Mobile Phone spares company advice needed

[Matt_B]

My Galaxy S3 battery is only charging intermittently after two year's use and, not wanting to replace it or tie into a new contract, I want to replace the battery. This company seem cheap, has anyone dealt with them before?

 

[spionfox]

You can get similar capacity versions on eBay or Amazon at around that price or less. The 'issue' for me would be the extra physical size as it wouldn't fit in my car kit then. I bought a similar battery a year or so ago and it lost its ability to charge after about three months. That's the thing with cheap compatibles I suppose.....

 

[Matt_B]

You can get similar capacity versions on eBay or Amazon at around that price or less. The 'issue' for me would be the extra physical size as it wouldn't fit in my car kit then. I bought a similar battery a year or so ago and it lost its ability to charge after about three months. That's the thing with cheap compatibles I suppose.....

The kit isn't an issue for me but I'll bear in mind what you say about them losing their charge.

 

[Siouxsie]

I had a similar problem with my 18 months old Samsung Wave about 10 months ago, which I wanted to hand down to my daughter who was heading off travelling. We bought a compatible ( but not particularly cheap) battery off the internet and it worked well for only about 3 months, then started needing daily, or more, charging, then it expanded until the cover would no longer fit on the phone.
I have now bought a replacement Samsung battery, which so far appears fine.
I appreciate that this does not answer your question as I didn't buy it from that company but I am a little wary of generic batteries now.

 

[M17TT C]

No way will that be anywhere near the capacity it actually says and would advise going down the genuine route. Samsung are so popular the genuine spares aren't that much.

I had an S2 and you could get a genuine extended battery for that so would presume the S3 would be the same but if not and you do want an extended battery, look at a company called Anker.