UTStarcom 2200 mAh battery

[TurboFool]

I was referring to Phil's 3200mAh battery for the 6700. And I was referencing the price I've seen the battery everywhere that's not Sprint. Granted, I would obviously buy it wherever it's most affordable, but odds are if there were a 3200mAh battery it wouldn't be available from Sprint for $49.99.

[canospinach]

Originally Posted by PhilR8

The advantages of a battery with more capacity outweigh the physical bulkiness. I've had the 3200 mAh battery for my 6700 for almost a year. It makes the 6700 grow from big to humongous. Even so, I've never had my battery go dead since. And I overclock, use push email, and tether all day.

Bulky is easy to get over if your phone never dies.

If your USB tethered then the USB would be maintaining your battery if not trickle charging it during periods of low use.

Remember the cardinal rule of Li-ion batteries:

Each time you plug them in you are taking away 1 cycle of its charging life. These batteries dont get a "Memory Effect" any more but they do have the lowest amount of charging cycles of any battery technology. Which is why in a perfect world we run them totally dead prior to connecting them to any source of power. Off the top of my head i want to say these batteries will be between 500-700 cycles but it could be even lower than that (do the math, plugin 2x per day thats 700+ cycles in a year).

On the flipside old NiCad batteries had the worst memory effect but had 1000's of charging cycles!

[TurboFool]

Most liIons are, indeed, around 500 charge cycles before they start to lose capacity. For a person like me that's about a year and a half, which has always been about right, in my experience.

[joethebob]

Anyone seen a holster that would accommodate the extended bulge with this battery? I'm still leaning toward a seddio just because for this reason.

Yea, I just have 4 OEM size batteries...that's 6000mah and a tiny arse phone.

[ehanhan]

Maybe its just me but there isn't enough battery time in the world to compensate for that cancerous growth on the back of your mogul .

[alabij]

Originally Posted by ehanhan

Maybe its just me but there isn't enough battery time in the world to compensate for that cancerous growth on the back of your mogul .

If use your phone purely to be productive then it wouldn't bother you. If you are conscious about what others think it may bother you. Neither situation is bad, to each their own.

I use the 2200 batt, at first I was like "wow" thats a bulge, but after a few weeks it feels normal.

[jokergp]

does mogul still fit in da orginal holster????

[jbbosu]

Originally Posted by TurboFool

I'm going to need to get one of these soon, as the included battery's life is awful. But that battery look so damn big...

True..I'm not sure how I feel about that. I'd have to see it in person. I'm a college student, so I'm usually not away from a charger for long.

Isn't there another like 1750amh battery out there that's the same size as stock?