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

[Jim Kinney]

The joys of a disposable society.
On Oct 7, 2014 2:20 PM, "Neal Rhodes" <neal at mnopltd.com> 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.
>
> Neal Rhodes
> MNOP Ltd
>
>
>
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