HTC Thunderbolt, 1700mAH battery. Efficiency?

[Bateluer]

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/04/14/htc-thunderbolt-1700mah-battery-now-available/

They claim you don't need to replace the battery cover. Wonder what its efficiency rating is? Not too badly priced compared to the Seido and HTC Extended bats.

 

[dguy6789]

It has slightly less capacity than the stock battery.

 

[Bateluer]

It has slightly less capacity than the stock battery.

What do you base this on? There's no efficiency % on their site.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

isnt' capacity in mAh or coulombs? I mean what does efficiency % have to do with anything? Maybe I'm stupid, but because I work in PV, I'm drawing a blank and I don't see why in the world we need to care about efficiency right now

 

[AstroManLuca]

Wasn't there some website where a guy tested all the ACTUAL capacities of aftermarket "extended" batteries and found that many of them were actually smaller than the stock batteries they're meant to replace?

 

[Bateluer]

Wasn't there some website where a guy tested all the ACTUAL capacities of aftermarket "extended" batteries and found that many of them were actually smaller than the stock batteries they're meant to replace?

Yep, I remember reading it. Its why I created this thread. A 1700mah batter that actually is 1700mah would be a nice upgrade from the stock battery that doesn't require a new battery door or make the phone larger. Comments in the Droid Life article seem to claim that the 1700mah battery is worse than the stock, and it probably is. I just wanted some concrete numbers.

 

[Binky]

http://batteryboss.org/

 

[Soccerman06]

Only trust OEM batteries on their ratings. Most 1700mah batteries are in the 1400 range. The larger ones can be decent but arent anywhere near 3500mah.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Not worth your money. Get an OEM battery.

 

[lothar]

You really want to take a chance on a "no name" Chinese knock off?
Stick with stock OEM batteries.

 

[Pliablemoose]

I gotta tell you, the OEM extended battery struggles with the Thunderbolt.

I still <3 it though, it's so flipping fast, it still blows me away. Hell, I'd likely lug around a motorcycle sized lead acid battery so I could use it.