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Hey, thanks for the heads up on this! It looks like a pretty good deal. Even if the battery doesn't last for more than 6 months, it would be a better deal than buying the original battery.

Great info, i saw that on ebay about 2 weeks ago and was just too skeptical.  Now the batteries I don't need, the rep i usually deal with at sprint just had one sent to me at no charge so I now have 2 but 2 more couldn't hurt.  The charger is what i've been wanting and so far sounds like that wouldn't be a bad idea.

i just ordered it.... its a must have item for every owner.

btw i hated it that i had to click on 124 buttons ( checkout, complete checkout finish checkout whatever checkout........ what the ****?)

I've used some super-duper cheap-o batteries many years ago in a motorola and a nokia phone, advertised as "made in China with Japanese cells"  I foud the batteries to have better life than the original Moto cells.

Two things concern me, though, if you don't know where the cells in the batteries are coming from.

1.  Remermber the "burning notebooks" not all that long ago?  And these were name-brand cells.  If your house burns down while charging a name-brand phone with batteries made by the manufacturer, you have someone to sue...  If something similar happens with these, "Who ya gonna call"?

2.  Battery life is heavily dependant on how they are charged.  Rate, to what level? (Is the charge tapered at the end of the charge cycle as the battery temp increases, etc.)  I know for your $3 battery it really isn't an issue, but if you go putting your good battery into a charger that doesn't monitor battery temp, charges too fast, or slightly over-charges each time, the life of that "good" battery could be shortened also.

Don't get me wrong, I'll probably buy an after-market battery myself at some point...   But I would also be careful about charging near curtains etc.

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Nice! Thanks for this. Never mind the batteries, your case is the shizzle! Where did you find such a thing? I like the little android character and the Google logo on the back. Can you find this online?