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Mobile Charger Anything Similar

Is there anything similar to http://www.spigen.com/cell-phone/samsung/galaxy-s3/sgp-portable-mobile-battery-kuel-f60q-series.html
It is basically like a brick that you can plug in your usb and chrages your phone from the 6000mAh battery inside of the brick.
Was wondering if there is anything similar to this but a much cheaper price?

There any loads of options available. Check around Google (not trying to be a smart one), just too many to list)
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8400mah, 10,000mah, 12,000mah, more..

I usually see a couple on eBay for around $20
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Tylt Power plant $59.99 5200mah sprint sells them works very well and pretty decent price considering you have a year warranty through sprint and 14 days to return I got this and a ten dollar pack of zagg screen wipes to get the twenty percent off of both
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I bought this 5200mAh one when Amazon had that twofer with the 7100mAh one for $55. Sleek, smaller than a car garage door opener and has a laser pointer and flashlight built in too. Even now $34 is a pretty good price. Can't post links yet so search Amazon for: New Trent iTorch IMP52D 5200mAh External Battery Charger. I've had it for almost a week now and it's really handy to carry around.

I just bought the Trent iCarrier and got the iMirror for free as part of a promo on Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...eASIN=B003ZBZ64Q&linkCode=as2&tag=dickadam-20

fishfuzz said:
I just bought the Trent iCarrier and got the iMirror for free as part of a promo on Amazon.
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what else do you get for free by clicking your referral link?

Although completely useless for my life, I really want one of those things. I will have no use for it...still want one.
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jcantol said:
Tylt Power plant $59.99 5200mah sprint sells them works very well and pretty decent price considering you have a year warranty through sprint and 14 days to return I got this and a ten dollar pack of zagg screen wipes to get the twenty percent off of both
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I have a charger at home, car, and office and have a huge power problem. For that price I would rather buy two oem samsung batteries as spares.. Which I'm about to do right now..
With my sgs2 I had 3 batteries.. I always have a battery problem..
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Reliable replacement battery and dual charger

Just found this on Ebay: http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Original-OEM...ltDomain_3&hash=item3cca7e925e#ht_2718wt_1397
Unfortunately this does not charge your phone. And I have my doubts with this being the real deal. Which dual charger, so phone dock and battery dock in one charging both would you guys recommend? I could not find any similar topic with these sorts of products.
Oh and yes, this is a question.

Ive had the 2 anker 2200 mah batteries and charger for a few weeks and I really like it. The ankers last just as long as the OEM battery
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Look for the Kidigi dock. It will charge your phone and a spare battery simultaneously
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hmm I've always wanted to get one of these combo packs (battery and charger) - and this seems like a great deal... though being from Hong Kong I'm a little bit skeptical when it comes to original/genuine items.
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Bought the same thing from Amazon, I love it.
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The thing you need to check is that the NFC function works... An original samsung battery should allow the NFC to work, the OEM batteries don't... If you're looking for a cheap extra battery for just the power you can find them for around $3-$4 Aud on ebay. They work fine but don't have NFC antenna...
And just because it says NFC enabled DOESN'T mean t is...

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The thing you need to check is that the NFC function works... An original samsung battery should allow the NFC to work, the OEM batteries don't... If you're looking for a cheap extra battery for just the power you can find them for around $3-$4 Aud on ebay. They work fine but don't have NFC antenna...
And just because it says NFC enabled DOESN'T mean t is...
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You mean the generics don't. Oem are the Samsung ones lol
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Check out my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843896
For now, I would recommend the QCell 2100x2 with Charger since I didnt get to test the Anker and Hyperion yet. Plus the Charger charges the batteries to 100% unlike Hyperion chargers.

Ill post some shots of the Kidigi its awesome no prob from HK. took a bit but thats typical for free ship. Im waiting for an OEM batt w NFC from a domestic seller it was cheap as hell but all his buyers seem happy.
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referring to the first post
The link you provided is the real thing, from what I know, there isn't any fakes of this item from hong kong, these item were on a special offer if you buy a new S3 from a authorised store, and many stores sell them of cheaply without the purchase of the S3.
BG

i say keep waiting for the original samsung 3000mah battery to come out, thats what im doing.

Me too but it is really taking forever
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Here's some shots of the Kidigi charging the spare batt. I'll post some of it charging the phone later.It also allows you to charge the unit with or without a case. The spare batt was not OEM. Didnt really hold a charge and NFC didnt work. Got my $ refunded and said I should keep it. You really cant get around buying it from Samsung. If theres a 3000mah that is the same size as stock that would be great, I wasnt aware of that.
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Charging cables

I understand that not all micro usb cable effiently charge the s3. Do you have any recommendation other than stock option?

most of them should have no problem whatsoever unless you buy them from really low quality manufacturers.
I bought a bunch from monoprice and they seem to work just fine. (6ft cables)

Stay under 5' for best results. YMMV.
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I like the monoprice "premium" series.. Should be around $1-$2 each
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I don't know where to buy a charger!

Hi all,
I need to buy a charger for my SGS3. I need either a genuine Samsung one, or a safe and compatible micro-usb charger with an extended cable. I don't want to get one on ebay because I don't trust the listings, and Amazon's listings have negative reviews where users talking about their chargers have exploded and flown across the room.
I'm UK based so I don't want to order from other countries due to shipping times/costs.
Helpful inputs will be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

Any charger is compatible heck i even use the apple ipad plug and a OEM Htc cable and it works fine
the phone itself regulates all the charging not the charger itself..
but make sure you buy a Hi quality micro USB cable or else you could short your phone

Thanks for the reply, but where should I buy the product from?
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ExperimentalHDX said:
Thanks for the reply, but where should I buy the product from?
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Amazon is one of the best places and by sorting them by highest rated and with the most reviews makes it easy. Or if you want to keep it easy, buy the Galaxy S4 charger (2.1 A instead of 1.0 A!) off Samsung.com and if you register your device, they give you a 50% of promo code for mobile accessories which makes it about $20.
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Thanks for the info :thumbup:
I've seen one on Amazon, I'll get the link for you guys to judge it.
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drx895 said:
Amazon is one of the best places and by sorting them by highest rated and with the most reviews makes it easy. Or if you want to keep it easy, buy the Galaxy S4 charger (2.1 A instead of 1.0 A!) off Samsung.com and if you register your device, they give you a 50% of promo code for mobile accessories which makes it about $20.
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Highest rated + most reviews brought me to this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GadgetinBox...8&sr=8-3&keywords=micro+usb+charger&tag=0u-21
Thoughts?
Thanks

ExperimentalHDX said:
Highest rated + most reviews brought me to this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GadgetinBox...8&sr=8-3&keywords=micro+usb+charger&tag=0u-21
Thoughts?
Thanks
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For the price, it wouldn't hurt to buy one but another thing to look out for is number of reviews, which can say a lot of the quality and utility!
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Found this one on Amazon but not sure if they have it on the UK site. I'll edit depending on if they have it or not.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0073FCPSK?vs=1
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Another good option is to check hotels in your area. People leave behind their phone chargers ALL THE TIME: they're not worth driving back for, and often people won't even bother to have them mailed to them. As a result, pretty much every hotel desk has a box of chargers that they hold on to for people who forgot to bring theirs. If you ask nicely, they might let you pick through it and take one. These are often the brandname chargers that came with the phones.

I noticed that the ones with a lot of reviews seem to be the most untrustworthy, I saw a listing with one that had 60 5 star reviews, but it also had 50 1 star reviews that talked about how the charger has literally blown up and flown across the room or stopped working on its second charge. As for local hotels... There aren't any near where I live
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Can't you just go to some big retail surface around your area and get one from there? Any charger with a microusb will work. The only thing i'd look out for is the 1A charging current (like the original) so the phone finishes charging in in about 2h. Just avoid the real obvious crap ones from shady brands and you should be fine. You can just trade it in if it doesn't work properly. I got a bundle from energizer for a bit less than 20€ (around £17). Had a wallsocket charger with 2 usb sockets (1A), a car charger one (with 1A and 2 usbs too), a rather long cord and several ends to plug just about every device i could think of. Obviously microusb included.

What about the same as the one provided in the original box? It should be safe I think.

Car charger that works?

I wish you a great day..
I have a Sony Xperia Z1 and I find it quite hard to charge.. The problem is, when i am using waze/gps in car my charger is not able to charge device and it is still loosing power. (same problem with N4 or HTC One)
Is there any good (not expensive) charge that does the job? Thank you very much

It's not the price of the charger that is important, it's the output (measured in Amps).
You need to find charger that has an output of 2 amps or more.
Anker make some very very good ones, they are high quality and not very expensive.
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i have this for almost a year http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-Ericsson-Original-AN401-Handsets/dp/B0042AP7F2 even before i had the xperia z1 and i am completely satisfied.
The gps is running and sometimes data too and the battery in the worst case scenario stays the same.

And you'll be able to charge faster using the magnetic cable from my experience
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Faster using a pc usb socket? It should make no difference with a charger.
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