Need a replacement battery for a Samsung Galaxy S3

[SamQuint]

I need a S3 replacement battery but need to find a reliable online retailer that sells actual OEM Samsung batteries. NO KNOCK-OFFS.

Or if you know of a really good reliable third party battery maker that you use and trust I would like to know that as well.

I hope to spend less than $25.

I looked at Amazon and the prices are all over the place and so are the reviews. They all say original Samsung OEM but half the reviews will say they or knock-offs or refurbs.

 

[pmark]

I had the same concerns but I ended up getting the anker one with the charger and the extra battery. it works fine and holds its charge as long as my original battery did.

 

[ChronoReverse]

Anker batteries have been great in my experience and many people recommend them on XDA.

 

[poofyhairguy]

I recommend just getting the OEM charger and battery:

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Batter.../dp/B0089VO7QU

Never had an S3, but I bought this same thing for my S2 and later my S4 and both times I was really happy with it.

 

[WelshBloke]

Get the official 3000mah one while youre at it.

 

[Zaap]

Another vote for Anker. I've had no trouble with them. (S3 and Note 3). I've also used Hyperion in a Note 2- no problems there either.

If you care at all about using NFC make sure you get a battery that's NFC capable.

 

[SamQuint]

Thanks guys for the input. Much appreciated

 

[Oyeve]

Ive used amazon for my s3 batteries. Legit OEM.

 

[WelshBloke]

Ive used amazon for my s3 batteries. Legit OEM.

Amazon's always been pretty amazing to me if anything does go wrong. They just tend to refund me and let me keep the goods. As long as the description tells you they are genuine Samsung branded you're pretty safe.

 

[SamQuint]

The issue I have is that there are multiple listings for the stock OEM battery. However every single one has reviews that said they got either a fake OEM or a refurb and that the battery did not work as good as the original. Even if you change your search results to show only the ones sold by Amazon.com you get tons of horrible reviews.

In any case I would get something sold directly from Amazon since they are decent about returns/exchanges.

 

[LtMikePowelll]

Why not order straight from Samsung website? That way you won't get cheap knock off. http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/cell-phones-accessories/EB-L1G6LLABXAR

 

[SamQuint]

I should have posted that first. The Samsung website has them but when you add them to the cart they say they are on BACKORDER!

 

[Zaap]

As long as the description tells you they are genuine Samsung branded you're pretty safe.

Strongly disagree. Amazon is getting as bad for fake crap and misleading discriptions as eBay.

I thought the same thing when I went to buy a replacement s-pen once... that if it says "by Samsung" and OEM and genuine and all the rest then its real. WRONG.

S-pen I bought was a total fake.

http://www.amazon.com/Original-Repla...dp/B00G31PZ28/
I've noticed since there's tons of these fakes floating around Amazon. That add looks like the real deal- that's a fake S-pen. Basically if you want the real deal, it will not cost significantly less than retail in proper packaging and it will not ship from China.

I have no doubt that many "Samsung" batteries sold on Amazon are fakes as well... just read through the reviews.

Personally I have more trust for Anker and other brands that are actually genuine. Samsung stuff you really have to watch out for pirates.

I'd say its just Samsung, but last year I also bought a "genuine" power adapter "by Apple" for my rMBP off Amazon. Fake.

 

[SamQuint]

Thanks Zaap

That was my suspicion, that Amazon was letting a bunch of these resellers sell fake crap. They must not police this stuff.

I think that Amazon waits for a bunch of negative reviews before it does anything. Then the seller will probably just pull the product and then repost it with a new listing. I keep seeing lots of these battery listings with a low number of reviews. Even when there is only 30 reviews sometimes 40% are 1 and 2 star ratings. WTF, if it is an OEM battery there should never be a 1 or 2 star review. Even if the reseller was late shipping I would think you would only get a 3 star. If it were a true OEM battery almost all of the ratings would be 4-5 stars.

Unless Samsung has huge lots of bad replacement batteries something funny is going on.