New black HTC OEM Batteries? I have one...

[igotsanevo4g]

Well, i swapped in my hardware faulty Evo for a new one that works great and im happy with it.

But i got a mysterious replacement Evo in the mail today (I'm just gonna send it back) and i peeked inside and there was the usual goodies ; Usb cord, wall charger adapter, and....

A BLACK OEM HTC 1500mah Battery!

I dunno if new Evo's are shipping with them, or its just the replacements but i have now have a red and a black HTC branded battery for my evo.

I'm gonna see if its any better than the stock red ones and ill update you guys in a few days after putting it through the ringer.

Anyone else have one of these bad boys?

Just to show I'm not BS'in I took both pictures wif my evo

 

[Jerzyiroc]

 

[igotsanevo4g]

I know right!

 

[Jerzyiroc]

I'm guessing they're just using the regular 1500mah batteries from the HD2?

 

[igotsanevo4g]

I'm guessing they're just using the regular 1500mah batteries from the HD2?

Noooo idea.

Is that what HD2 batteries look like?

 

[Jerzyiroc]

I believe so. I had a friend that went from the HD2 to the Vibrant. I remember using his HD2 battery once for my Hero and it looked exactly like that. I could be wrong though. But maybe they figure they could save money by just using the same battery for multiple phones instead of doing the fancy red battery that nobody really sees anyway lol.

 

[igotsanevo4g]

I believe so. I had a friend that went from the HD2 to the Vibrant. I remember using his HD2 battery once for my Hero and it looked exactly like that. I could be wrong though. But maybe they figure they could save money by just using the same battery for multiple phones instead of doing the fancy red battery that nobody really sees anyway lol.

I hope not lol.

I hope its a super doooper battery that will last me 2 days with heavy use hahah.

 

[eldub1]

Ok. Different color,so........ what's makes it different from my stock battery?

 

[igotsanevo4g]

Ok. Different color,so........ what's makes it different from my stock battery?

Dunno yet. It has different model and other numbers. I'm gonna see if its any better.

 

[Verdes8891]

They look exactly like the chinese batteries i bought off of ebay for 10 bucks. With the HTC inovation written on them as well

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk

 

[igotsanevo4g]

They look exactly like the chinese batteries i bought off of ebay for 10 bucks. With the HTC inovation written on them as well

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk

Mine came in a sprint box haha

 

[ManxMariner]

I posted on this about a month or so ago when my replacement came with a black battery. I kept both batteries when I returned my old EVO.

 

[pwnst_r]

Boring. I prefer the red.

 

[NxTech3]

Its the same battery that is in the Touch Pro 2 and the HTC Hero. same 1500 just different color. The battery was wrapped red so it went with the phones back housing. Sprint and Asurion have TONs of the older black ones, why would they buy more red ones just send with the Evo?

 

[skife]

Its the same battery that is in the Touch Pro 2 and the HTC Hero. same 1500 just different color. The battery was wrapped red so it went with the phones back housing. Sprint and Asurion have TONs of the older black ones, why would they buy more red ones just send with the Evo?

x2, same battery for the Touch pro 2, hero, and EVO

HTC probably uses it in alot more than those.

 

[drjb74]

I received the same thing when i got my replacement EVO. I called Sprint to ask if they were different, and after getting to someone in tech support, they told me the same thing. HTC made the batteries for the EVO in red to match the inside housing. They are, for all purposes, the same battery. I was having an issue with my EVO rebooting, and the battery would get quite warm, so I sent it back with the old phone. I did not want to use it in the new one.

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

Looks like I'm late to the party, but the black and red are the same. Red is just colored to match the internals. Confirmed by Sprint and Tessco (a third party accessories dealer).

 

[Jerzyiroc]

Not the same battery as the Hero. The Hero only had a 1350mah battery.. I WISH it came with a 1500. Would have helped me out plenty in the past lol

 

[Caitlyn McKenzie]

Isn't this the same black battery as the one in the Android Central store already? And now there's a red one as well?

 

[igotsanevo4g]

Damn. Lol, I was hoping HTC made a new battery.