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| Percival P. Cassidy 2006-02-24, 11:48 pm |
| I had not realized that replacement batteries were available so cheaply.
The $35 ea. I mentioned was what I was quoted at the local Batteries
Plus store. I bought new batteries on eBay for our current Motorola V66
phones for $3.75 each and a whole new additional V66 on eBay for $25 to
replace our son's defective Sony (works fine with the SIM card from the
Sony).
So now we have three fully functioning phones without having sold our
souls to T-Mobile for another 2 years.
Perce
On 02/16/06 08:28 am I wrote:
> Our $50/month, 400 shared min/month family plan contract has expired,
> but we have the option to extend it and get new phones at a reduced cost
> or even free. The question is which phones to choose: are there
> significant *performance* differences (never mind the bells and
> whistles) between different phones?
>
> At present my wife and I have Motorola V66 phones, while our son has a
> Sony camera-phone (can't tell you the model# offhand, and he has it with
> him at school). Ours seem to do OK, but he complains that his doesn't
> perform well -- which may have a lot to do with his bedroom being in the
> basement -- and the screen is messed up. Moreover none of the batteries
> is holding its charge well, and new phones might cost less than new
> batteries.
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> The phones we are being offered for extending our contract are:
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> Motorola V188 $19.99 (after mail-in rebate)
> Motorola V360 $74.99 (after mail-in rebate)
> Motorola RAZR V3 $99.99 (after mail-in rebate)
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> Nokia 3220 $24.99
> Nokia 6010 free
> Nokia 6101 $49.99
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> Samsung x495 free
> Samsung e635 free
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> (I've omitted a couple of very expensive ones that we're being offered.)
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> Although not all these models have the camera feature, that's not a
> factor, as our son says he doesn't care about it any more.
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> Any recommendations from the above list, or would we do better just to
> replace the batteries in our V66 phones (approx. $35 ea.) and replace
> only our son's phone?
>
> Note: we don't want to switch carriers or get a new T-Mobile contract in
> my wife's name, because there are no other plans this cheap and 400
> min/month is plenty for us. Moreover, they tell us that we can't port
> our numbers from one T-Mobile contract to another.
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| "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.com> wrote in
news:yJLLf.150$SF4.9@fe02.lga:
> I had not realized that replacement batteries were available so
> cheaply. The $35 ea. I mentioned was what I was quoted at the local
> Batteries Plus store. I bought new batteries on eBay for our current
> Motorola V66 phones for $3.75 each and a whole new additional V66 on
> eBay for $25 to replace our son's defective Sony (works fine with the
> SIM card from the Sony).
Watch out!
It seems that you got some third-party cheap batteries, and there are risks
associated with them. Firstly - the risk that they will burn your phone
with incorrect voltage/capacity, probably not something to be very
concerned about with old V66'es; But more of a concern, is that third party
cheap batteries sometimes overheat to the point of causing a fire or even
exploding. Just google for "cell phone battery explode" and you'll get an
eyefull of stories.
Honestly - I don't think it's a huge concern, only one in so many does
indeed overheat/explode (and I'm myself guilty of occasionly using cheap
substitutes), but this is definetly something to keep in mind!
LEM.
(remove all digits from address for correct e-mail)
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| Percival P. Cassidy 2006-02-24, 11:48 pm |
| On 02/24/06 07:02 pm LEM wrote:
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> Watch out!
> It seems that you got some third-party cheap batteries, and there are risks
> associated with them. Firstly - the risk that they will burn your phone
> with incorrect voltage/capacity, probably not something to be very
> concerned about with old V66'es; But more of a concern, is that third party
> cheap batteries sometimes overheat to the point of causing a fire or even
> exploding. Just google for "cell phone battery explode" and you'll get an
> eyefull of stories.
>
> Honestly - I don't think it's a huge concern, only one in so many does
> indeed overheat/explode (and I'm myself guilty of occasionly using cheap
> substitutes), but this is definetly something to keep in mind!
The batteries I bought have Motorola labels and part numbers identical
to the ones that came with the phones.
Perce
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| BruceR 2006-02-24, 11:48 pm |
| How can you possibly state with certainty that he got aftermarket
batteries? I've bought genuine Moto batteries for that price and they
were the real deal - hologram and all.
> "Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.com> wrote in
> news:yJLLf.150$SF4.9@fe02.lga:
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> Watch out!
> It seems that you got some third-party cheap batteries, and there are
> risks associated with them. Firstly - the risk that they will burn
> your phone with incorrect voltage/capacity, probably not something to
> be very concerned about with old V66'es; But more of a concern, is
> that third party cheap batteries sometimes overheat to the point of
> causing a fire or even exploding. Just google for "cell phone battery
> explode" and you'll get an eyefull of stories.
>
> Honestly - I don't think it's a huge concern, only one in so many does
> indeed overheat/explode (and I'm myself guilty of occasionly using
> cheap substitutes), but this is definetly something to keep in mind!
>
> LEM.
> (remove all digits from address for correct e-mail)
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| "BruceR" <br@NOhawaiiSPAM.com> wrote in news:ziQLf.216$8l2.82
@tornado.socal.rr.com:
> How can you possibly state with certainty that he got aftermarket
> batteries? I've bought genuine Moto batteries for that price and they
> were the real deal - hologram and all.
I can not state that with certanity. However, my first reaction is: if it
seems too good to be true - it probably is. I just wanted to warn about the
possible risks associated with 3rd party batteries. If this is the going
price for real moto batteries, then great! Use them at will!
LEM.
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| Johnnie Leung 2006-02-28, 2:48 am |
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"Percival P. Cassidy" <Nobody@NotMyISP.com> wrote in message
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> The batteries I bought have Motorola labels and part numbers identical to
> the ones that came with the phones.
Counterfeit cell phone accessories are everywhere, especially on eBay.
JL
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