Accessories Sprint carrying extended battery

Mr. Ed · Nov 4, 2010

Wingzfan61 said:
It depends how you take the pieces off Ive noticed. If you push down in the middle and pull you dont weaken the clasp. I work there as a 2nd job so I just swapped mine out when I wore down the first one. Plus I get those cases with the belt clip for 12 bucks so its a hell of a price for me.

That crystal one looks pretty nice and alot easier to mod for the battery. Hows the clear hold up to scratches? The biggest issue with clear ones I have is they get extremely scuffed up and show after a few days.

Last night our Sprint rep was in and said Sprints due to release a case for the extended battery soon and Best Buy might be getting them. If so Ill be happy as hell and will love this new battery.

keep me posted on that...you might be buying me one too

this case is pretty hard core...i'll post some pics this weekend

for those with the seido...be careful...from what I understand that back is a good bit larger than the sprint back. I don't have one to compare but remember the sprint back tapers at top and bottom back down to the stock size

AHWagner · Nov 4, 2010

Was in a local Sprint store yesterday and the guy said that they got 5 extended batteries Monday and they were sold out within a few hours. He said he doesn't know when he'll get more in. I never knew Sprint produced these, but apparently they are new to Sprint also.

Hunterbeav · Nov 5, 2010

I don't understand why so many people would buy the sprint battery for $55 when you probably get the same mah with the $10 3500mah battery. Am I missing something here

AHWagner · Nov 5, 2010

Quality?

stanglifemike · Nov 5, 2010

I've had my $10 ebay battery and cover for a couple of months now. I can easily go over 24 hours up time and around 10 hours awake time. Also, my phone with the extended battery cover still fits in my docking station. Best $10 I ever spent. Take a silicone case and cut out a square in the back and then you have protection. If you drop your phone the only thing that will scratch is the ebay battery cover...and they are dirt cheap

. Battery life is not getting any worse either, this $10 battery/cover are holding up great!!

AHWagner · Nov 5, 2010

I gave in and bought the extended battery from Sprint. They had a deal that if you bought two or more accessories you get 25% off each accessory. So with the extended battery, I bought the screen protectors... only cost me like $52 bucks.

I just got done fully charging my stock battery. So now I'm charging the extended battery. I'll report back with my findings.

Hunterbeav · Nov 5, 2010

AHWagner said:
Quality?

it comes from the same battery maker.

Mr. Ed · Nov 5, 2010

Hunterbeav said:
I don't understand why so many people would buy the sprint battery for $55 when you probably get the same mah with the $10 3500mah battery. Am I missing something here

In my case...5 items off of ebay= 3 of which didn't work and 2 that didn't ship. I have the comfort of a 30 day return policy...and a battery cover that fits inside a standard cradle

it's prolly worth mentioning that this thread was created about the sprint battery. The other batteries have their own respective threads lol

though I always encourage some opinions

cookie_monster · Nov 6, 2010

this thread is intended for the battery from sprint... from my times i have had off ebay buying things for my evo its easier and better to know that i paid more and know it working and if it dont i drive 2 miles and the issue is fix not having to e mial ship wait hope and what else comes from the head problems when i get things off ebay and the time i waste by the end i spend less paying 55 for a battery and get a 30 mbg!!!!!!! so if we could stick to the sprint battery the ppl who come here to talk about the sprint battery and learn about makes it easier for them if you want to talk about e bay batterys here ya go just two of the many you can go to talk about them batterys please keep this to the sprint battery its fine when you talk about both in comparision to each other but not just from them ebay things

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-accessories/213478-bought-3500-mah-battery.html

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-accessories/210533-quality-1800mah-battery-ebay-might-worth.html

AHWagner · Nov 6, 2010

Been using the extended battery for 12 hours, still have 80% battery life left.

igzekyativ · Nov 9, 2010

Mr. Ed said:
So far so good. Will provide more soon. Battery is at 52%. Been using the phone nonstop for 5hrs

nice LOTR font!

Mr. Ed · Nov 10, 2010

So a week with the battery now and I am super pleased with the battery itself. The issue I notice tonight is with both covers. I can not get top corner by headphone jack and bottom on that side to both snap in flush. When top snaps in.....bottom pops out....bottom pops in and top comes out. Anyone else having this issue?

Going to try and go by the sprint store and see what they say...maybe swap covers.

AHWagner · Nov 10, 2010

Yeah, the extended battery back cover doesn't sit as flush as the original battery back cover. I noticed that too.

Mr. Ed · Nov 11, 2010

I stopped by today and they swapped me some new backs that are much better

Mr. Ed · Nov 11, 2010

22 1/2 hours...and I am not even trying to conserve

cookie_monster · Nov 11, 2010

so it seems like with the sprints 2600 mah battery your getting the same results or close as in those chinesse 3500 mah batter but less hassel as in how to charge or have to use a external charger and not go weeks to start to see the battery life that you want

Mr. Ed · Nov 12, 2010

I can't really accurately compare as I do not have a 3500 mah battery

but by what I have read I would agree with that statement.

AmericanHero · Nov 17, 2010

The Sprint 2600 mah is an awesome battery. This is all you will ever need. My phone still fits in my holster and car docking system. I highly recommend it. I am on service calls all day, and this thing just goes, and goes, and goes. (pink bunny beating on drum, enter stage right)

Dr. Who · Nov 17, 2010

AmericanHero said:
The Sprint 2600 mah is an awesome battery. This is all you will ever need. My phone still fits in my holster and car docking system. I highly recommend it. I am on service calls all day, and this thing just goes, and goes, and goes. (pink bunny beating on drum, enter stage right)

Same here! The Sprint battery works great.

Also, if I went with the 3500 mah battery, I would have had to buy a new holster and car dock due to larger size.

Mr. Ed · Nov 18, 2010

Dr. Who said:
Same here! The Sprint battery works great.

Also, if I went with the 3500 mah battery, I would have had to buy a new holster and car dock due to larger size.

AmericanHero said:
The Sprint 2600 mah is an awesome battery. This is all you will ever need. My phone still fits in my holster and car docking system. I highly recommend it. I am on service calls all day, and this thing just goes, and goes, and goes. (pink bunny beating on drum, enter stage right)

which car dock and holster are you using now?

btw ..battery is easily giving me 22 hrs of heavy use...i pushed it to 30 hrs a couple of days ago

that_maynard · Nov 18, 2010

Mr. Ed said:
which car dock and holster are you using now?

btw ..battery is easily giving me 22 hrs of heavy use...i pushed it to 30 hrs a couple of days ago

22 hours of heavy use is great!!

I haven't searched for it, but obviously the 2600 is a bit smaller than the 3500 battery. Anyone have any side by side pictures?

Mr. Ed · Nov 18, 2010

that_maynard said:
22 hours of heavy use is great!!

I haven't searched for it, but obviously the 2600 is a bit smaller than the 3500 battery. Anyone have any side by side pictures?

my grammar sucks...it really should be "22 hours WITH heavy use" 9+hours of use on 22 hours charge....

I know you know what I meant....but someone would have said something lol

Mikey P · Nov 22, 2010

Got mine from the Sprint website on Thursday. After a full charge and discharge and another full charge, I am going on over 2 days of use. No, I am not a super user, but I do email, facebook and play my music through it for about 4-5 hours a day while at work. Internet, a little bit of angry birds here and there, check my yahoo fantasy teams. I could not be more please with this battery. Also, you get a black and white battery cover with it. AWESOME!!!

Palmetto Fellow · Nov 22, 2010

Hunterbeav said:
it comes from the same battery maker.

He probably meant QUALITY CONTROL.

The $10 battery may not meet a particular standard, and could have been rejected. It could have then been sold in bulk to someone who then had thousands of EVO back covers pressed and sold it as a package in eBay for $10.

This is all speculation though. Many of the $10 eBay specials are doing pretty good.

With the Sprint battery, one would hope that a higher percentage of them turn out to be really good.

that_maynard · Nov 24, 2010

So any pics comparing 2600 to 3500? I know how big my 3500 is, but I haven't made it into the store to check for myself.

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