Accessories seidio 3500mAh Evo battery - SHIPPING JULY 6th 2010

NeoEVO · Jul 1, 2010

Now that's giving a big-ass phone a big ass. I went with a pair of extra batteries and charger for $10 bucks.
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lamboh · Jul 1, 2010

It looks as if it would fit the regular seidio holster

MDbandit · Jul 8, 2010

They keep delaying this!!!! (pre ordered from mobile city online)

jbrooks544 · Jul 8, 2010

MDbandit said:
They keep delaying this!!!! (pre ordered from mobile city online)

I received an email (2 actually) from mobilecityonline.com regarding my pre-order. They say now that they are receiving it on July 22nd, about 2 weeks from now. Not that big a deal, since my EVO battery is lasting pretty well these days anyway.

Here is their email in full:

Inventory notification Today's Date: 7/8/2010 Inventory Notification: ETA Change Item # : Seidio Innocell 3500mAh Extended Life Battery for HTC EVO 4G New ETA: 7/22/2010 Price: $53.99
Dear ******* ******,
This is to alert you of a new ETA for the Seidio Innocell 3500mAh Extended Life Battery for HTC EVO 4G. Please note we are working directly with Seidio to insure that we are the first to receive this product in the US. We apologize for this delay and any inconvenince this may have caused. We will keep you updated as more information becomes available. Thank You.

If you are looking for a good alternative solution in the meantime, we are offering the Mili Power Crystal External Power Bank for iPhone 3G/3Gs/Blackberry, HTC Evo and More (black) with free shipping to all customers that have pre ordered the Seidio 3500mah Extended Battery for the HTC Evo. (please use EVOBAT as promo code at checkout

this is a universal 2000mah external battery that includes the tips needed for the Evo and well as many other products.

You currently have a Pre-Order for this item in our system and will receive priority service upon receipt of inventory: Order # 348464 placed on 6/30/2010.
The new ETA (estimated time of arrival) for this item at our warehouse is 7/22/2010 . If there are any further updates in the ETA you will promptly be notified. We will notify via email as soon as this item arrives at our warehouse at which time you will receive priority service.
We thank you for your patience and understanding and will continue to update you as new information becomes available to us.
If you have any questions please contact Mobile City Online at sales@mobilecityonline.com or call (212) 964-4444.

Sincerely,
Customer Service

sanjsrik · Jul 8, 2010

Seidio ruined any chances of getting my business years ago. Their terrible customer service and shoddy RMA non-support made me NEVER to want to buy anything from them again.

hellow0rld · Jul 9, 2010

has anyone receive their 3500mah battery yet?

lopezbnj · Jul 9, 2010

I think I will wait for a review first. I see in other forum that mah below 2000 works better for a cell phone. Still thinking for my new battery.

RedWingsFan · Jul 9, 2010

I'd rather carry a spare battery or two before adding that kind of bulk to the EVO.

TambourineMan · Jul 9, 2010

I learned with my WM6 Mogul to always carry a spare battery in my wallet.

Even with an extended battery it would mysteriously quickly and unexpectedly drain it.

With an extended battery the Mogul is much, much thicker than the EVO will be.

While the Seidio extended battery may not give its full rated mAh it will still last a lot longer than anything else. Buying batteries from China is like Russian roulette.

Adambomb13 · Jul 9, 2010

They delayed the shipping to July 16th for SedioOnline and MobileOnlineCity is now July 22nd...bumm'ah

taz92 · Jul 10, 2010

I wouldve ordered this battery if I didnt do some research and find out that turning off facebook sync and news sync etc had given my phone way longer battery life. Im at 68% battery after a full day and half of being off the charger. I think Im good now.

MDbandit · Jul 10, 2010

taz92 said:
I wouldve ordered this battery if I didnt do some research and find out that turning off facebook sync and news sync etc had given my phone way longer battery life. Im at 68% battery after a full day and half of being off the charger. I think Im good now.

how you turn off news sync? I do have news on my screen. I love it, but will remove it if its draining like that
I have facebook sync off (for contacts) and updates at 2 hours

BRIVERS73 · Jul 10, 2010

MDbandit said:
how you turn off news sync?

Menu/Settings/Accounts & sync/News

seidioseidio · Jul 14, 2010

Shipping for Seidio 3500 mah battery for EVO began today (7/14)

Thank you for the patience.

Seidio

MDbandit · Jul 14, 2010

thats messed up mobilecityonline had an initial ship date ahead of seido, now they about a week behind, smh

One Beast · Jul 16, 2010

Is the a silicon case or hardcase available for this battery?.....i cant go with the sides of my phone being exposed

dan7532 · Jul 16, 2010

One Beast said:
Is the a silicon case or hardcase available for this battery?.....i cant go with the sides of my phone being exposed

Manufacturer's Site

Best place I've seen to buy it

Xak · Jul 19, 2010

Got my 3500mAh over the weekend, which I pre-ordered last month direct from Seidio. So far, it seems to hold a massive charge, about double the stock HTC battery and the 1750mAh Seidio which I also have (which does not have a noticeably longer runtime than the 1500mAh HTC, IMO).

The back door seems fairly high-quality, and has the smooth but textured finish similar (but not identical) to the stock Evo back. It clicks into place more solidly than the stock one, and thus requires more force to remove as well. It does add a lot to the thickness of the unit, which may or may not be acceptable to you based on your own personal preference.

Personally, I'm very happy to have double the battery life and am willing to have the additional weight and thickness. I used to own massive Palms and Handspring Visors, after all

sanjsrik · Jul 19, 2010

Xak said:
Got my 3500mAh over the weekend, which I pre-ordered last month direct from Seidio. So far, it seems to hold a massive charge, about double the stock HTC battery and the 1750mAh Seidio which I also have (which does not have a noticeably longer runtime than the 1500mAh HTC, IMO).

The back door seems fairly high-quality, and has the smooth but textured finish similar (but not identical) to the stock Evo back. It clicks into place more solidly than the stock one, and thus requires more force to remove as well. It does add a lot to the thickness of the unit, which may or may not be acceptable to you based on your own personal preference.

Personally, I'm very happy to have double the battery life and am willing to have the additional weight and thickness. I used to own massive Palms and Handspring Visors, after all

When you say "double the battery life" this is based on no more than Seidio's claims that this battery performs as they say. To date they've never published ANY test results about improved battery life. The only one who has ever challenged them is BatteryBoss and Seidio tried to rip him a new one saying that his results were faulty. There's also been posts where others seem to imply that Seidio is selling batteries of lower mAh with the labels added on.

I think i'll wait unitil someone does some real-world testing on these things. Spending that kind of money on a battery and increasing the bulk are two very important factors.

I'm just curious how come Seidio doesn't come out and defend their battery claims that this is doing what it says it is? They just say that any one who criticizes their battery claims are wrong. No proof otherwisse, like Batterybos actually offered, just "our batteries are high quality" or some such rhetorical PR doublespeak.

My opinion, someone needs to do a real test on these batterires. You can't always trust the manufacturer's claims.

TambourineMan · Jul 19, 2010

Thanks for the update. I went with the cheaper alternative thru MobileCityOnline so I am still waiting for mine.

I assume this will not get Seidio's claimed mAh, but comparing other Seidio 3000+ mAh batteries tested and compared on BatteryBoss, Seidios still did well and almost double most of the other OEM sized ones.

I am wondering if my Amzer silicone case will stretch to fit this battery.

MDbandit · Jul 19, 2010

^^^ same here saving about 20 bucks waiting on mobile city to ship
I too have the amzer. Going to see if i can squeeze that battery in. Because the pic of the extending battery + ext back + hard case looks really BIG

Xak · Jul 19, 2010

sanjsrik said:
When you say "double the battery life" this is based on no more than Seidio's claims that this battery performs as they say.

No. I am basing this on two days of having and using the battery in my device. I am completely open to the possibility that Seidio and other third-party manufacturers inflate their claims to the point of being downright skeptical (for example, I have the Seidio 1750mAh and it barely has the capacity of the stock one).

sanjsrik said:
My opinion, someone needs to do a real test on these batterires. You can't always trust the manufacturer's claims.

Maybe you should buy one and do this "real test" yourself?

My Evo is used constantly countless times throughout the day every day, so can't really afford to dedicate several battery cycles to rigorous, documented testing with controlled usage (the only way to truly "test" a battery, outside of using specialized testing equipment). But, I can say that it is "about double the stock battery." Take that for whatever it's worth to you.

EDIT:
Here's a pic from JuicePlotter from yesterday. I used the phone "moderately" all day, making phone calls, texting, browsing, streaming music. 4G was off, Wifi off, GPS on, accounts are all on push, and SetCPU set to 128-254MHz when screen is off. Also the kernel has undervolting enabled. This is not scientific in any way, it is just FYI.

jbrooks544 · Jul 22, 2010

mobilcityonline says they are shipping mine now, $53.99 pre-order price with free shipping. I'm psyched to get this. I'm not at all worried about the extra 1/4" thickness, not at all. I use a holster anyway, so I don't need some crappy screen protector either.
Battery life now is good, usually left with between 37 and 50% after 18 hours of moderate use. My biggest help is manually float charging the battery when I wake up. That way, I leave the house with 100% charge instead of 90%.

MDbandit · Jul 22, 2010

jbrooks544 said:
Battery life now is good, usually left with between 37 and 50% after 18 hours of moderate use. My biggest help is manually float charging the battery when I wake up. That way, I leave the house with 100% charge instead of 90%.

if you are getting 18hours, why in the world are you ordering an extended battery? People who are buying this would kill to get 18 on their standard battery

hellow0rld · Jul 25, 2010

just got my 3500mah extended battery few days ago...the only issue im having with this battery is not the battery itself, but the seidio back plate speaker hole. There isnt enough holes cut out where the speaker is and when i have my volume turned all the way up, the sound gets distorted trying to "squeeze" through 9 little pre drilled holes. I might have to dremmel the holes a little bigger and see if it helps.

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