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Extended Battery - Pretty Good Deal

I just ordered this off Amazon.
Seems like a good deal, and hopefully will cure the terrible battery issues I've been having.
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-1750mAh-Extended-Battery-Touch/dp/B002USD0GQ

1750mah is hardly an extention for an Evo

HipKat said:
I just ordered this off Amazon.
Seems like a good deal, and hopefully will cure the terrible battery issues I've been having.
http://www.amazon.com/Seidio-1750mAh-Extended-Battery-Touch/dp/B002USD0GQ
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These worked great for me... Last longer than stock, plus charger for overnight charge never plug your phone in again!!!.... Hope this helps...
http://cgi.ebay.com/2x2000mAh-Batte...Accessories&hash=item588b3531d6#ht_5143wt_905

mercuryhayes said:
1750mah is hardly an extention for an Evo
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I thought about that too, but with the problems I'm having, and all the different configs I've tried, my battery gets worse and worse, so I think it may be shot. Even if this is as good as a stock battery, it's cheaper than buying one from Sprint and could potentially be better than a stock.

Hey OP, save your money and check this out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160530677168&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

for 6 bucks, I'll just grab that one too.

Op I bought the 3500 mah on ebay for $7 and been in love ever since.

I have mines and works perfect
got it on ebay for about $8.00 bucks
here http://cgi.ebay.com/3500mAh-Extende...784467?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1c19ca7b13

ok i baught a 3500mah ex battery and it drains so fast my friend said i need to let it die a couple time before i really start chargin it is this true?
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what kind of battery life are you getting? back in the day unrooted i would get max 12 hours with my regular daily use, now i am on MIUI rom and bcblend v8 kernal and getting the following life, it got to 1day 10 hours before shutting off, i have managed to get 1 day 15 hours before with little use....
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casper97ta said:
Hey OP, save your money and check this out
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160530677168&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
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Nice! good find.

Has anyone found a good case to go with the extended battery?
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mrlamar09 said:
ok i baught a 3500mah ex battery and it drains so fast my friend said i need to let it die a couple time before i really start chargin it is this true?
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This us happening to me as well can anyone tell a procedure I can follow for it actually be an etended battery.
P.s. I font have an external battery charger which has been the go to answer
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i just returned the seidio 1750 mah battery, didn't make my battery last that much longer, at most i got an extra 3 hours. Also considering the 3500mah seidio was only a few bucks more, i decided to get that instead.

I don't know how many of you guys are from the MD area but there's a store in the local mall in Anne Arundel and they have or can get about any size/manufacturer battery. Its Cyberion I think, anyway good service reasonable prices and if I have issues I have an actual retailer to deal with. Ive been burned on line too many times I like having a person to deal with when issues or if issues come up.
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sholee said:
i just returned the seidio 1750 mah battery, didn't make my battery last that much longer, at most i got an extra 3 hours. Also considering the 3500mah seidio was only a few bucks more, i decided to get that instead.
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I get 24-38 hours with the seido 3500. I love it. been using it for a few months.

Is 3500 better than 1800?
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tgeigel said:
Is 3500 better than 1800?
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Higher MaH generally means longer battery life. Though that is not always the case with cheaper knock off batteries...
Unfortunately
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tgeigel said:
Is 3500 better than 1800?
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I do not have the 1800 but I have the seidio 3500 and I get almost double the time between charges that I got with the stock 1500. For me it was a great purchase.

sorry, I tried to delete the post but instead now I have two, Rick

Anker 1700mah battery

Has anyone tried these extended batteries? The 1900mah Anker batteries are popular for the Evo 3D but I just did a search in this forum and couldn't find anything.
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1700mAh..._1_3?s=wireless&ie=UTF8&qid=1326405186&sr=1-3

Anyone?
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i have one but not in an evo,i have an htc glacier and my battery las 2 h longer that the stok ****ty one

A few folks in the office here got them for the Evo's and one let me try it for a few days. HUGE improvement over the crap stock battery. I would definitely recommend it.

I think that I might try one myself, did you get this battery yet?

erikemb said:
I think that I might try one myself, did you get this battery yet?
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My friend ordered it but has not received it yet. I use the same brand in my Evo 3D and it's noticeably better than stock.

I replaced my original evo 4g battery that was over two years old with this one and I noticed a big differents in battery life. Also only payed $15 for 2 battery's and a wall charger off eBay.
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awesome I think it is time for a new battery! thanks for the review ill be ordering one soon. do you have a link to the double battery for 15$?

Here you go
http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewitem?itemId=330600102825&cmd=VIDESC&index=12&nav=SEARCH&nid=25923797792
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I have an extended battery, 3500, most I've got out of out it with using it all day was 38 hours.
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I just posted a thread about these actually, I highly recommend, amazing batteries.

I've been using one of these (bought the 2 pack with charger) for roughly 6 months, and have been very pleased with it.
I can't confidently say that it is much better than a NEW stock battery, but considering my stock battery was over a year old, the Anker definitely improved my battery life, vs the stock old one.
I was hesitant about buying a non OEM battery, but I'm very pleased with mine, and for the cost was well worth it.

I have to +1 these being amazing batteries. Got mine for $13.99 on ebay with a desktop charger. I have gotten 24+ hours out of one charge. Highly recommend it!

I should be getting mine 2 pack with wall charger on monday. Can't wait!!!

oOflyeyesOo said:
I should be getting mine 2 pack with wall charger on monday. Can't wait!!!
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From where, and price?
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THREESTRIPEBRAND said:
From where, and price?
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13 bucks.
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-1700mAh...WGJO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1327823527&sr=8-3

Got it in today!!
The charger is interesting, it should fit just about any battery as the prongs will slide left and right, where ever the + and - is on the battery. Then also the bottom part that holds the battery is on a spring and you just pull down the length of the battery.
It charged one of the to 89% pretty fast, probably an hour. Had to take it off for a emergency call.
Ill be able to give a better test soon. I need a fresh flash of CM7 anyways, too much bog and FC's. Probably not good when the main process FC's.

I am still running the same battery that I took off the charger when I made that post. I am at 1 day and 3 hours with 30% left. I haven't really been making any calls, just some txts, most of it was me playing around and flashing different things to make my ICS experience better, using drew's P7. The battery went down fast from 89% till about 60%, but the other battery I got took about double the time to fully charger than with how long this battery has been in my phone. I am excited so far, looks very promising. I think this was a worthwhile purchase, simply for the wall charger, to charge any phone battery!

I'm getting pretty great results with these batteries. I haven't been using my phone too much and lots of idle time. I took a fresh battery off at midnight and went right to sleep. I slept most of the day. When I got up it was at 81 I think after 14 hours. I used my phone here and there for some texts and some small phone calls. I started installing lots of apps and played around with Widgets and settings, it popped down to 59 around that time. I installed juice defender also and I think it only went down a few notches all night till the morning. I haven't done much today besides a couple dozen texts a short and then 20 min call. I'm updating a bunch of apps right now while typing this, its lagging a bit so its slow and took me a few min and lost 1% but I'm also updating 11 apps at once
I am running drews P7, I have been running unvisible tweaks, but I just installed the nifty tweak zip and popped in a fresh battery, so this may be even better battery life now that I got juicedefender and the nifty tweaks. Cant wait to see! Im also thinking about running one of the KANG CM7 roms, as I already got about this with stock battery, I think it could last 3 days if I went back to CM7. God, I can't wait for CM9 and custom kernels!!
Here is what my current up time is.
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Does anybody play games on y'all evo with this kind of batterys?...
Games like spectral souls? .
What if I play this game over 3 hrs do y'all think the battery might get mest up? Or burn my phone?
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QCell 3650mAh T-Mobile Extended Battery / 1980mAh Slim Battery

Saw these ones for T-Mobile version
QCell 3650mAh T-Mobile Extended Battery / 1980mAh Slim Battery
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-T-Mobil...5JSO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1328119391&sr=8-1
http://www.amazon.com/QCell-Samsung...5KAQ/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1328119391&sr=8-2
wonder how well they do
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It says it's for this phone and in the description says not compatible with t989 for the slim battery. Lol.
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Does this require a bigger back case? Or is it the same sz as our stock battery?
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I'd be interested in buying one of these if it were to legitimately double my battery life but it seems a little too cheap.
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Not worth it. Just buy two OEM batteries...
I don't believe in aftermarket batteries from my many experiences of it messing up my phone...it has to do something with the inconsistency of the voltage. That's just me though...
If there is a good reliable aftermarket battery out there I'm open to check it out....

I ordered one should get it by monday the 6th. will test it out and reply with results it was only 20 bucks so my hopes are low but we will see how it turns out

Its be great if this actually worked...especially the slim
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iunlock said:
Not worth it. Just buy two OEM batteries...
I don't believe in aftermarket batteries from my many experiences of it messing up my phone...it has to do something with the inconsistency of the voltage. That's just me though...
If there is a good reliable aftermarket battery out there I'm open to check it out....
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stop buying from a non-reputable company...seido or mugen has been doing this for a long time and their product works.

Ehhh been trying this 3650 QCell battery now nothing great this is moderate to heavy usage
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should be not bad given at this price range.

My friend got one of these. Its the same as the 12 dollar GTMax's, no diff from stock really.
Mugen batteries are probably worth the investment if you use your phone that heavily.

that's odd, cuz i got the qcell galaxy nexus one and also a gtmax version. the qcell one last longer than the gtmax one. perhaps it's luck of the draw. I'm going to give this one a try and see how it is

What is your conclusion after using that battery for a month? Is it better that stock one or worse?
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that's odd, cuz i got the qcell galaxy nexus one and also a gtmax version. the qcell one last longer than the gtmax one. perhaps it's luck of the draw. I'm going to give this one a try and see how it is
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I was actually considering to buy this ... but now I think it's not worth it.

I have also ordered one of these and i should have it on the 16th. I am new to xda so my opinion may be shrugged off but i have had my fair share of ext batteries. When i test this battery out i will post my results. I consider myself a power user so you will have results based on heavy use.
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experience with qcell 3650mAh
I tried this battery out for about 3 weeks and did get noticbly longer battery life about 23 hours+ with heavy to moderate usage so IMO it was worth it ($10) altough i hated the extended battery cover the battery did keep my phone on relatively longer. only issue after about a month I cant charge the battery with my cable anymore, not sure if its the cable or not so im back to stock.
Extended battery 23-25 hours of heavy usage
Stock battery 12-15 hours of heavy usage
Hope this helps Hit thanks if if does

iunlock said:
Not worth it. Just buy two OEM batteries...
I don't believe in aftermarket batteries from my many experiences of it messing up my phone...it has to do something with the inconsistency of the voltage. That's just me though...
If there is a good reliable aftermarket battery out there I'm open to check it out....
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its just u

Here is my update on this Qcell battery from Amazon I have been texting and browsing the web and playing crime city pretty heavily and have gotten fantastic results from this battery. I am using the juggernaut 5.0 ROM and have no complaints about it yet. Does not get excessively hot while chafing using the OEM cord that came with my galaxy s2. Hopefully I answered some of your questions everyone have a good weekend!
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gr4b3nsn4tch said:
Here is my update on this Qcell battery from Amazon I have been texting and browsing the web and playing crime city pretty heavily and have gotten fantastic results from this battery. I am using the juggernaut 5.0 ROM and have no complaints about it yet. Does not get excessively hot while chafing using the OEM cord that came with my galaxy s2. Hopefully I answered some of your questions everyone have a good weekend! View attachment 1069191
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Which one are you using? 1850 or 3650?

pantect said:
Which one are you using? 1850 or 3650?
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Gotta be the 3650

Quick Anker battery review!!!

I recently purchased 2200 mah Anker battery.
First of all, I had recycled this battery 2x so far it is holding up very well. I seem to perform as good as OEM if not better. I weight the battery and is tad lighter than OEM. I can't recall the the exact number but it was really insignificant.
Here are the results do far.
Usage was light to moderate use. More on the light usage side.
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I still have 40% left.
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Oops, gotta change my SIG.
Will post more updates!!!
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Thanks for sharing! Seems Anker S3 battery can last for a whole day under normal using.
i used to have a sensation battery from Anker last year, and it gave extra 4 hours juice compared to the original one.:fingers-crossed:
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btw, searched on Amazon, it's on the first page
http://www.amazon.com/Anker-GT-I930...=1342598323&sr=8-7&keywords=galaxy+s3+battery

seems great
Hahah! Good stuff! I've used several Anker batteries in the past for other devices and I've always been impressed:highfive:

i wish people would review the battery under LTE/4G usage rather than using wifi, thats the drainer there.

fannypoissons said:
Hahah! Good stuff! I've used several Anker batteries in the past for other devices and I've always been impressed:highfive:
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Agreed

I hope they make a 2500-2600 battery just slightly thicker than stock... I really want more than 100mah extra. Nice mini review though thanks!
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My Anker battery gets delivered today. I wished it had NFC but for $9 it can't be beat as a spare battery in need.
Anyone know of a decent spare battery charger that they've used for their S3? I see a few but they come with batteries (which I don't need).
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jayrod88 said:
My Anker battery gets delivered today. I wished it had NFC but for $9 it can't be beat as a spare battery in need.
Anyone know of a decent spare battery charger that they've used for their S3? I see a few but they come with batteries (which I don't need).
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I bought a spare charger from RND Power Solutions.....looks exactly the same as the Kidigi charger that is out there. Unfortunately it will not charge batteries to 100 percent. This seems to be the issue with most of the aftermarket spare chargers out there right now. According to RND, this is because of the different voltage the S3 uses for overcharge protection and they are working on a solution.
You can however buy the Samsung spare charger without the extra battery if you wish. This is the only charger I would trust at the moment:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-ETC-C...UTF8&colid=F2CJFCFQ7QQR&coliid=I2ES5WH6HYBOX5

762x51 said:
You can however buy the Samsung spare charger without the extra battery if you wish. This is the only charger I would trust at the moment:
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-ETC-C...UTF8&colid=F2CJFCFQ7QQR&coliid=I2ES5WH6HYBOX5
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Your link is to a package that includes an OEM Battery.
I purchased that here:
http://www.thecellguru.com/Products/71620
I never heard of them, but their resellerrating score is very high. They were pretty close to me and shipped immediately. My order is due to arrive today.
I think you can also get it at AT&T (in store) for about the same price after a 25% coupon that's floating around.

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i wish people would review the battery under LTE/4G usage rather than using wifi, thats the drainer there.
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I was on a LTE network from 9:30am to 9pm. Wifi network from 9pm to until I posted the review.
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thanks for the info will be testing this out...

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I was on a LTE network from 9:30am to 9pm. Wifi network from 9pm to until I posted the review.
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are you limiting your phone in anyway? that include Juice defender, brightness on lowest setting, turning off syncing etc.

G1_enthusiast said:
are you limiting your phone in anyway? that include Juice defender, brightness on lowest setting, turning off syncing etc.
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Nope. No Battery saving apps.
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jayrod88 said:
My Anker battery gets delivered today. I wished it had NFC but for $9 it can't be beat as a spare battery in need.
Anyone know of a decent spare battery charger that they've used for their S3? I see a few but they come with batteries (which I don't need).
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look up the kidigi. theres a youtube review as well.

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You guys have any problems with your Ankers charging just to 90%? I have a external anker wallchrger and when it says done charging, I pop the battery in the phone and it's only charged till 90%. I pop a USB charger to it and it will charge to 100$. Its weird, wonder if anybody else is having this problem. Other than that, these batteries do the job and last as long if not longer than the OEM ones.

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You guys have any problems with your Ankers charging just to 90%? I have a external anker wallchrger and when it says done charging, I pop the battery in the phone and it's only charged till 90%. I pop a USB charger to it and it will charge to 100$. Its weird, wonder if anybody else is having this problem. Other than that, these batteries do the job and last as long if not longer than the OEM ones.
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what usb charger? the one for our phones or an independent battery charger? i'm going to order the battery, but i would like a nice battery charger that actually charges it all the way.

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what were you getting on stock battery?

Extended battery recommendation?

Hey all. I was wondering if anyone has any experience with an extended battery for our phone. Have been trouble finding any information on brands and availability etc. Running the stock battery now and no matter what kernel and rom combo I use I cannot get the phone to last the entire day.. Thanks in advance for any help.
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Have u tried using better battery stats to see what's eating your battery up so much?
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Yeah. Nothing is. I've been trying different things for months. Clean installs.. Stock, CM, AOKP. Different kernels. Different governors under volt etc. Still lasts till around 6pm every day.
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Yeah. Nothing is. I've been trying different things for months. Clean installs.. Stock, CM, AOKP. Different kernels. Different governors under volt etc. Still lasts till around 6pm every day.
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i get up for work at 3am and my s3 is unplugged from that point till about 3pm when it needs to be plugged in (15% or less). 12 hours is fine with me because in that time i've had LTE on, google now and all gps on, multiple email accounts and apps syncing every hour and texting also. if you're doing about the same, then you might have to do a bunch of compromising to get better battery time. i'm not willing to do that.

So I am guessing that there is no extended battery then?
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So I am guessing that there is no extended battery then?
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There are extended batteries but just look around. To my knowledge there are not currently any stock extended batteries available (hopefully soon) but there are plenty of others. Just do some research first. If you do not mind giving up the slimness of the phone (which you are probably not worried about for any decent extended battery) you could get a case such as mophie jucie or powerskin which have built in batteries (and I think they are NFC friendly). While it is not an extended battery you can turn them on to recharge the battery and effectively getting you throughout your day.

Theres a slim 2300MaH Battery, called ZeroLemon relatively cheap 20$ for two of em and a spare charger. Then theres the stock samsung 3000MaH which includes a different battery plate since its bigger. To get better battery life, try a few full charges/cycles with certain kernel settings and rom. Then theres also huge 4000MaH + batteries which i refuse to get because well, it takes away the user experience. If you really must have gps/autp sync and those background task, I'm really going to suggest you go back to apple. They do one heck of a job for that. Battery life is a lot better on iOS with those background task's for some reason.

Zerolemon has a 7000mah battery around 30$
http://www.amazon.com/ZeroLemon-Extended-Protection-Compatible-Guarantee/dp/B00AKZWGAC
and here is a video review: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sopJhfN-FLs
I don't have any experience with the battery myself so i would read the customer reviews.

I have and have used Seidio's ext. batt's on my last two Galaxy phones. Somehow, they made the battery for the S3 thinner than was on the S2. Also Seidio's back plates have their "soft touch" coating which gives you grip or non-slip properties.
Seidio battery
Seidio's SIII page:
All seidio's SIII stuff

Google genuine Samsung galaxy s3 extended battery. Mobile fun has them in stock for about $60. Really slim profile. I had a qcell extended battery that I pop in when traveling $25.
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Buy a backup OEM battery... Best option as it will pay for itaelf if you must have it last throughout the day
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If you don't care about the size get the 4500 mah one from gorillagadgets.com. like $25. I've had it since September and I get 4-5 hours screen time with Facebook, 3 emails syncing, Netflix, and texting all day. If you follow their instructions on breaking in the battery, you should be good. Best $25 I've spent on this phone
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I picked up the Anker 4400 mAh battery a few months ago for about $25 and it's been great. I can get almost 2 days out of it depending on my usage and if I'm on wifi or HSPA+. Around 7 hours of screen on time as well.

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Anker 4400 stats.
Regular use day for me

@shakewell, what's the total screen time on during this discharge? i'm curious as i'm using my stock 2100 mAh battery and get this same battery life with 5+ hours of screen on time.
kernel/kernel tweaks make all the difference

Just buy the lemon...
From what I can gather, the ZeroLemon batteries are the way to go. I've heard nothing but great things about them and if you can get past the added form factor, the 7000mAh battery is able to last more than an entire day, if you manage things properly. They sell out fast on Amazon, but they are cheaper than most any other battery for the S3. And on top of all that, you'll be supporting an American business!
You can find them on Amazon.