I have recently bought 3 batteries on eBay sold as Samsung original "bulk" (without the blister). The stock one which I got with the phone says "made in Japan" and weighs 33 gr. these other ones say "made in Korea" and weigh 27 gr. so the question is: does anyone know if original batteries are made in Korea too and how much they weigh?
TIA!
If they are not the same weight or less they cannot be original
That's what I was thinking too but was looking for confirmations..
My original battery is made in Korea and finished in China - weighs 32.8g
The supposed 1800mAh ebay battery (1400mAh hour from online testing) - weighs 29.8g
It appears your Korean battery weighs less than my original and also my cheap ebay battery which is a surprise.
Oh yes forgot to add: all of them say "finished in China".
Anyway what's still making me unsure is that these batteries come from a reputable eBayer who is also selling lots of (for sure) original Samsung stuff. Moreover, other reputable eBayers are also selling the same "bulk" batteries...
They are selling for € 15 compared to the other ones coming in the blister which are going for € 19.90. I would have much more happily bought these other ones but they were out of stock anywhere the moment I bought mu SGSII and now I am not sure what to think about (and what to do with) these batteries.....
Sheesh..
xdapao3 said:
Oh yes forgot to add: all of them say "finished in China".
Anyway what's still making me unsure is that these batteries come from a reputable eBayer who is also selling lots of (for sure) original Samsung stuff. Moreover, other reputable eBayers are also selling the same "bulk" batteries...
They are selling for € 15 compared to the other ones coming in the blister which are going for € 19.90. I would have much more happily bought these other ones but they were out of stock anywhere the moment I bought mu SGSII and now I am not sure what to think about (and what to do with) these batteries.....
Sheesh..
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The original one which came with my phone says made in Korea finished in China. Where it is made if no indication wether if it's original or not. This is mine. Can you post pics of yours so I can see and compare with mine?
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I asked about Korea because shouldn't original batteries being made there too it would have been a first sure indication of it being fake
Anyway, apart from the weight there are a couple of subtle differences between the 2 series of batteries but I am not sure they are clearly visible from the photos.
The connectors are slightly different (a bit narrower on those "made in Korea") and the stickers on the batteries have upper corner cutouts on the stock one while they have not on the "Korea" ones.
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I asked about Korea because shouldn't original batteries being made there too it would have been a first sure indication of it being fake
Anyway, apart from the weight there are a couple of subtle differences between the 2 series of batteries but I am not sure they are clearly visible from the photos.
The connectors are slightly different (a bit narrower on those "made in Korea") and the stickers on the batteries have upper corner cutouts on the stock one while they have not on the "Korea" ones.
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Based on the batteries I've seen going hunting for original ones I think the one on the right is the original one. odd because all the batteries I've seen that are original are made in Korea.
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The one on the right?? The one on the left is the stock one which came with the phone in a sealed package and which weighs the apparently "correct" 33 grams!!
Anyway, I have contacted the eBayer and I am sending them back at my expense and buying 3 new ones in blister (which he now has available)
I've seen authentic Samsung batteries for the Galaxy S2 made in the following areas,
Made in Korea
Made in Korea, Finished in China
Made in Japan, Finished in Korea
Made in Japan, Finished in China
its all about supply and demand
From what you posted, what you purchased seem to be legit to me.
I would never recommend buying any batteries off eBay whatsoever your very likely to get burned.
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I've seen authentic Samsung batteries for the Galaxy S2 made in the following areas,
Made in Korea
Made in Korea, Finished in China
Made in Japan, Finished in Korea
Made in Japan, Finished in China
its all about supply and demand
From what you posted, what you purchased seem to be legit to me.
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In fact the issue, here, is not where it's made (it's now clear Korea is a legit origin and that never was what really troubled me) but the weight. 6 grams lighter, that's a lot for an item of 33 grams!
jonny68 said:
I would never recommend buying any batteries off eBay whatsoever your very likely to get burned.
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True but sometimes, and especially for very new smartphones, it's not easy to find them locally..
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The one on the right?? The one on the left is the stock one which came with the phone in a sealed package and which weighs the apparently "correct" 33 grams!!
Anyway, I have contacted the eBayer and I am sending them back at my expense and buying 3 new ones in blister (which he now has available)
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To be sure of an original get from a trusted seller or have your Samsung service center order one for you.
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xdapao3 said:
In fact the issue, here, is not where it's made (it's now clear Korea is a legit origin and that never was what really troubled me) but the weight. 6 grams lighter, that's a lot for an item of 33 grams!
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Is weight seriously a consideration? Let me weigh mine when I get home. will report back in a bit.
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Amazing! You were right all along. The original battery that came with my phone made in Korea is exactly 33 grams! And the spare original battery I bought from a local store where they offered 6 months warranty is also 33 grams. I kinda doubted the store (although there was warranty and it came with retail packaging wasn't cheap though - $47) but now I believe them!
Edit: Both made in Korea finished in China. Finish and build identical (the one that came with the phone and the spare).
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And just to add more confusion, my 33 gram original Korean (finished in china) battery label looks the same as the one on the right in your picture, although this is a possible design change unlike the 6g lighter spec
pbrown77 said:
And just to add more confusion, my 33 gram original Korean (finished in china) battery label looks the same as the one on the right in your picture, although this is a possible design change unlike the 6g lighter spec
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Mine also looks like his battery on the right. I think the important thing to consider is the weight?
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pbrown77 said:
And just to add more confusion, my 33 gram original Korean (finished in china) battery label looks the same as the one on the right in your picture, although this is a possible design change unlike the 6g lighter spec
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I did not give much weight (pun intended ) to these cosmetic differences. These are, after all, "internal parts" and design changes happen all the time and cosmetic differences are almost a given when the parts are from different sources..
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Mine also looks like his battery on the right. I think the important thing to consider is the weight?
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that's the thing, 6 grams over 33 are a "major" spec change if it was genuine. Imagine being able to tout an even lighter SGS2.. That new POS iPhone 4S is just 3 grams lighter and they are advertising it as "faster, lighter ecc"
Point is, specs like these don't just change this much from one factory to another.
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Hey all,
As you know the Galaxy S 4G, Giorgio Armani, and a few new Galaxy S phones all have 1650mah batteries that fit in our VIbrants perfectly.
A person in the I9000 has located a store that sells them and is now relisting them on ebay in batches of 5 every one or two days.
If you want a replacement battery, this is a GOOD one. It offers 10% more juice over the stock battery you have and fits WITHOUT any additional battery cover or anything. It is original straight from Samsung
Price is 26 Euro which currently translates to $38.50. It is shipping from Europe.
Enjoy. I just bought one
LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260766906555
so how was it?
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Its way too much expensive. I just prefer cheap chinese batteries on Ebay. I am carrying one additional one with me and not anymore having battery problems.
fatihaky said:
Its way too much expensive. I just prefer cheap chinese batteries on Ebay. I am carrying one additional one with me and not anymore having battery problems.
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Yup. Most of the China made batteries are much more cheaper than this & have better capacity. However, some are not in full capacity as listed but some are like Yoobao, Kingmax & Momax.
However, I may get one Samsung Galaxy SL battery 1650mAh in my place here for around USD15.00 only. I bet it can fit into our Vibrant.
Where is that you are getting the 1650 mah battery for $15?
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Where is that you are getting the 1650 mah battery for $15?
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Yup. I got the offer from one of the mobile phone shop here. However, after double check with them that the Samsung Galaxy GT-I9003 battery can't be fixed into our Vibrant due to the size is a bit thicker. Same as GT-I9003 thickness is more than Galaxy S GT-I9000 & Vibrant. No luck I guess.
Please confirm that you can charge the battery. A lot of other batteries, from the 4G or Fascinate, for instance, will work for the phone, but will not charge.
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4G-SGH-T959V-Battery-p/smsng6102990.htm
Cool, 3 batteries for 35 bucks...can put two on ebay and keep mine for free.
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Anyone want to set up a group buy? I want to buy.it but don't need 3.
Dang! Nice find there. That seems to be original which is good.
I'm thinking of creating a group buy for these. I already have mine and it's great so I will either a. Buy 10-15 and resell them invidually on ebay for around $15-20 with the shipping included or b. Get orders here and split the cost.
That is if enough people are interested of course.
Just a quick note, that site has 2 batteries.for the sgs 4g with one being aftermarkwe(the one for 8) and the other being oem, which os.on the site for.20. Anyone know what the difference is between them?
I am in for a group buy, but like some one mentioned will there be a problem to charge these batteries in Vibrant?
No. The batteries WILL work correctly for charging.
get 3, a laza wall charger and you will never plug it in again ...except when transferring files
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Hey all,
As you know the Galaxy S 4G, Giorgio Armani, and a few new Galaxy S phones all have 1650mah batteries that fit in our VIbrants perfectly.
A person in the I9000 has located a store that sells them and is now relisting them on ebay in batches of 5 every one or two days.
If you want a replacement battery, this is a GOOD one. It offers 10% more juice over the stock battery you have and fits WITHOUT any additional battery cover or anything. It is original straight from Samsung
Price is 26 Euro which currently translates to $38.50. It is shipping from Europe.
Enjoy. I just bought one
LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260766906555
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No offense, but I'm almost totally certain that this is not a Samsung original battery. The Spanish translation is absolutely wrong and literally makes no sense. Compared to the factory battery, which is correctly translated, it is glaringly obvious. Samsung has better translators in Spanish than the Chinese factory that cranked out these reasonably convincing fakes. They have improved the look of the label itself, but the tell-tale faulty translation is still there verbatim from the Chinese fakes that I bought myself.
Well you are wrong. This is from the i9000 forums. The guy is a regular xda member there. Pretty sure they are legit.
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Well you are wrong. This is from the i9000 forums. The guy is a regular xda member there. Pretty sure they are legit.
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Well.. I have to ask the obvious question:
Is this guy from the forum fully bilingual and has he personally examined the point? I have both batteries myself, so I speak from experience, and it makes no difference to me on a personal level, but what I'm saying simply is true. The fakes are poorly translated. The factory originals are correct. I'm not trying to pick a fight. Just a public service announcement, so to speak.
I don't think they are OEM batteries.
Why don't these batteries show how many mah they have?
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Why don't these batteries show how many mah they have?
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That's one of their multiple flaws which distinguish them from the originals. I think, as I recall, the do have a rating, but it's not accurate. They also should have a serial number, but these are fake also. Both mine are identical in serial number. Like I said, I'm not looking for a fight here. I'm simply trying to make sure that anyone who buys this knows what they are getting.
I bought two and complained about my list of problems, which I've not enumerated in total in this thread, and they were rather minor, considering the price, but because the item was falsely portrayed as Samsung, the seller refunded my purchase price, plus shipping.
Ok. So, I just bought a new battery from an Aussie seller (4-digit) for a original official battery.
Battery came wrapped in plastic & in a small A5 envelope.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18362015/_MG_2403.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18362015/_MG_2402.JPG
I compared them to the original that I received with the phone (its quite similar but there are some differences in the font & the "1650mAh" in MG_2402 looks tad wonky.
What do you guys think? Was I dropped into a fake? or is it just because its from another country's battery..
Actually how much you paid for? I have a spare original battery(judge by the original samsung battery package), both made in Korea and finished in China. your new arrival battery is made from Japan..
there are those that are made in Korea entirely, and there are those that say "made in korea/finished in china".
they do look pretty alright to me... how much did you pay for it? price is *usually* a pretty good indication of authenticity (in that if you got it really cheap it is usually fake).
I paid $40 for them..
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Ok. So, I just bought a new battery from an Aussie seller (4-digit) for a original official battery.
Battery came wrapped in plastic & in a small A5 envelope.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18362015/_MG_2403.JPG
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/18362015/_MG_2402.JPG
I compared them to the original that I received with the phone (its quite similar but there are some differences in the font & the "1650mAh" in MG_2402 looks tad wonky.
What do you guys think? Was I dropped into a fake? or is it just because its from another country's battery..
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Samsung genuine battery has to be packed like this.
The one on the left looks fake. I just recently bought a battery from a reputable shop and it looks exactly like the one that came with the phone. Also, both my batteries look like the battery on the right in your picture. I assume the one on the right is the original one that came with your phone? Doing this all based on my own batteries and your pics.
The one on the left looks fake to me because the font is bigger than the one on the right. Also the font color of the left one is whiter than the right which is kinda gray.
The one on the right is the one that came with my phone.
The one on my left came from an eBay store here in Oz (4-digit). They have a positive score of 99.5%...
Not really sure though. Been using the 2nd battery I bought over the last couple of days, I cant see a huge difference.
I'm just worried about knock-offs as I dont want this battery blowing up while I use it.
The one on the right is the one that came with my phone.
The one on my left came from an eBay store here in Oz (4-digit). They have a positive score of 99.5%...
Not really sure though. Been using the 2nd battery I bought over the last couple of days, I cant see a huge difference.
I'm just worried about knock-offs as I dont want this battery blowing up while I use it.
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Ah! I guessed right even without you telling! I think it's fine even if the left one is fake. Either that or its from a different production line.
Did you write them about your concern? If it explodes you can always sue. Hehe!
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I think both the ori and fake all made in China... Since the phone is made in China....
And if you all look it carefully, you can see those below the made in japan or korea/finished in china actually read: ensamblado en china/montado na china...
And the one made in Korea will die at 56% (from 100% with voltage showing at 2760mV, lower than the original Japan 3400mV at 1%)....
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I think both the ori and fake all made in China... Since the phone is made in China....
And if you all look it carefully, you can see those below the made in japan or korea/finished in china actually read: ensamblado en china/montado na china...
And the one made in Korea will die at 56% (from 100% with voltage showing at 2760mV, lower than the original Japan 3400mV at 1%)....
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I acquired the same Korea/China and comparing to my original China/Vietnam it lasts much shorter than original. One time it died at 30% - I mean phone showed 30% and then switched off without any notice.
Hi, I bought a couple of batteries through ebay that were advertised as being samsung originals. The seller is from Hong Kong and has very good feedback rating.
Interestingly, inside the package came the two batteries I ordered wrapped together in a small bag marked as 'original'. Along, inside the same package came another battery in its own small bag that was marked as 'copy'.
Upon closer inspection of the three received batteries I can say that the third one, the one marked as 'copy' looks as if produced on the same batch as the other two, the only difference being that its label wasn't applied properly as it has a bit of slack.
Now, comparing the three received batteries against the original that came with my phone I found some clear differences. See the picture below.
The first of the received ones is still charging in the phone. I haven't noticed any overheating or anything unusual. I think it will take some time to notice any performance differences though, I'll try to remember and report them here.
Am I right in thinking these are fakes? What do you think?
How much did you pay for these batteries? Real OEM replacement battery should look like this,
I would only trust the sellers on eBay that is from Korea.
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How much did you pay for these batteries? Real OEM replacement battery should look like this... I would only trust the sellers on eBay that is from Korea.
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The ones I got didn't look like those at all. It looks like I was sold fakes. I paid $79 usd per each I'm still waiting for a reply from the seller before I post negative feedback.
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The ones I got didn't look like those at all. It looks like I was sold fakes. I paid $79 usd per each I'm still waiting for a reply from the seller before I post negative feedback.
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Are you able to check the weight difference compare to your OEM battery? I have read that China fakes have a smaller battery packed inside and will weight a few grams lighter.
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The ones I got didn't look like those at all. It looks like I was sold fakes. I paid $79 usd per each I'm still waiting for a reply from the seller before I post negative feedback.
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Man. 79X2 bucks are best spent in drugs and dirty sex.
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Are you able to check the weight difference compare to your OEM battery? I have read that China fakes have a smaller battery packed inside and will weight a few grams lighter.
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This is actually a brilliant idea. Haven't thought of it before but it makes complete sense. Original batteries should weight exactly the same and different than fake ones.
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Man. 79X2 bucks are best spent in drugs and dirty sex.
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Ok, I just checked again and I had paid $79 for the two of them, not each ... so that means I got conned for the right price
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Are you able to check the weight difference compare to your OEM battery? I have read that China fakes have a smaller battery packed inside and will weight a few grams lighter.
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I don't have a scale but I feel they weight about the same. I just spent a few hours testing one of the fakes and they do have decent performance, I'd say about 10% less than the original.
Still waiting for the seller's reply... funny thing: he does have another listing for the same battery and he includes pictures on how to tell between fakes and good ones so that means he is aware now. I'm still giving the benefit of the doubt here.
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Ok, I just checked again and I had paid $79 for the two of them, not each ... so that means I got conned for the right price
I don't have a scale but I feel they weight about the same. I just spent a few hours testing one of the fakes and they do have decent performance, I'd say about 10% less than the original.
Still waiting for the seller's reply... funny thing: he does have another listing for the same battery and he includes pictures on how to tell between fakes and good ones so that means he is aware now. I'm still giving the benefit of the doubt here.
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Deffo a fake imo.
lexi250 said:
How much did you pay for these batteries? Real OEM replacement battery should look like this,
I would only trust the sellers on eBay that is from Korea.
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Yes currently only we Korean sellers have original batteries.
so anyone can confirm that this korean seller sells GENUINE battery or does someone have a link to another Ebay seller with genuine batteries?
Final5k said:
so anyone can confirm that this korean seller sells GENUINE battery or does someone have a link to another Ebay seller with genuine batteries?
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The guy in HK I'm dealing with (yqmama) has apologized for having sent me "B-class" batteries and has now sent me a couple of "Samsung-Original US model" ones. I guess it will take another two weeks for them to arrive. Will be reporting here when they do.
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The guy in HK I'm dealing with (yqmama) has apologized for having sent me "B-class" batteries and has now sent me a couple of "Samsung-Original US model" ones. I guess it will take another two weeks for them to arrive. Will be reporting here when they do.
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Good to hear. I bought the $4.99 one and it looks exactly like yours.
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The guy in HK I'm dealing with (yqmama) has apologized for having sent me "B-class" batteries and has now sent me a couple of "Samsung-Original US model" ones. I guess it will take another two weeks for them to arrive. Will be reporting here when they do.
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Ok sounds cool...let us know after you tested them.
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Yes currently only we Korean sellers have original batteries.
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You have 40 posts and I'm 99.9% positive that you work for one of the your country's sellers like SGP.....
I would generally disregard sellers that promote their own products.
Anyways, that South Korean Seller has 99.2% feedback and 215 sales, which is crap.
I found a nice OEM battery from a USA SELLER for $30 free shipping and he has
99.5% feedback and 8300+ sales.
You do the math. Instead of taking the word of a South Korean Sales Rep, look at the stats
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so anyone can confirm that this korean seller sells GENUINE battery or does someone have a link to another Ebay seller with genuine batteries?
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I just ordered the battery & charger pack from se*stage, Korean seller on ebay. It is listed as GENUINE. $62.99 US. Hope they are not fake ones. It's a little bit risky, there are not many feed backs for this seller yet. I'll report back how they are when I receive them. One of the reasons I ordered from se*stage is I need charger too.
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I just ordered the battery & charger pack from se*stage, Korean seller on ebay. It is listed as GENUINE. $62.99 US. Hope they are not fake ones. It's a little bit risky, there are not many feed backs for this seller yet. I'll report back how they are when I receive them. One of the reasons I ordered from se*stage is I need charger too.
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A US seller from TX is selling them for $30 and be has 8500 feedback with 99.5% positive feedback. I bought one, its better than buying Korean or Chines counterfeits
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A US seller from TX is selling them for $30 and be has 8500 feedback with 99.5% positive feedback. I bought one, its better than buying Korean or Chines counterfeits
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I knew the US seller has much much better feedback. Just can't wait that long to get it. The US seller uses "USPS First Class Mail International", and the Korean ships with Fedex. I'm in Canada. It takes about one week with Fedex and at least two weeks by USPS. Plus, I need charger too. Anyway, I will warn everyone in XDA if the Korean ships me counterfeits and report to eBay.
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I knew the US seller has much much better feedback. Just can't wait that long to get it. The US seller uses "USPS First Class Mail International", and the Korean ships with Fedex. I'm in Canada. It takes about one week with Fedex and at least two weeks by USPS. Plus, I need charger too. Anyway, I will warn everyone in XDA if the Korean ships me counterfeits and report to eBay.
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Thanks. I'll do the same likewise with the TX seller. I was going to go with the Korean Seller until I read the posts of that annoying Korean sales rep.
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Thanks. I'll do the same likewise with the TX seller. I was going to go with the Korean Seller until I read the posts of that annoying Korean sales rep.
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LOL!!! I got exactly the same feeling as you did about that post.
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A US seller from TX is selling them for $30 and be has 8500 feedback with 99.5% positive feedback. I bought one, its better than buying Korean or Chines counterfeits
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so is the item you're talking about sold by trendzzz?
the print quality of the word 'samsung' looks just like the knock off from gnz's very first post in this thread.
and it looks like it doesn't have the same polarity etching as gnz's original battery
This is all i have to go off right now as my phone hasn't arrived yet (praying it comes today lol) Will check my own original battery and compare when I get it.
just posting this in case someone jumps at buying the Texas battery without looking carefully.
I'm thinking the QR code on the battery could somehow be used to verify its authenticity? Dunno if a consumer can take advantage of this or its just something samsung can do to verify their batteries.
Another Korean eBay seller just posted the OEM battery for $31.99 which is what is supposed to sell for! I'm sure this is OEM since he sells all Samsung OEM accessories. shimshop.
I'm ordering the charger stand and battery!
Can some recommend between these two ?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Gal...026077?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item257218ecdd
http://www.ebay.com/itm/SAMSUNG-GAL..._MobilePhonesCasesPouches&hash=item2c67109370
i think it's better to buy first one because there is bigger capacity.
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i think it's better to buy first one because there is bigger capacity.
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Except for the fact when you open the first one up, you will find a battery inside that is only about 1000 mAh. If you want to go down this route, get one shipped direct from HK and pay about 13UKP
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultra-Thi...280?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a78dde570
The genuine Samsung one gives me about 12 extra hours, the cheapo one from HK about 6.
Also, the cheap version has a very weak point on the top right hand corner that will almost certainly break. It won't stop the unit from being useable, but it is anoying. The Samsung part has a much more solid construction in this area.
Genuine ones can be had for a bit less too;
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Samsung-P...653?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item41654256cd
Hope that helps, Phil
Sorry, just seen that you are based in the US, so the UK listed item is probably not much help
I saw selling on ebay copies of the book cover equal to the original ; It lacks only embossed Samsung logo .
http://www.ebay.it/itm/221940188127...28934099&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&rmvSB=true
because they cost about 10 € , compared with € 40 on amazon but original , I wanted to know if it was appropriate including these fake copies , if the only difference was the lack of the Samsung brand.
someone did try / buy / views these copies of the original book cover ?
I have this one
On alieexpress. My wife has the original and I have this one. I cannot see the difference between the two. Also the number of orders and amount of feedback provides confidence.
Also Aliexpress has a pretty good buyers protection.
edit: the screen protector included is junk, don't use it.
He has written samsung ? does the packaging as the original ?
I finally I got to 40 € the original one from amazon . On aliexpress unfortunately it takes 30 days for shipping .
I recently bought the original 8" case from ebay UK, for £15.95 (21 euros) (23.45 USD)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-O...051684?hash=item2eef4943a4:g:MQwAAOSwvU5XNFUQ
The listing is currently showing as ended. But, maybe contact the seller to check when extra stock will be available.
Or search ebay (whichever country) for EF-BT715PBEGWW
There are still available at around half the price of Samsung's own site.
I got an original samsung cover on eBay for $17.99. I'm assuming it's real because the quality is amazing. It was brand new but not in original packaging.
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I bought a fake one on ebay, and it was very easy to scratch. It looked identical to the OEM one with the Samsung logo and "Made in Vietnam" text, but I only needed to drag my fingernail across it to leave a permanent mark. I bought a real one from Best Buy and it is much more durable. I can drag a fingernail across it without leaving any marks. You can definitely tell the difference.
tiffanydawnn said:
I got an original samsung cover on eBay for $17.99. I'm assuming it's real because the quality is amazing. It was brand new but not in original packaging.
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tiffanydawnn said:
I got an original samsung cover on eBay for $17.99. I'm assuming it's real because the quality is amazing. It was brand new but not in original packaging.
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If it's doesn't come with the original package, it's not original, many of these cases from china do offer real good quality, but doesn't mean it's original.
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Zagzagel said:
I bought a fake one on ebay, and it was very easy to scratch. It looked identical to the OEM one with the Samsung logo and "Made in Vietnam" text, but I only needed to drag my fingernail across it to leave a permanent mark. I bought a real one from Best Buy and it is much more durable. I can drag a fingernail across it without leaving any marks. You can definitely tell the difference.
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I have the original one in white, i have it about 10 months now, still 98% new, just the corner slightly discolored, won't be using it any more in the next few day, I will be trading my S2 soon, it's showing sign of the weird functionality and sometimes go haywired, although cosmetic looks is like 100%, and I hate going through samsung repair center, they are a pain.:fingers-crossed:
Even the fake one will likely come from the same factory and made of the same materials. Ghost shift production is a real thing.
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Even the fake one will likely come from the same factory and made of the same materials. Ghost shift production is a real thing.
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I agree with this comment, it's how china and many countries make extra money, out of the contract with the large companies.