Cell Phone Batteries - Do You Have a Choice?

The battery that comes fitted with a brand newfortune. There are other brands of compatible
cell phone is provided by the OEM (Originalbatteries in the market. Should you go for them?
Equipment Manufacturer). The OEM generally buysRechargeable batteries can overheat, posing a fire
these batteries, approves them and sells themand burn hazard. There have been incidents of
under their names. So you never really had anyseriously injuries when these batteries burst while
choice regarding the cell phone batteries. Youpeople were talking on them
spend a lot of time deciding which mobile phoneFive basic types of mobile phone batteries
to buy, never paying any attention to the kind ofavailable in the market:
batteries that come fitted with the handsets.* The Lithium Polymer Batteries: The most
Once you start using your mobile phone you areadvanced technology battery till date, they are
compelled to think about this much neglectedlight weight and don't suffer from any memory
component of a cell phone. Battery backup andeffect (a phenomenon that causes batteries to
life of any handset should be a major determininglose their maximum energy capacity with
factor while buying handsets. What's the use ofrepeated recharging after being only partially
buying a new handset if it gets discharged toodischarged).
soon making it quite a bitter experience. If the* Lithium Ion Batteries: Currently the most
battery gives up periodically, it doesn't serve thepopular, they are expensive and come with high
primary objective of a cell phone that isend handsets. They can be damaged if
convenience in communication. As it is, buying cellovercharged for more than 24 hours.
phone accessories is an endless and overwhelming* Nickel Cadmium Batteries: Cheapest and quite
subject for a non-tech person. And above that ifback-dated they are almost phased out. They are
you have to choose a handset with the bestbulky and suffer from memory effect.
power source (batteries) it becomes all the more* Nickel Metal Hydride Batteries: Better than their
tricky.cadmium counterpart with respect of
Consider this scenario: you had been using a cellsize-capacity ratio, they are eco-friendly because
phone for about a year and the battery goesthey do not contain the harmful cadmium.
dead. The handset vendor had made claims aboutThe market today is flooded with companies
a battery life of 2 years. Nevertheless you needvending different kind of batteries. Some making
a good battery and the original battery costs atall claims too.