Accessories new battery recommendations please

[natef50]

Ive had my droid for a while now and my battery is starting to suck. Does anybody know of any good cheap replacement batteries?

 

[The_Chief]

Got mine on Amazon and love it:

Amazon.com: Motorola DROID and DROID II 1300mah Standard Battery: Cell Phones & Accessories

 

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

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.

 

[shadowdude777]

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.

 

[allanlaw]

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.

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.

 

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

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 $$.

 

[johnlgalt]

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.

 

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

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.

The extended battery works fine with any case as long as you leave the battery door off.

 

[johnlgalt]

But I take the case off every time I have to dock it, so....

I'll stick to the battery swapping.

 

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

But I take the case off every time I have to dock it, so....

I'll stick to the battery swapping.

Oh. The way your post was worded made me think you had one of the docks that works with a case.

 

[Tim K]

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....