Even as I awaited (and still await) the arrival of my back-ordered Droid Incredible (I am such geek; I can’t wait), the battery began to fail on my two-year-old LG Dare. One minute, full charge, the next minute, one bar. Then three. Then one. Then shutdown. Very annoying. Max call time shrank to about 10 minutes. The last thing I wanted to do was buy a new $40 battery from the cell phone provider, when I’m only going to have the phone a few more weeks. On the other hand, it’s been a great phone/camera/Web browser, and I was going to sell it to a friend, and didn’t want to pass it along with a trash battery. Long story short, I checked Amazon, and what was a $40 battery via the cell phone company was selling for something like $2.50 plus $5 shipping and handling. The product was OEM (original equipment manufacturer), had almost all good reviews, etc., so I figured why not give it a shot. It arrived quickly and the phone is now holding a charge the way it did back when I got it (days, even with talking, photos, video shooting, Web browsing, texting, etc.). Later talking with visiting friends, I learned they’d had a similar experience with the very expensive cables that come with A/V systems…
Tags: Amazon, battery, deals, LG Dare
