Hi handaxe, thanks for replying.

Yes, I did let the phone exhaust itself after the first charge. I've since charged again and am now at 47% discharging and I will let it exhaust itself again before a 3rd charge.

The battery performance seems okay though, no complaints there. I just thought for a new battery I should be seeing a higher reading than 1278mAh for a battery that claims 1500mAh.