Wife's Galaxy 8 battery is dying and I'd like to replace it. I checked
Amazon and was astonished to see that a new battery AND a tool kit to
use was less than half of what batteries used to cost. Are these
things legit?
jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com> wrote:
Wife's Galaxy 8 battery is dying and I'd like to replace it. I checked
Amazon and was astonished to see that a new battery AND a tool kit to
use was less than half of what batteries used to cost. Are these
things legit?
Yes and no. They're batteries, and they may work... for a while. But >Samsung doesn't make batteries for more than a couple of years after the >phone was released, so after a while all the 'genuine Samsung' stock on the >market is fake (or genuine but ancient which you don't want anyway). They >often lie about their capacity too: as a rule of thumb you won't get much >more than the original battery capacity in the limited space available, so
if somebody is advertising double they're a liar.
I would go with a non-Samsung battery, especially if you can find one from a >brand you have heard of, and run away from anything that claims to be >significantly higher capacity.
If you're buying from Amazon, only look at the negative reviews as there's >lots of fake reviews going on. In particular people who write reviews on >opening the box and haven't tested the battery for the long term.
Theo
jetjock <jetjock@unkown.com> wrote:
Wife's Galaxy 8 battery is dying and I'd like to replace it. I checked
Amazon and was astonished to see that a new battery AND a tool kit to
use was less than half of what batteries used to cost. Are these
things legit?
Yes and no. They're batteries, and they may work... for a while. But Samsung doesn't make batteries for more than a couple of years after the phone was released, so after a while all the 'genuine Samsung' stock on the market is fake (or genuine but ancient which you don't want anyway). They often lie about their capacity too: as a rule of thumb you won't get much more than the original battery capacity in the limited space available, so
if somebody is advertising double they're a liar.
I would go with a non-Samsung battery, especially if you can find one from a brand you have heard of, and run away from anything that claims to be significantly higher capacity.
If you're buying from Amazon, only look at the negative reviews as there's lots of fake reviews going on. In particular people who write reviews on opening the box and haven't tested the battery for the long term.
If you're buying from Amazon, only look at the negative reviews as there's >> lots of fake reviews going on. In particular people who write reviews on
opening the box and haven't tested the battery for the long term.
Most people who write reviews aren't bright enough to actually have a
valid opinion. Plus, of course, the reviews are undated.
On 9/4/2023 10:35 PM, The Real Bev wrote:
If you're buying from Amazon, only look at the negative reviews as there's >>> lots of fake reviews going on. In particular people who write reviews on >>> opening the box and haven't tested the battery for the long term.
Most people who write reviews aren't bright enough to actually have a
valid opinion. Plus, of course, the reviews are undated.
The problem with reviews is legendary - where the happy people don't generally bother and the unhappy people don't provide enough detail.
I can only say I've bought batteries for Android phones which had
replaceable batteries and the name brand batteries cost more because they
had the NFC antenna on them - so I bought no-name batteries.
They worked fine.
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