[ale] [Semi-ot rant] Why is obtaining a cell phone battery such a degrading experience?

[Paul Cartwright]

On 10/07/2014 02:17 PM, Neal Rhodes wrote:
> Am I the only person that keeps their android smartphone more than a
> year?   Because the new ones aren't any better and I'm grandfathered
> into an unlimited Verizon data plan?
>
> But try to get a battery - sheesh.
>
> After looking all over, I call BatteryMonster and they swear these are
> new OEM batteries.  
>
> So, I order 2 of them.
>
> Today they showup:
>     The color of the label is wrong.
>     The label doesn't fit snugly on the plastic case.
>     They BOTH have the SAME serial#.  My two genuine HTC batteries
> have different ones, and the later one has.......wait for it....... a
> higher serial#.
>     That Serial number is LOWER than the serial number on my original
> battery which is now three years old.
>
> In short, these are obvious counterfeits.  They copied the same label
> from years ago and slap it on every one they crank out.
>
> I dunno.  What do I expect.   I call HTC and they say they aren't
> making replacement BTR6425B batteries anymore.
>
> But given that these batteries are known to sometimes explode and
> burn, one would like to avoid unknowns.
>  
what kind of phone is it?? I have my Galaxy S3 still.. wish I could root
it, never have been able to find instructions that work. at least it got
Kit Kat recently..

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Paul Cartwright
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