I have owned plenty of mobile phones over the years, as I am sure most people have, and while none have been particularly great, some have absolutely been crap. The most common problem I have ever had with my mobile phones has been with the batteries. The cell phone battery has either died or it just would not last long enough and I would need to purchase and carry a replacement battery.
I generally use my cell phone regularly, both for my career and for private use, so having a second battery is often a good idea but having to replace a faulty or damaged battery is annoying. My newest phone is working fine but I would like a replacement battery for when I am not in the office.
Cell Phone Batteries
These are the details of my most current phone (yeah, I know it is a bit old, I really should find a new cell phone):
Kyocera Candid KX16
The Kyocera Candid KX16 is midrange flip phone for Alltel Wireless and U.S. Cellular. Clad in basic silver, it measures 3.5 by 1.9 by 0.9 inches and weighs 3.9 ounces. It also sports an external antenna and a rectangular external display that runs vertically down the center of the front flap. The external display is monochrome, but inside you’ll find a 128-by-128-pixel 65,000-color CSTN display.
Features include a 500-contact phone book, a vibrate mode, text and multimedia messaging, basic PIM applications, a speakerphone, voice dialing, support for IMAP4 and POP3 e-mail and a wireless Web browser. The VGA camera takes pictures up to a 640-by-480-pixel resolution and offers a 5x digital zoom, a multishot adjustment, auto-focus, a self timer, a white balance, color effects and fun frames. It’s also compatible with the Kyocera K500 gamepad. The promised battery life is 7 hours talk time and 14 days standby time. The dual-band, dual-mode (CDMA 800/1900; AMPS 800) Kyocera Candid KX16 is $0.99 with service at Alltel and $36 with service at U.S. Cellular.
So I guess the true question is do I spend the money getting a new Kyocera Candid KX16 cellular phone battery or do I just get a new phone with a better battery? Replacement batteries are fairly inexpensive but a new phone would be fun. I must make a decision…