Alight (Clears throat), I'll put this all in one thread about my experience with extended batteries for the rezound and smart phones in general, including my philosophy on them.
Is it worth it? For any smart phone I mean? I say YES! But my opinion is a bit tainted because I'm a power user.
Look at a smartphone as a car, say, like it's a Corvette.
If you're into speed and luxury (Like myself), would you go buy a Corvette only to drive it 55MPH to save on gas? Would you sweat it out on a hot summer day to conserve even more gas by being afraid to run the air conditioning?
See my point?
I see a lot of users across the web wrecking their own user experience with these devices! Shut this off, turn the screen brightness down and my favorite "Turn off the 4g!"
Seriously?
I just shake my head in disbelief...
Every phone I have ever owned I have always had a stand alone charger and a spare battery.
With the rezound, I bought the extended batteries, only because this is the one phone I have to peel the back off (Which I think is stupid set up as compared to the droid x) and it doesn't just slide off in a pinch.
I went out and bought two extended batteries with the covers from Verizon and a stand alone battery charger also from Verizon. Could I afford it? Not really... But I'm glad I made the move!
The reception seems to be just as good. I think the painted on internal antenna is still there, just covered in black blending in with the case (Just my opinion).
The case does not creak or make noises (I tried both of them). Now keep in mind, on both of my new rear covers, the gaskets for the speaker port somehow came off in the box and I had to re-attach them with tweezers.
The charger from Verizon? It's the $29.99 model. I wore one of my extended batteries down till the phone shut down. I did this to see how long it took to re-charge it from empty. It took a grand total of 6 hours. Even listening to internet radio and browsing the web, I don't think I can kill an extended battery in 6 hours, meaning, the backup one is by then charged and ready to go!
Let's face it, these phones are corvettes and eat up a lot of gas, it would make sense to do as I did and get the extended batteries and put the pedal to the metal and the data to the 4g! Use these phones to the max while we still have the freedom to do so! FLOOR IT!
There's nothing more annoying when the battery gives at an inconvient time and you start to sweat over a charge! My rezound, the first few days I had it, lived on the charger! lmao
Is it worth it? YES!
I spent 48 bucks on each of the batteries with the extra back plates, but I also bought stereo bluetooth headset and screen protectors andhad them charge it to my bill (Which I was surprised they did, my credit is terrible! lol).
Forget about the next big smartphone! They're coming out with quad cores from what I understand. I did my research before blowing my money this time. In my opinion, the rezound will be able to handle a lot of power hungry applications for the next couple of years, so I will wait for a couple of years or till my phone can't handle what is thrown at it. A dual core processor is a lot of speed for a phone. It's in my opinion, a quad core is a bit redundant at this juncture in technology.
Even after the warranty, I can root it and tweak it. Just take care of it and it will take care of you (Most times). lol
Is it worth it? For any smart phone I mean? I say YES! But my opinion is a bit tainted because I'm a power user.
Look at a smartphone as a car, say, like it's a Corvette.
If you're into speed and luxury (Like myself), would you go buy a Corvette only to drive it 55MPH to save on gas? Would you sweat it out on a hot summer day to conserve even more gas by being afraid to run the air conditioning?
See my point?
I see a lot of users across the web wrecking their own user experience with these devices! Shut this off, turn the screen brightness down and my favorite "Turn off the 4g!"
Seriously?
I just shake my head in disbelief...
Every phone I have ever owned I have always had a stand alone charger and a spare battery.
With the rezound, I bought the extended batteries, only because this is the one phone I have to peel the back off (Which I think is stupid set up as compared to the droid x) and it doesn't just slide off in a pinch.
I went out and bought two extended batteries with the covers from Verizon and a stand alone battery charger also from Verizon. Could I afford it? Not really... But I'm glad I made the move!
The reception seems to be just as good. I think the painted on internal antenna is still there, just covered in black blending in with the case (Just my opinion).
The case does not creak or make noises (I tried both of them). Now keep in mind, on both of my new rear covers, the gaskets for the speaker port somehow came off in the box and I had to re-attach them with tweezers.
The charger from Verizon? It's the $29.99 model. I wore one of my extended batteries down till the phone shut down. I did this to see how long it took to re-charge it from empty. It took a grand total of 6 hours. Even listening to internet radio and browsing the web, I don't think I can kill an extended battery in 6 hours, meaning, the backup one is by then charged and ready to go!
Let's face it, these phones are corvettes and eat up a lot of gas, it would make sense to do as I did and get the extended batteries and put the pedal to the metal and the data to the 4g! Use these phones to the max while we still have the freedom to do so! FLOOR IT!
There's nothing more annoying when the battery gives at an inconvient time and you start to sweat over a charge! My rezound, the first few days I had it, lived on the charger! lmao
Is it worth it? YES!
I spent 48 bucks on each of the batteries with the extra back plates, but I also bought stereo bluetooth headset and screen protectors andhad them charge it to my bill (Which I was surprised they did, my credit is terrible! lol).
Forget about the next big smartphone! They're coming out with quad cores from what I understand. I did my research before blowing my money this time. In my opinion, the rezound will be able to handle a lot of power hungry applications for the next couple of years, so I will wait for a couple of years or till my phone can't handle what is thrown at it. A dual core processor is a lot of speed for a phone. It's in my opinion, a quad core is a bit redundant at this juncture in technology.
Even after the warranty, I can root it and tweak it. Just take care of it and it will take care of you (Most times). lol