Seidio Innocell 1750 mAh Battery for HTC Droid Eris/Droid Incredible - ADR6300

by Seidio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 1.8 x 0.3 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 0.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B003602HIO
• Item model number: BASI17HHRV
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (262 customer reviews)

Product Description

Need an extra kick of battery life to power your HTC devices through the end of the day? Our Innocell Slim Extended Life Batteries are manufactured with premium Japanese Lithium-Ion/Polymer cells and provide the quality long-lasting performance you seek in the existing stock battery compartment. The slim extended battery does not require the use of a replacement door and can provide up to 10-15% more battery life than the stock battery, depending on individual usage.* * All battery life claims are dependent upon usage patterns, network configuration and many other factors; actual results will vary.

Customer Reviews

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172 of 174 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great battery, but understand what it gets you and what to expect, May 24, 2010

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T. OBrien (Alabama, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seidio Innocell 1750 mAh Battery for HTC Droid Eris/Droid Incredible - ADR6300 (Wireless Phone Accessory)

My new battery came Friday, and has already increased my phone's usefulness by a good hour or so, which is exactly what it is designed to do. Perfect! I find this battery has the oomph needed to make it through the day without having to turn off every little thing, which is nice.. I bought my Incredible to use, not to disable everything it's capable of to save battery!

Here's what I mean about managing your expectations, explained in very simplified terms. The original battery is rated at 1300mAh, and gets you about 3 to 3.5 hours of heavy use.. Surfing, IM'ing, etc - all constant use. We'll split the diff and say 3 1/4 hours. So take the 1300 and divide by 3.25, you get 400. So the phone requires about 400 per hour of usage. The new battery is rated 1750mAh.. Divide that out to get hours, and it works like this: 1750/400= about 4.37. Essentially, you get about one more hour of active usage from this battery. Simplified, but that's about how it works. So if you found a magic battery that did 2500mAh, you could figure out how long it would last (2500/400= about 6.25 hours constant usage).

In a nutshell, smartphones like those in the Droid family need more power than other phones. Definitely expect to charge it at least daily. This battery should help get through the day, but it can't perform miracles or break the laws of physics. ;)

188 of 200 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Poor performance; Returned battery after a week, May 31, 2010

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M. Ciauri "tritonrider412" (Irvine, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seidio Innocell 1750 mAh Battery for HTC Droid Eris/Droid Incredible - ADR6300 (Wireless Phone Accessory)

After doing my due diligence, I purchased this battery for my Droid Incredible. I followed the instructions on the packaging ("battery life will increase after 5-6 charges, allow 8 hours for first charge") and the battery care recommendations from various websites ("train" phone by fully charging and discharging [to 5% or so] for the first 5 cycles, keep battery cool). I carefully monitored the battery life with free applications such as "battery time lite" and "JuicePlotter" <-- my favorite.

I expected a 35% increase in battery life, since this battery has 450 mAh more capacity than the OEM battery (450/1300 = 0.346..) The result? No significant increase in battery life over the OEM battery. So I returned the battery to Amazon for a full refund. P.S. Amazon is great with returns/exchanges.


Some anecdotal information:

1) During my experience with this battery, I noticed that it gets much hotter during use than the OEM battery did. It seems like other reviewers noticed this as well. I'm not a battery expert, but from my experience selecting/researching/using "matched" and "tested" batteries for other applications (I would compare batteries manufactured to the same specifications by the same manufacturer), I noticed that the batteries with higher rated capacity also had higher internal resistance. Even though more current is pushed into (and out of) the "higher capacity" batteries, more of the current is wasted overcoming the higher internal resistance vs the average capacity batteries with average internal resistance. The result of current overcoming internal resistance is heat. Perhaps these high capacity batteries also have high internal resistance, which would explain why they get so hot.

2) After charging to 100%, this Seidio battery would drop to about 90% within 10-20 minutes on standby. Not really sure what that's about, but the OEM battery doesn't do that.

3) My brother purchased this same battery for his Droid Incredible. He actually had a better experience with this battery. He noticed a slight increase in battery life. He also noticed the battery got hotter than his OEM battery. I asked him if the slight increase in battery life was worth $41 to him, and he said wish he had kept the original packaging.

4) A full charge in the morning with the OEM battery usually leaves me at 10% - 20% by the time I go to sleep. I'd consider myself an average user - a few hours of music playback, texting throughout the day, an hour or so of internet use, and 2-3 hours of voice calls.


Here's my recommendation:

1) Wait for a Verizon/HTC higher capacity battery, unless you are a "power user". If you want to roll the dice for slightly longer battery life, buy this, follow the battery care instructions carefully, but keep the packaging so you can return it if you decide the cost outweighs the benefit.

2) If you are a "power user" and your battery dies in the middle of the day, buy a larger physical sized 2000+ mAh battery, deal with the slightly larger physical size, and perhaps try a normal physical sized 2000+ mAh battery if/when one is released. IHMO, this 1750 mAh battery won't be enough for a "power user" to go through a full day without recharging.

3) Turn off autosync, bluetooth, GPS, and wi-fi, unless you are doing something that requires them to be on. Why waste energy when you have the option not to?

4) Download "JuicePlotter" (it's free) from the android market place and monitor your battery useage with that nifty and colorful graph.

5) Download "Advanced Task Killer" (it's free) from the android market place and shut down applications when you aren't using them, unless it's an app that you want to run all day (I prefer to leave "city ID", "advanced task killer", "weather", "clock", "calendar", and "JuicePlotter" running at all times).

I hope this helps

6/9/10 Update: It was brought to my attention that the currently unreleased 2150 mAh battery is actually a larger physical size than the OEM battery. I revised the review to reflect this. However the conclusion is still the same: I recommend waiting for a higher capacity, same physically sized, battery from HTC or Verizon. I did not notice $41 worth of increased battery life with this 1750 mAh Seidio battery.

30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent replacement for OEM battery, March 25, 2010

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P. Nguyen (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seidio Innocell 1750 mAh Battery for HTC Droid Eris/Droid Incredible - ADR6300 (Wireless Phone Accessory)

With the barely two month old OEM battery, my Eris would usually die on me during my commute home. My office is located in a poor reception area that causes phone to consume more energy than normal. With this battery, I usually get home with at least 30% charge left. In areas with decent reception, my phone easily lasts two whole days even with moderate/extensive voice & data usage. The battery definitely held its charge better after about 5 cycles. I got the Eris due to its slim/compact profile, and this battery allows higher capacity while keeping same profile.