Consensus on replacement battery

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(08-29-2024 09:18 PM)BruceH Wrote:  I'm pretty sure HP always said from day 1 that the battery came from a phone [1] and therefore that was where to get a replacement from.[2]

Except that phone hasn't been produced for nearly a decade now! It's a miracle the batteries for it were produced as long as they were. All you can get now are cheap knock-offs with so-called high capacity. I wouldn't trust any of those.

(08-29-2024 09:18 PM)BruceH Wrote:  [2] I find it a great irony that almost all my devices with removable batteries still have working batteries that don't yet need replacing, whereas the ones with built-in batteries have often died.

Absolutely! You really have to baby newer phones in that regard. Having said that, I do have an old Samsung S7 Edge from 2016 in which the battery is still in very good condition. While I no longer actually use the phone, I do check the battery every few weeks and charge it occasionally to make sure it stays between 20% and 80%.