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You can buy extended life batteries for most phones, which double the life of the battery. They come with a replacement cover; the normal battery cover can't be
by mike-cardwell 15y ago
You can buy extended life batteries for most phones, which double the life of the battery. They come with a replacement cover; the normal battery cover can't be used, because the batteries are about twice as thick and stick out of the phone.
It makes the phone thicker, but that's a price worth paying. I have one in my HTC Desire Z, and I had one in my G1 before that. They're surprisingly cheap. On the scale of about $15. I had three of them for my G1, so I had no problems going camping for a week, and not having access to a charger.
- jscore 15y agoI think you missed his point. He wants a device off the shelf to do what it's capable off without dying.
- mike-cardwell 15y agoI did not miss the point. Most people don't seem to realise that extended life batteries exist, so thought there would be some value in mentioning them. If anyone is interested, there is a picture of my HTC Desire Z with an extended battery fitted in a blog post I just wrote here: https://grepular.com/Extended_Life_Phone_Batteries https://grepular.com/Extended_Life_Phone_Batteries
- andybak 15y agoI'd be happy with a thicker phone but extended life batteries have to be much thicker than if the phone had originally designed with a larger battery in the first place. The replacement back cover leaves lots of wasted space inside the case.
- evilduck 15y agoMophie for iPhones does a reasonable job at design compromises vs. extended capacity utility: http://www.mophie.com/ http://www.mophie.com/