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natef50

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Ive had my droid for a while now and my battery is starting to suck. Does anybody know of any good cheap replacement batteries?
 
If you investigate that amazon link, they can be had for as little as $1.49.. If the $4.99 shipping is for multiple batteries, you could buy 3 or 4 for a pretty good deal.
 
I wouldn't buy a bunch of batteries. Lithium batteries degrade with use, but they also degrade steadily from the moment they're manufactured. If you buy 3 or 4, 2 or 3 will likely be paperweights.
 
NiceGuysFinishLast said:
If you investigate that amazon link, they can be had for as little as $1.49.. If the $4.99 shipping is for multiple batteries, you could buy 3 or 4 for a pretty good deal.
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Usually these kind of deals are using a per-item shipping charge - they assume they will collect $6.48 for each battery. I checked this one, and sure enough . . . "Rates are based on shipping a single item. Purchasing multiple items results in multiple shipping charges--there are no "per shipment" and "per item" charges, as there are when you buy directly from Amazon.com." No matter - the shipped cost of a battery doesn't seem too bad at all, certainly compared to what my RAZR batteries used to cost. :rolleyes:
 
My personal recommendation is to shell out the $50 for the BP7X extended battery, but to me the convenience of not having to take my battery door on/off repeatedly to swap batteries is worth the extra $$.
 
I bought two spare batteries last summer. My door gets slipped off at least twice daily to replace batteries, (even though I am now down to 2 batteries again since I washed one of them), and my door is still just as tight as the day I bought the phone.

I, too, bought them off of Amazon, but was fooled into buying used batteries instead of new batteries (even though I did not pay a lot at all, the advertisement did say new).

It depends upon which works for you. For me, having a battery that does not work in docks and in my case makes it a deal breaker for me.
 
johnlgalt said:
I bought two spare batteries last summer. My door gets slipped off at least twice daily to replace batteries, (even though I am now down to 2 batteries again since I washed one of them), and my door is still just as tight as the day I bought the phone.

I, too, bought them off of Amazon, but was fooled into buying used batteries instead of new batteries (even though I did not pay a lot at all, the advertisement did say new).

It depends upon which works for you. For me, having a battery that does not work in docks and in my case makes it a deal breaker for me.
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The extended battery works fine with any case as long as you leave the battery door off.
 
But I take the case off every time I have to dock it, so....

I'll stick to the battery swapping.
 
Bought one on Amazon for like $4. Seems like a legit OEM battery....

BUT...

The manufacture date is from 9/2009. My original Droid battery was made in 8/2009. The "new" battery works about the same as my original....so now I have 2 batteries that last about 15hrs.

So be warned....even if you get a NEW battery from Amazon (which I did)...NEW may just mean that it was never used and has been sitting on a shelf for 18 months and may be no better than your current battery.

Now I am looking for someone who is selling a recently manufactured battery for a Droid....
 
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