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HELP: Is this battery fake? |
breeder
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I've just bought a Sony Ericsson BST-37 from a UK seller on eBay. However, I think the battery is fake. My main concern is the battery exploding inside my phone or something.
The original is on the left and the one I bought is on the right. First thing I noticed was the original appeared to have a steel casing but the one I bought has a silver sticker which goes all the way round. Also the batteries are different shapes - the original having rounded edges and the the new square edges. Also the original says "Made in China. Finished in China" the new one says "Made in Korea. Finished in China"
Many thank for your help!
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BobaFett
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do u have a pic of it? i saw also some weird ones, they looked like plastic white instead of silver shyiny. actually the text is fine, made in korea,finished in china, there are mayn options for that text.
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gregface
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pretty confident they are both official, just different casing styles.
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BobaFett
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yeppp, thats what i ment, that plastic feel and look... afaik those are generic, saw thm in oroginal boxed fones too, but i usually changed them for the "silver" ones"
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tranced
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i think that the right side one is from a different phone. but both seem original to me (the right one is been hit).
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hanugro
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Yeah I got both type. My wife Z610 got sticker like cover. My K800 got the metal like cover. |
BobaFett
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se saved some costs with it imo, cos the design of the "second ecition" is far cheaper
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miguel19
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My battery is the same with the 2nd battery in the picture. |
Xema
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Both are official, my phone came with the first one and I later purchased a spare battery which is like the second one in your picture. I must say that it was purchased from a SE authorised dealer.
See more comments in my old post here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=117542#post1598795
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BobaFett
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but why did they chnaged it then?
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arien617
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My W810 is a metal look BST-37 (made in China, Finished in China) and my V600 has that other battery that looks like it's wrapped in a sticker (Made in Korea, Finished in China). It came in box so it's official.
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BobaFett
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Now that u mention it, i had the second one in v6 and w850 too, as i recall
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I emailed the eBay seller and he has refunded my money by Paypal.
He said that his supplier said they were original SE batteries. They are a limited company and interestingly he hasn't removed them for sale from his eBay shop. |
BobaFett
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actually its a generic one, i doubt that se would put third party in their fones...
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Posted: 2007-01-10 11:57
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