<p dir="ltr">The joys of a disposable society. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Oct 7, 2014 2:20 PM, "Neal Rhodes" <<a href="mailto:neal@mnopltd.com">neal@mnopltd.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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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? <br>
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But try to get a battery - sheesh. <br>
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After looking all over, I call BatteryMonster and they swear these are new OEM batteries. <br>
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So, I order 2 of them. <br>
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Today they showup:<br>
The color of the label is wrong.<br>
The label doesn't fit snugly on the plastic case.<br>
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#. <br>
That Serial number is LOWER than the serial number on my original battery which is now three years old. <br>
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In short, these are obvious counterfeits. They copied the same label from years ago and slap it on every one they crank out. <br>
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I dunno. What do I expect. I call HTC and they say they aren't making replacement BTR6425B batteries anymore. <br>
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But given that these batteries are known to sometimes explode and burn, one would like to avoid unknowns. <br>
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Neal Rhodes<br>
MNOP Ltd<br>
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