guessing you did something wrong woth the wall charger. Try charging them in your phone.
Get a new battery. Genuine Samsung batteries on Amazon are cheap. I just replaced mine and it made a huge difference. Like 25% more life.
Not a fix for everyone, but it certainly helps if your battery is a year or so old.
merwin said:
Get a new battery. Genuine Samsung batteries on Amazon are cheap. I just replaced mine and it made a huge difference. Like 25% more life.
Not a fix for everyone, but it certainly helps if your battery is a year or so old.
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Just to add to this- most manufacturers rate their batteries anywheres from 500-750 charge-discharge cycles... which most people who heavily use their phones (like my wife) ends up being about a year. If you are a heavy user and charge your phone in the middle of the day 'cause it's nearly dead you should get a new battery - and if you don't use NFC (I don't) get an extended battery. I've only used Anker extended batteries for my wife's sensation and they are great. She's a heavy user and after a full day still has ~40% left.
If only Anker made cheap extended batteries for this phone. I just replaced the battery in my wife's sensation with an Anker and it's a lot better now.
I have read so many reviews regarding the HTC One and Galaxy S4 my head is spinning. I think both are great phones but the thing that stands out for me is the removable battery for the S4.
I doubt most reviewers/editors actually use these devices for 2 years (normal contract) to actually experience a decline in battery life so I was hoping I could get some opinions from you guys on the subject.
My last few smart phones have always experienced some kind of degraded battery over time. Whether that is a few hours of life versus the new original battery or the battery is totally dead and causing random reboots and bulging to show issues with the cells.
Due to these past experiences having the ability to replace a battery over the phones life time is not a want but a need.
The ideal situation would be for phones that do not have a removable battery to warranty it for the normal contract span of two years. Or for battery tech to progress to a point where this is no longer a concern.
What have your experiences been? Do you agree or do you think in the last couple years they have made leaps and bounds in battery reliability? I currently have a GS2 so I'm a couple generations behind but I have not seen anything mentioning new battery tech in the latest devices. Thanks.
In my experience 3 different HTC desires and my old nexus one from 2-3 years old still had at least 3/4 of their original battery life. I traded the nexus for a desire HD and it needs a new battery, vibrator motor, and USB port (dishonest seller) so I've found many can go a few years on an original battery but usage habits can effect that too.
Non replaceable batteries are still replaceable so if u want to keep it a long time its probably not a huge deal to open it up and replace.
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https://www.amazon.com/MPJ-2800mAh-...UTF8&qid=1474503438&sr=8-1&keywords=mpj+lg+g5
MPJ contacted me to try out this battery for my Verizon LG G5 (VS987) and it's been great so far. Frankly my past experiences with non OEM batteries for my LG G3 and Motorola Droid had been less than great, as the batteries never live up to their ratings and usually last half as long as they should. Based on these experiences I wasn't looking for this battery from MPJ to be much better. However, I was shockingly surprised at how well this battery preformed. It held up just as well as the original OEM battery that came with my phone and actually outperformed it slightly, although my OEM battery is 5+ months old at this point.
My results with this battery were as follows testing it through the stock charger that came with my G5:
Day 1
22H 57M - Total Battery Life
4H 33M Screen on Time
Day 2
28H 6M - Total Battery Life
3H 37M Screen on Time
Day 3
19H 1M - Total Battery Life
4H 10M Screen on Time
0H 47M Phone Call
Day 4
28H 50M - Total Battery Life
3H 17M Screen on Time
NFC does work with this spare battery as the chip is at the top of the phone.
They also offer a external charger; however I can't speak to the how fast or hot the battery charges in their external battery charger as one did not come with the battery.
I also included some photos of the battery, comparison to an OEM battery and the screenshots that show how well the battery performed in real life usage.
I've never done a review for something like this before, but the battery does hold its own for a good price. I highly recommend it.
The battery purchased from them last year for my old LG G3 was amazing and holding a charge for long, but they said they couldn’t ship batteries to my country as I was trying to order my second a few months later. I couldn't be happier to know they are available again in my country, and picked up 2 replacements for my new LG G5 in case the same thing happens ;P
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The battery purchased from them last year for my old LG G3 was amazing and holding a charge for long, but they said they couldn’t ship batteries to my country as I was trying to order my second a few months later. I couldn't be happier to know they are available again in my country, and picked up 2 replacements for my new LG G5 in case the same thing happens ;P
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So you joined only to say that? Not suspicious at all....
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The original battery + external charger kit costs only 30$.. why even bother with alternatives.
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https://www.amazon.com/MPJ-2800mAh-...UTF8&qid=1474503438&sr=8-1&keywords=mpj+lg+g5
MPJ contacted me to try out this battery for my Verizon LG G5 (VS987) and it's been great so far. Frankly my past experiences with non OEM batteries for my LG G3 and Motorola Droid had been less than great, as the batteries never live up to their ratings and usually last half as long as they should. Based on these experiences I wasn't looking for this battery from MPJ to be much better. However, I was shockingly surprised at how well this battery preformed. It held up just as well as the original OEM battery that came with my phone and actually outperformed it slightly, although my OEM battery is 5+ months old at this point.
My results with this battery were as follows testing it through the stock charger that came with my G5:
Day 1
22H 57M - Total Battery Life
4H 33M Screen on Time
Day 2
28H 6M - Total Battery Life
3H 37M Screen on Time
Day 3
19H 1M - Total Battery Life
4H 10M Screen on Time
0H 47M Phone Call
Day 4
28H 50M - Total Battery Life
3H 17M Screen on Time
The one downside is that this battery doesn't do NFC, so if you rely on that heavily you probably couldn't replace yours with this one, but it does make a good spare.
They also offer a external charger; however I can't speak to the how fast or hot the battery charges in their external battery charger as one did not come with the battery.
I also included some photos of the battery, comparison to an OEM battery and the screenshots that show how well the battery performed in real life usage.
I've never done a review for something like this before, but the battery does hold its own for a good price. I highly recommend it.
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I don't know how you got the idea, but the NFC is not built-in the battery like the earlier samsung phones, it's somewhere near the rear camera on the left hand side.
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I don't know how you got the idea, but the NFC is not built-in the battery like the earlier samsung phones, it's somewhere near the rear camera on the left hand side.
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I'll have to check and try it this evening. I was just going with what the listing for the battery said. I didn't try it, because of the listing and all my previous phones had the nfc in the battery, so I just assumed the G5 was this way. I have no idea where the nfc chip is. I'll post back this evening.
Edit: It does look like the nfc is at the top of the phone. Its the yellow square.
Step 13 at Ifixit: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/LG+G5+Teardown/61205
Edit 2: NFC does work with this spare battery as the chip is at the top of the phone.
Hello,
I am looking to replace an OEM Samsung battery in my Galaxy s4 i9505 that has finally bit the dust. I tried the RAVPower battery but it didn't support NFC like the Amazon listing claimed (returned at no charge thankfully).
All I want is a NFC capable battery that lasts as long as a new Samsung one would (if they still made them lol) and can work with Android Pay (running LineageOS with it already installed and ready to go).
I've read some good things about Anker batteries and they seem to meet my needs. Can anyone provide their experiences with them? Are they good batteries? If not, what is a good brand?
Anker and Zerolemon seem to be very popular.
also craftman batteries are really nice and almost the same as original
Just an update. I went with the Anker battery after. NFC works perfectly and battery life is almost as good as a brand new OEM battery (lasts all day under normal usage). Can't complain!
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Just an update. I went with the Anker battery after. NFC works perfectly and battery life is almost as good as a brand new OEM battery (lasts all day under normal usage). Can't complain!
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Its an absolute shame that ZeroLemon stopped making the 3000mah battery for the S4 years ago. On amazon they where offering TWO for the price of one PLUS a dual charger deck for I think $15 and like an idiot I didn't buy it, before I knew it, they where sold out and completely disappeared from everywhere including eBay overnight!
I ended up buying the 5200mah Anker battery, which without a doubt is a top battery, never had a problem and lasted at least 8 hours without needing a charge with GPS and screen on throughout. But it was bulky as hell and the back cover was really ugly. However most companies sorted out their battery cover designs in the S5/S6 and above.
For me Anker was better than original.
Hi,
Recently bought a new battery for the I9505 and went with the manufacturer Yanec. From what i can find it is a Dutch company, at least the website redirects to a Dutch website.
It has 2600 mAh, lasts for about 8 hours playing some games, GPS turned off, NFC turned on. Paid around 23 euro for it and i am very satisfied. (How can i not be, my last original battery held charge for 2 min lol)