Seidio Has 1750 mah batteries for Sprint, Verizon & T- Mobile Available for Pre-order

[appzattak]

Also, you should ask yourself, why doesn't HTC offer one of these???? Must be a reason.

[sjescott]

I have the OEM HTC unlocked world phone. What concerns me is whether or not this battery is model/carrier specific? I know that the HTC batteries supposedly are. I called seidio and their line is that they have as of yet not tested this battery with the OEM phone (they don't have that model to test with), so they can't guaranty anything. Is there any reason why I should be cautious here?
Thanks

[snovvman]

Originally Posted by sjescott

I have the OEM HTC unlocked world phone. What concerns me is whether or not this battery is model/carrier specific? I know that the HTC batteries supposedly are. I called seidio and their line is that they have as of yet not tested this battery with the OEM phone (they don't have that model to test with), so they can't guaranty anything. Is there any reason why I should be cautious here?
Thanks

I bought two spare batteries, marketed for Euro/World TP2, and they work/fit fine in my Sprint TP2.

[imnuts]

Originally Posted by sevin7

Looks like a scam. If the battery can fit under the stock cover, than it can't possibly be physically larger than the stock battery (unless they made it a tad bit thicker... but there is presumably a good reason why HTC's engineers didn't do that) . The extended Seidio battery and the stock battery are both lithium ion batteries, so they have the same energy density.

While I agree with most of your post, they could have increased the energy density of the batteries slightly, which would account for the slightly increased power rating for the same size. Whether they actually did this or not is another question. The one thing you would have to worry about though is the increased energy density of the battery would also increased it's potential to explode or fail prematurely.

[2kmy477]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

The difference in actual battery life will be too small to actually notice.

I have 4 of their 1500 batts for my old TP's & they are great batteries, but really aren't enough bigger to really give any noticeable extended life (you need to go to the extended back setup for that)

~John

+1.I used to have the Seidio's 1500mAh extended battery for my Diamond and the 1650mAh for my Mogul,did not notice any improve in battery life w/these batteries compare to the OEM's.

[2kmy477]

I got one from this place last week,it's a true HTC OEM battery,works great.

http://www.thecellguru.com/Products/15906.

[8notime]

I will probably order the Seidio extended battery, but not until they have the multi function charger available for it. I don't want to have to be swapping batteries in and out to keep them charged all the time.

Here's the one for the TP1: http://www.seidioonline.com/product-...3htchx1-bk.htm

[orlandojumpoff]

Originally Posted by sevin7

1800mah, 1750mah, 1500mah - These are all ratings by the battery manufacturer. These ratings are not controlled by any specific standards. HTC did not skimp on the stock battery, they just rated it properly. Over rating battery capacities is like ATT and Verizon both telling you that they have the "fastest" or "biggest" network. There is no regulation on rating your batteries! Don't waste your money. It may be a very high quality battery, and it may add an ever so slight amount of extra battery life, but it sure is expensive.

I posted this in response to another thread about this battery before I saw this one:

http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=86913

Looks like a scam. If the battery can fit under the stock cover, than it can't possibly be physically larger than the stock battery (unless they made it a tad bit thicker... but there is presumably a good reason why HTC's engineers didn't do that) . The extended Seidio battery and the stock battery are both lithium ion batteries, so they have the same energy density.

Battery makers love to over rate the capacity of their batteries, but the truth is two batteries using the same chemical composition of the same size, will have almost identical power capacities. Unless of course one of the batteries is very poorly made, which is not case the case with the stock TP2 battery.

To the people who are buying it: Conduct a controlled experiment with the stock battery and the new one, and I bet you won't find much of a difference.

i bet htc could've put a 1500mAh battery in the tp, but they didn't. they could've put an led flashlight on the tp2 like they did the tp, but they didnt. haven't you realized HTC does whatever it wants? i think people are just expecting too much with these batteries. i had one for my mogul and it added a couple hours which is all u can ask for.

besides... these batteries are made in japan arent they? i bet HTC's are made some place where they could save the most money

[Gulanowski]

I'd be on this if it was a larger bump in mah. 250mah isn't that big of an increase. Say it was a 3200mah like they did for the Titan, then you'd really be onto something with considerably longer battery life.

That's what I'm waiting for, the big beastly battery that makes the phone like a brick

[sevin7]

Originally Posted by orlandojumpoff

i bet htc could've put a 1500mAh battery in the tp, but they didn't. they could've put an led flashlight on the tp2 like they did the tp, but they didnt. haven't you realized HTC does whatever it wants? i think people are just expecting too much with these batteries. i had one for my mogul and it added a couple hours which is all u can ask for.

besides... these batteries are made in japan arent they? i bet HTC's are made some place where they could save the most money

HTC has a reason for the things that they do, they are not dumb. The lack of flash on the TP2 most likely has to do with target audience and design implications. Take a look at the TP1 battery, it is about half the size of the TP2 battery(explains its lack of power). Go do some reading on batteries: http://www.batteryuniversity.com/
I've done my research because I have an obsession with flashlights, and batteries are a very important component in flashlights. the point is this:

Two batteries that are the same physical size that contain the same chemical composition (both lithium ion) will have about the same energy capacity. One battery could have a slightly greater energy capacity if it had a thinner case (safety hazard).

I have the OEM HTC unlocked world phone. What concerns me is whether or not this battery is model/carrier specific? I know that the HTC batteries supposedly are. I called seidio and their line is that they have as of yet not tested this battery with the OEM phone (they don't have that model to test with), so they can't guaranty anything. Is there any reason why I should be cautious here?
Thanks

sjescott - > As long as the battery has the same dimensions ( it almost definently does), then the battery will work. The batteries all run at the same 3.7 volts.