Accessory Advice

Cell Phone Batteries

Most posts relate to a specific item we have checked out.  This one is more general.  Cell phone batteries are one of the few necessary accessories.  Without a battery or charger, your phone is nothing more than a paper weight.  Cases, holsters, covers, headsets, and antennas are all great and make phones more useful, but they are not in the same league as a battery and a charger.

Because batteries are the lifeblood of a cell phone, choosing your battery carefully is important.  Not all batteries are equal.

It is generally a safe bet to purchase an OEM (one made by the company that makes your phone) battery.  As long as you dont get a counterfeit unit, and there are a lot of these out there, these batteries should provide the promised talk and standby time. 

Most aftermarket batteries are a safe bet as well but you want to be sure and check out the company behind it.  If it is a name brand you cant find any info on, I would stay away from it.  The lifeblood of your phone can also be the death of it if it is a bad unit.  It is not a pretty site to watch your phone melt down and catch on fire because you had a substandard battery.  That $9 battery just cost you $200 in a phone not to mention any burns you might have because it was in your pocket.

There is a good resource on cell phone batteries here.  Personally, any company that does not stand behind their batteries enough to guarantee replacement of the phone in the event the battery damages it is not worth buying from.