Extra Batteries - is OEM the best route?

[theduder]

I need an additional battery as I'm sure most of us do. Not helping that we can't touch 5% of it.

Anyway, I generally lean towards OEM batteries. This means ~$25 or so. I have never owned a Samsung phone before - is there another option that should be considered?

 

[scampy]

I bought a couple with a charger for ten99 from amazon. It seems they do not last quite as long as the stock, but at that price... I haven't plugged my phone into ac to charge since

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[Beezzy]

Really? I got 14 hours of Juice out of mine yesterday, thats only the first cycle after I let the batter died completely on Sunday. Turn of Auto Brightness, its not worth it. Thats gonna be your biggest battery drainer. I keep GPS and Sync on all day. Have Fancy Widget Pro Home clock, facebook, twitter, and the Android "News & Weather" Widget running on sync.

 

[BlackHawkA4]

I think seidio would be good. I don't know. They got those OEM sizes with a little more Mah. Anyone?

 

[theduder]

Really? I got 14 hours of Juice out of mine yesterday, thats only the first cycle after I let the batter died completely on Sunday. Turn of Auto Brightness, its not worth it. Thats gonna be your biggest battery drainer. I keep GPS and Sync on all day. Have Fancy Widget Pro Home clock, facebook, twitter, and the Android "News & Weather" Widget running on sync.

Yeah, yesterday was my first work day with it. I had the screen set to the second-brightest setting (brighter than auto). I also have live wallpaper, and a bunch of apps running. I did a 1.5hr conference call on it and it was complaining about needing a charge before 3PM (I took it off the charger at about 10:30AM).

 

[BlackHawkA4]

Ill see mine today. I was in no service areas well buildings all day yesterday. Was pretty good for having no service at all compared to the epic.

 

[KSmithInNY]

I've always used seidio for my 3rd party batteries and been happy with them. I have a friend who swears by Mugen so I was going to try them but after looking into the options, the seidio is 1750mAh and the mugen is 1600mAh.

 

[Wiley_11]

Here's an article from PreCentral on batteries. Most of the 1350 mAh Seidios tested were in fact 1150 mAh.

http://forums.precentral.net/palm-pre/256967-find-out-how-good-bad-your-battery.html

Here's a comparison of Nexus S 1500 mAh, Mugen 1600 mAh, Samsung OEM 1440 mAh batteries.

1440 mAh OEM Samsung battery REVIEW - xda-developers

AB653850CA is the part# for OEM 1440 mAh battery which comes in these phones

# Code / SCH-i220
# Exec / SCH-i225
# Propel Pro / SGH-i627
# Omnia i900 / SGH-i900
# Nexus S / GT-i9020
# Instinct HD / SPH-M850
# Moment / SPH-M900
# Behold II / SGH-T939

I'll be getting an OEM battery and desk charger.

Original Samsung Lithium-Ion Battery AB653850CA / AB653850CABSTD - Samsung Nexus S, GT-i9020

 

[eddieras]

I'll be getting an OEM battery and desk charger.

Original Samsung Lithium-Ion Battery AB653850CA / AB653850CABSTD - Samsung Nexus S, GT-i9020

i was just going to post a question about this seller - great price obviously - has anyone used them before?