I bought a replacement battery on eBay from a company named "el-future" for about $6 shipped. Got it and it really is bad - very poor battery life. el-future is no longer in business so it will be interestng to see if PayPal can get me my $6 back.
Anyone have a recommendation for a replacement battery? I'll try another one on eBay - but what seller should I try?
After gradually losing battery performance over 2 years of intensive usage of my N800, and reading around in the various posts here, I decided to go for the pricey but genuine Nokia replacement battery. It's $44.99 on Amazon via a vendor called SF Planet.
There may be some great deal out there on a cheap clone battery, but i was happy to pay a premium to reliably return to the very long battery life I originally enjoyed on the N800.
I did that with the charger ^^. I paid almost 50% more for the original thing, but when it comes to electricity in my gadgets I prefer to be safe. Other stuff can be chinese knock offs for all I care, If they do the job.
Well, PayPal got me my $6 back for the knockoff Chinese battery and I bought a new battery (supposedly an original Nokia battery) from SFPlanet.com. I saw a discount code on CNET (code is CNETPROMO and you need to put it in the BOTTOM coupon entry box at SFPLANET) and that took the price down to $34.15 shipped. Not a bad deal IF the battery works as well as my original one did when I got my N800.
I did that with the charger ^^. I paid almost 50% more for the original thing, but when it comes to electricity in my gadgets I prefer to be safe. Other stuff can be chinese knock offs for all I care, If they do the job.
If Sony/Nokia/Panasonic (Matushita) can't make a safe battery, your intent to buy safe by purchasing only name brands has little validity. It is all throwing dice when it comes to buying lithium batteries.
If Sony/Nokia/Panasonic (Matushita) can't make a safe battery, your intent to buy safe by purchasing only name brands has little validity. It is all throwing dice when it comes to buying lithium batteries.[/QUOTE]
That is the point that I have expressed in earlier threads.
