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

[Bob Toxen]

Go to Battries Plus on Pleasant Hill in Duluth.  They always take great
care of me - except for my iPhone battery 4gs that requires soldering.
It will be going to UBreakIFix.com in Duluth 770-580-fix1 (3491).

Bob

On Tue, Oct 07, 2014 at 02:17:16PM -0400, 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. 
> 
> Neal Rhodes
> MNOP Ltd
> 
> 

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