Have had my Note 4 for about a year now. Battery life is still really good, but I have noticed a bit of degradation, so I thought I'd just replace it, and bought an "OFFICIAL OEM Samsung battery" off Amazon, threw the old one in the trash, and let the new one charge...
...Well, I dug the old one out of the trash pretty quick... It doesn't hold a charge worth a darn, and runs hot.
The vendor is sending me a new one, but I thought I'd investigate the fakes, as there are apparently many out there. By virtue of what I could learn on Youtube, the new, terrible-performing battery was probably not fake... Hmmm... Maybe not fake, but still a hunk of junk...
Upon closer inspection, they are visibly different. Like the part number of the one that came with my phone ends with "Z" vs. "U".
The one that originally came with my phone says, "Manufactured by SDI, Cell from Korea / Manufactured in China". The new one says, "Cell made in Korea, Assembled in VietNam".
I ran across some reviews somewhere and another person noted that their battery which said "Manufactured in China" was far superior.
Just wondering if I'm the only person that has come across this.
...Well, I dug the old one out of the trash pretty quick... It doesn't hold a charge worth a darn, and runs hot.
The vendor is sending me a new one, but I thought I'd investigate the fakes, as there are apparently many out there. By virtue of what I could learn on Youtube, the new, terrible-performing battery was probably not fake... Hmmm... Maybe not fake, but still a hunk of junk...
Upon closer inspection, they are visibly different. Like the part number of the one that came with my phone ends with "Z" vs. "U".
The one that originally came with my phone says, "Manufactured by SDI, Cell from Korea / Manufactured in China". The new one says, "Cell made in Korea, Assembled in VietNam".
I ran across some reviews somewhere and another person noted that their battery which said "Manufactured in China" was far superior.
Just wondering if I'm the only person that has come across this.