Seidio Multi-Function Battery Charger for Use with HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Droid Eris and Touch Pro 2

by Seidio

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 1 x 3.8 inches ; 2.7 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B003N1915S
• Item model number: BD3-BCSI3HDDN-BK
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (118 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,780 in Cell Phones & Accessories (See Top 100 in Cell Phones & Accessories)
  • #85 in Cell Phones & Accessories > Accessories > Chargers > Wall Chargers
  • #86 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Batteries, Chargers & Accessories > AC Adapters

Product Description

With Seidio's Multi-Function Battery Charger, you will never be forced to wait around for one of your batteries to charge. Because this versatile accessory charges both your spare battery and your device at the same time, you will always be powered and ready to go. By plugging the charger into an AC outlet, and the device cable into the charger, you can charge both your battery and your device at the same time. The Multi-Function Battery Charger can also be used as a desktop battery charger when plugged into a laptop with a USB cable (not included). The charger includes a base, a battery charging plate, and a device charging cable. (Device charging cable does not have data/sync capabilities.)

Customer Reviews

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53 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must have item with the Sprint HTC Evo 4G, June 18, 2010

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Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seidio Multi-Function Battery Charger for Use with HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Droid Eris and Touch Pro 2 (Wireless Phone Accessory)

I love my Sprint HTC Evo 4G. It is, in my opinion, the best smartphone made to date. However, even with all kinds of tweaking, you're going to need a second (or even third or fourth) battery because this phone begs to be used heavily.

This Seidio charger allows you to charge one battery in the phone and another in the detachable tray. You can power it with 110 VAC or from a USB port. I can't see doing the latter because it would take forever.

The unit is simplity itself a relatively small box with folding prongs. The removable battery tray I mentioned earlier. And a switch on the side for choosing between 110 VAC and USB. My unit came with a USB to microUSB cable.

Pop a battery in the tray, another in the phone and in a couple of hours or so, youhave two fully charged batteries.

The unit weighs only a few ounces and packs very nicely.

If you have an Evo 4G, you want an extra battery (or two or three) and this charger,

Jerry

23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Charger Kit, June 30, 2010

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Jeffrey Tschiltsch (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seidio Multi-Function Battery Charger for Use with HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Droid Eris and Touch Pro 2 (Wireless Phone Accessory)

The multi-function battery charger is a pretty slick design. The battery "cartridge" tray allows (in theory) different size batteries to be charged using the base (I say in theory because I haven't looked to see if you can buy the cartridge trays separately.) The back of the charger states it outputs at 500mA and it took about 2.5 hours to fully charge a depleted 1750mAh extended battery.

The charger has a USB port and a switch that lets you either charge your phone (or any other USB device) from the base while on AC power (even while you're charging a battery), or you can charge a battery from a USB power source such as your laptop, a handy feature on a plane. Instead of a standard cable, Seidio includes a retractable USB/MicroUSB cable, a nice touch!

One nitpick: the back of the charger says "Carefully read instruction manual before use" however no instruction manual was included. It's pretty easy to figure out though :)

Overall this is a very nice charger kit and the price on Amazon makes it that much more attractive. Recommended if you carry a spare battery for your EVO (or anything else this charges).

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little charger - works perfectly., August 30, 2010

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Stuart Goss (Robbinsville NJ) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Seidio Multi-Function Battery Charger for Use with HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, Droid Eris and Touch Pro 2 (Wireless Phone Accessory)

This battery charger works exactly the way I hoped it would work for my Droid Incredible. It can charge the phone in a few hours, like other chargers, while also charging a reserve battery, unlike most other chargers. The Incredible was eating through battery life relatively rapidly and I wanted to have a second battery fully charged ready and available to replace the near to depleted one. From that point of view, this charger works beautifully. I have now traded up to a Seidio 1750mAh battery from the OEM 1300mAh battery, which came with the phone. This new larger capacity battery copes much better with the energy demands of the Incredible and so I need to use the second stand-by battery much less frequently, at this point, but it is still a nice secure feeling to know that there is always a fully charged battery waiting to be used, any time the battery in current use gives out. Also the phone retains its full functionality while being charged. That was not the case with a different el-cheapo dual battery charger that I purchased while waiting for the Seidio charger, which was on back order for a few weeks, to become available once more at Amazon. When the Incredible was plugged in to the el-cheapo charger, both batteries would charge but the phone's functions were totally blocked, which was a pain. That never happens with this Seidio charger. Well worth the price!