ZeroLemon Samsung Galaxy S III 7000mAh Extended Battery

Screen Shot 2013-08-12 at 8.17.29 AMA few months ago I decided to get my first Android phone. This was strictly for app and accessory development – I still use iPhone as my primary phone. After fiddling with several phones I finally settled on Samsung Galaxy SIII as my choice – it had the best price/feature set of all the phones that I’ve either tested or considered. However, it still has a fair share of shortcomings (and I’ll probably write about those in another review). One of the more noticeable shortcomings was its unacceptably short battery life. Even on the full standby mode the battery would die after only little over a day of use. And this is without me even setting up the cell phone coverage! So when an opportunity presented itself to check out a bigger capacity battery I immediately decided to seize the opportunity.

So far I have been really impressed with this ZeroLemon extended battery. It has about three times the capacity of the standard S III battery, and my rough estimate of its life on a single charge is that it’s about two to three times longer than what you normally get. The estimate is only rough since the usage and circumstances may vary from day to day and from an individual to individual. In terms of battery capacity I am definitely impresses with this product.

This extended battery attaches to your cell phone by removing the back cover and the standard battery. The ZeroLemon battery is too physically large to fit inside the regular cover, and hence the back of your phone needs to be covered with the included TPU cover. This is an effective, albeit not very elegant solution. The new cover dramatically alters the look and feel of your phone. Also, even though I have not had any problems with it so far, the cover doesn’t feel as securely and snugly in place as a snap-on cover that fits in the back. I’ve seen some other products out there that completely place the extended battery inside of an external cover, which to me seems like a sturdier solution.

The cover leaves all of your main ports accessible, but it covers the side buttons with its own version of the same. These are effective, but not as responsive as the “bare” buttons on the phone itself.

The extended battery also makes your phone noticeably thicker and heavier. However, if neither the extra bulk nor the esthetical look of your phone are not a concern for you, and you really need all the extra power that you can get, then this battery/cover combo will do the trick. I am still not sure how well it performs in the long run, but when I find out I’ll try to post an update to this review.

 

Bojan Tunguz

Bojan Tunguz was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, which he and his family fled during the civil war for the neighboring Croatia. Over the past two decades he has studied, lived and worked in the United States. He is a theoretical physicist with degrees from Stanford and University of Illinois. Tunguz has taught physics at several prominent liberal arts colleges and has been writing about physics, science and technology for more than a decade. He also has a wide spectrum of interests, and reads and writes about current events, society, culture, religion and politics. Over the years he has reviewed many of the books that he has read, and posted his reviews on various online outlets. In 2011 he had become a top 10 reviewer on Amazon.com, where he continues to be very active. Aside from reading and writing, Tunguz enjoys traveling, digital photography, hiking, and fitness. He resides with his wife in Indiana. You can follow my review updates on the following pages as well: Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tunguzreview Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/tunguzreviews Google+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/104312842297641697463/posts

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