[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV General] Gastro Man:
To the mods, I know this post is supposed to be in the forum that deals with accessories, but I'm hoping that you can make an exception on this particular post. I wanted to reach as many HTC Diamond users as possible, and this is the forum where the MOST HTC users congregate. I want them all to see the fight I'm willing to fight for all us owners of the HTC Diamond Touch (P3700: GSM version).

To everyone else, I am an owner of the HTC Diamond Touch P3700, GSM version. I recently bought a 3000mah Mugen battery for the phone because of the amount of high praise that users on this site gave the battery's performance. I was also well aware of how ugly and huge the back cover was going to be before I bought it, thanks to the forums. I took it upon myself to contact the company and let them know about how the people who buy the battery are NOT as pleased about the look of the back cover as they are about the performance of the battery. Below is the actual e-mail I sent them. Attached is a jpg of an alternative back cover made by the Chinese that looks to be a MUCH better alternative than Mugen's back cover, but unfortunately is not quite large enough to house the 3000mah Mugen battery. Hopefully, Mugen takes my e-mail seriously and thinks about making a change to the design of their current back cover. Please read the email I wrote them and look at the pic. Any replies I get from them (IF I get any), will be posted in this forum for all to read.......

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To: 'sales@mugenpowerbatteries.com'

Re: Mugen 3000mah battery for HTC Diamond Touch (P3700)

Hello. A week ago I bought your 3000mah battery for the HTC Diamond Touch. The performance of the battery is unparalleled. On average, I go about 4 days between recharges, and that includes playing LOTS of video clips and audio on the phone. The battery’s performance exceeded my expectations. The problem I have is not with the battery, but with your back cover. It looks atrocious. It literally makes the phone look like a tiny black brick. It actually TRIPLES the thickness of the phone. I was wondering if your company had plans to design a better back cover for the phone. It IS possible. There is a back cover that exists that the Chinese made for the same phone. For your convenience, I have included a picture of their design below. The battery that they include with the back cover is complete CRAP. It’s ALLEGEDLY a 2850mah battery, but it performs at the same rate as the 1380mah battery that originally comes with the phone. The battery dies after about 8 hours of hard use. That’s why I ended up buying YOUR company’s battery. The good thing is that the Chinese came up with a back cover with a design that is at least tolerable. Their back cover doesn’t quite cover your company’s battery, as it is a tad bit higher than their battery, I’d say about 2 or 3 millimeters. But as you can see, their back cover is FAR sleeker in design than yours. The only modification that needs to be made is that the area that covers the battery itself needs to be raised a little bit higher. If your company can design a back cover like the one below, but raise the area that covers the battery a tad more, you can indeed have a back cover that will satisfy people a LOT more than the one you currently ship with the battery. I have seen MANY complaints on websites about your current back cover. I have even read posts where people have abandoned the use of your battery after buying it because it simply makes the phone look too brickish and ugly. Designing a back cover like the one below would indeed make your customers MUCH happier. I know I would buy a new back cover from you IMMEDIATELY if you made a new version that resembles the one below. Just something for your company to consider. Please look at the pic below and study their design so you can come up with something better for us Diamond owners. If you did it with the battery, then making a new case should be a piece of cake!

Yours truly,

A PARTIALLY satisfied Mugen customer