Nakedcellphone 2400 mAh Battery w/cover review
 

I was going to order the Seidio 2000 mAh batter and cover but since shipping to Hawaii was going to cost me $20, I decided to get the one from Ebay sold by Nakedcellphone - EXTENDED BATTERY 2400mAh FOR SPRINT HTC TOUCH XV6900.

I got it at the $69.99 price with the $5.95 shipping and received my item in 5 days. My item came in yesterday and was charged over night so I don't know the actual time to fully charge it. From 7a to 4p with only few calls the battery percentage at 100% did not drop. For the next 2 hours I connected to my Slingbox full screen and max volume (I'm actually surprised I didn't lose any connection) I got it to drop down to 70%. So far its working GREAT!!! I connected back to my Slingbox again almost another hour and I think I'll still be over 50%. I'm not going to charge it tonight... we'll see how it goes for another day.

The Overall thickness brings it to about 3/4 of an inch with the extended battery. Personally I thought the original was too thin for me. The feel of the cover is the same and snaps on fine. There is a small gap from the eye of the camera so it is not flush. The speaker hole does not have any surrounding inside so there is lots of space where the sound can bounce around. I can't tell if there is any difference though.

If I can figure out how to make a flush push button LED light by the camera eye I just might... there's enough room for it.

I don't know the nakedcellphone guy and not trying to sell them. Spending over $40 on a cell phone battery is damn expensive for anyone! I'm just giving you folks a review..... Aloha!

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Drain it all the way down, and then charge it. Test it that way. The first charge and initial drain is always the longest on any battery.

--James

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It's great how the back cover has a 'wifi' logo!

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Nice first post.

Please post results on the following day!

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Now you got me interested..

Always wanted a much bigger battery to watch sling with.

Now I can pretty much watch sling the whole day and not worry about the battery life.

Bytheway, if you want to sell your batttery cover let me know I can use that to laser on.

thxs.

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Ok since this was the very first charge I'll try a couple things a few more times. I think on this first charge I was able to get almost 5 hours of Slingbox time and I may have made / received calls and used the internet for about 30 minutes total. I would think the slingbox would use the most power with the cell being connected and streaming video but let me know if you have any other suggestions. I'm on the basic JD rom with the rev a and gps and have Tomtom 6. I'll see how that works but getting a signal does take some time and I don't think I even drive more than a half hour. More later....

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Nice to see someone beat me to it.
Mine should be coming in the mail next week (hopefully - Canada customs drag their heels sometimes)

Good news to me that it seems like a good product, buyers remorse sux.

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This help me for the sound, I do think it makes a difference... Sorry for ppics.

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if anyone gets this battery, please post a review. http://www.buywirelessnow.com/smartw...cessory/298685

it has an HTC battery cover as well.

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I'm sorry to say that this is the first thing I noticed in the pics, too.

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LOL!!!!!! That was exactly what I said...I was getting ready to order a battery and I was like 20$ for shipping!?!?! the damn thing costs like 4$ to ship.

Then I said ahfugedaboudit!

I managed to get by with my regular battery by just getting over the urges to use to non stop.

I'm sure if I had a bigger battery i'd have a lot more fun though.

Thanks for the tidbit on the ebay battery! I might take the plunge!

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Well I got mine last Friday - not much time to really stress the first charge - but it lasted until today before needing its second charge. Seemed to really not get below 30% for almost a full day of my usage (subjective to my habits)

So far so good !! And I am impressed after being used to chargin at minimum once a day, sometimes twice.

And to add, the bigger case cover is just like the oem one. Same rubberized coating feel.
excellent fit and quality IMHO

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Just wondering if this seller is modifying the battery door to fit the Sprint Touch. Mugen Power http://www.mugenpowerbatteries.com/ is still only showing the Elf extended battery. I also read several threads somewhere else where posters showed communication with the mugen supplier and they had no plans to make one for the Sprint Touch.

"I am sorry that you may have been misled. We are the North American distributor for Mugen Power products. We also believe that there is a desire for the battery to work with the Sprint Touch. But, because Sprint made small modifications on their product that is specific to their market, Mugen has found that the investment to develop a cover for this device outweighs the possible sales return for it.

This may leave a nice opening for our competition. But it is only the Sprint version that the battery cover does not fit. On the HTC version (available in Canada from Telus), the battery and cover fit fine.

You also have to take into consideration the life cycle of a device. By the time a cover could be developed and on the market, the Sprint Touch would be yesterday's news (so to speak). I believe that is what Joey_720 was trying to say. And it is also important to know this is the reason why we are working on the development of batteries for the HTC Touch Cruise and HTC Touch Dual.

If you have any other questions, please feel free to let us know. We'd be glad to help.

Mark
Customer Service"

This seems to be the only person/place selling these and I was just curious as I am looking for one myself.

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http://www.lionbattery.com/descripti...noproduit=1610

Holy crap is it ever expensive!! But, if the Seidio battery at 400mah less is too little then you have a Sprint Touch fitting back cover at a premium. Or the more obvious choice and buy from Nakedcellphone.

Damn! Just noticed that they are using EXACTLY the same cover that Nakedcellphone has.

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That's ironic. They just added this today! Wondering if it will show up on the Mugen site since their prices are cheaper.Guess the Sprint one will still come with the Wifi Logo.

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Great post....

I have been toying with the idea of getting an extended battery...
I like that they just extend the whole cover unlike some other ones that just extend around the bigger battery... BUT the price tag is kinda steep...

Any impact on the quality of pictures?

Has anyone had overheating issues due to the larger batteries?

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Hehe... (TMZ) alright I took your advice and yes there is a difference. I'm not sure what you used but I used an Eraser Head and kept cutting it down to size until... Walah! Got it!!! I just used rubber cement for the glue... just in case I wasn't happy with it I can easily remove it. Seem to sound a lot better now!

Give me a week or two and maybe I'll perfect a LED light for the camera!

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Cool, (Led light for the camera) Would be nice. I like the eraser. I used a pen top.

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I have a Sprint Touch (CDMA no WiFi) and if I take off the back cover, it almost looks as if there is an LCD there, under the same spot where the mirror is placed.

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Found the extended battery cover by HTC - 12.99 before shipping.

http://www.ordercellphone.com/utstar...pc-342027.html

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I never noticed that before, but if you look at it you can notice that it is attached to the PCB. It very well may have been in the plans for an LED but was scrapped. Makes you wonder if a flash is possible after all?

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So you'd say that is an LCD then? I didn't inspect it, but casually glancing, I thought "Well now that certainly looks like a clear LCD"

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I own both the extended slim 1500 and full extended batteries - both by Sedieo. The first one that I ordered was the full size. It only took a couple of weeks before I was losing charge almost immediately. I called Sedieo, and was sent a replacement. I followed all necessary steps however, the same thing happened. I now use the 1500 daily. I get a full day out of the phone. I am constantly making calls, flipping through Sprint TV, checking my email, etc.

I don't know if I am the only person that this has happened to but, in my opinion, the full-extended battery is a complete rip off. I mean, most people charge thier phones at the end of the day anyways. I always carry my OEM battery with me just in case. The only time that I had to use the OEM is when I was stuck at an airport in Miami. Other than that, I have had no problems.

When I contacted Sedieo to ask them about this, I was told that the heat generated by the larger battery has the tendancy to degrade the lifespan of the Li-ion cells. Now, because of the fact that there are almost double the amount of cells, there is also quite more heat. The slim battery generates no more heat than the OEM battery, thus, rendering it a longer life span. Hope this helped!

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Hey guys, I looked at that also. If I'm not mistaking I've heard other ppc guys talk about that "what looks like a plug in" before. I think they said what it was is something to do with an external antena. Not sure where I read it but somewhere here. Quite a while ago. Hope that helps. T M Z

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Thanks, I was leaning toward the Seidio battery but was debating between the two only because of size factor. But, your information may help me decide otherwise.

I was looking at my wifes blackberry curve and noticed something similar when I took off the back as well and saw that it clearly had to be something else. Oh well. The Diamond has flash and autofocus :)