Should you buy cheap cell phone batteries?
With new phones coming out every month and the growing number of features, battery life is getting more and more of a concern. There is so much more you can do on a phone than just make a call like listening and storing music, watching and recording videos, storing media, playing games and of course surfing the internet, and that is why cell phone batteries are so important these days.
As I said in an earlier post, an OEM or genuine battery would be the choice of purchase, the quality and safety features are far superior to the aftermarket and counterfeit counterparts. Although the aftermarket batteries are usually cheaper, you may get what you pay for and that is a “cheap” battery.
The aftermarket cell phone batteries do not come equipped with a built in Safety feature that detects an overcharge, so you can wind up over heating the battery causing leakage into the phone and spoiling its circuits. You may also run into the battery not discharging completely and causing you to get a fully charged reading when that is not the case.
Batteries that are not compatible with a particular model phone can cause more damage than meet’s the eye and you may have to resort to purchasing a new phone after all. Now I’m not going to sit here and say all aftermarket batteries do not work properly, there are some reviews and test that say otherwise, but the majority of the studies say that cheap prices equals cheap product, and a cheap product can cause saftey hazards and definitely ruin your phone.
I would definitely do your research before buying a cell phone battery, research your model and battery with the manufacture and see what they recommend as spare parts. Cell phone batteries are the most important piece of the puzzle, so be careful and hope you find this information useful.