I was away earlier this year in England for my grandmother's funeral and had to do a great deal of running around to sort out her business and get the funeral arrangements made and so forth. Since I had not visited there for quite some time I found it difficult sometimes to get around and ended up getting lost a few times even though Google maps helped quite a bit. (Credit to you Brits. When ever that happened someone was always willing to point me in the right direction even if I didn't out right ask). At that time I had my s3 and had brought two spare batteries along with me, and let me tell you. Those were life savers at times when I really needed the extra juice. I had decided before, but that experience just confirmed for me that a removable battery would be one of the requirements for my future phone purchases. So yes. I would buy it again and have recommended it to others who have the same requirements as I do.