[Galaxy S 4 Accessories] dlo2008:
Extended batteries are annoying

I bought 2 of these with the charger, my experience:

- charger works but is hella slow, + had to break a US2EU adaptor to get it working, they did not deliver a EU plug although they said they would

- batteries are fitting perfectly, but no NFC as indicated; I bought these together with the Note 2 NFC antenna (this one, promoted in this movie), unfortunately there's no way to fit it with the battery without creating a bulge that makes a very small distance between the cover and the flash/camera. It's not stable anymore when using it on a table, and the space will collect dust so for me that wasn't a solution

- after a while it seems I can get about one hour more of total time, but screen time seems reduced for some strange reason (times calculated from trendline made through 200 points collected throughout the day with both batteries, using stock rom) - all of my connections are always on (wifi, GPS, LTE, (NFC))

Stock: 17:49:23 total time with 3:11:48 screen time

ZeroLemon 3000: 18:40:14 total time with only 2:33:37 screen time - don't ask me how, none of my daily use was able to change these Excel-calculated averages

So nothing more to say when it comes to reviewing that battery, I'm not so happy about it because it is not a slim solution including NFC with a considerably longer battery life. The NFC part I of course knew, but the separate antenna didn't work. :(

Then some poison :mad::

Yes, I'm annoyed with extended batteries because in case of the galaxy s2, nothing seemed ever to be worth anything when it came to extended batteries, bought quite some Chinese rubbish in those days, until samsung themselves came up with a slightly bigger cover together with a 2000 battery instead of 1650.

I like a slim phone, so in case of the S4, you can get a ZeroLemon 3000, PolarCell 2900 NFC, an MPJ 3500 or a Deepstretch 3380, but after reading all reviews for these products, you can really start crying when you realize you haven't learned anything at all about what is the best solution. I can only conclude:

- There is no extended battery available for SGS4 that fits under the same cover. They can call it 2600, 2850, 2900, 3000, 3380, 3500, they all have about the same battery life, and in many reviews they find '2600' under the sticker the 'manufacturer' put on their extended one. An extended battery is a big battery.

- None of the batteries that say 'NFC' actually guarantee NFC. Half of all reviews state it doesn't work, for about all of the batteries. The ZeroLemon one is at least honest about it.

- Some people see bulges everywhere and other people do not

- Phone manufacturers, in my opinion, should make their phones 5mm bigger so that everybody would comfortably make it through the day. For one light user, there are five heavy users that buy 4 tryout batteries, which simply results in loads of lost time and crazy battery manufacturers making profit and sending worthless batteries around that end up in some drawer and later on a pile of electrojunk in whatever third world country. :eek:

- What made a big difference for my SGS2 was using custom ROMs. I'm switching back to my stock battery and installing something funky and customizable without all the samsung bloatware.

- If samsung or a big brand doesn't come up with a fancy-new-and-also-slim cover, I'm buying something like this.