A couple weeks ago, more or less, I upgraded my T-Mobile Dash battery. I had passed the 1-year mark in December. These batteries are supposed to not have memory issues, so I wasn’t having any problems with the battery itself. When I got the phone, the battery would last me a good day and a half. That was before Twitter. Once I hooked up with Twitter and started following people and started being followed, I found that my battery was not doing as well. Up until recently, I have been using Twitter through SMS. My family has a shared unlimited plan for text messages, so why not?
The big test of the new battery came during the first weekend of SXSW. That period is a Twitter frenzy amongst the geekerati. Even so, my phone was able to keep up with the higher than usual volume of messages. I wasn’t able to keep up. I deleted many unread messages. Even with that, my new battery went down one bar the entire day. Late in the evening, the battery went down to two bars. Besides the text messaging, I also made a few phone calls.
I am very pleased with the performance of the super extended battery on my phone. I had considered buying the extended battery as the price was reasonable. It brought the phone from around 900 mAh to about 1,500 mAh. Instead, I splurged on the super extended battery which has 2,400 mAh. I still keep the old battery around “just in case”; but I have yet to wear down the new battery in a single day.
If your T-Mobile Dash or HTC Excalibur battery life is less than you need, I recommend making the upgrade. Face it, you forget to leave your phone charging some nights, right? Like me, it usually happens the night before a busy day when you need your phone to have a full charge or when you can’t stop to charge a full couple of hours. The super extended battery will save your bacon.
Shaine 