A**R
Happy Enough but Room for Improvement
The battery is a definite improvement over the 2 year old stock battery I was using, how long it will remain an improvement remains to be seen, but I'm happy with it so far.The back cover is a perfect fit, although it is very plasticky for my liking.The outer protective cover isn't the best fit as others have noted, but it's not that bad that I'd return it personally. The issue is caused by the cutouts for the lock button and volume buttons making the sides of the cover too flimsy to hold the phone edges. I think if the material was merely thinned at these locations but not actually cut out that it would improve the fit by retaining more rigidity at the sides of the cover.All in all I'm happy enough for the money, it's not perfect but it's good enough for now.Improvements I'd like to see are sorting the fit of the outer cover out, improving the feel of the plastic back cover, and making the PowerBear logo on the plastic back cover less conspicuous.
C**E
Calibrating is a pain but its worth the effort.
This does what it says. The biggest issue with this battery is the requirement to calibrate it. I'm not sure if it can be avoided but its a pain to do. For me, manually rebooting my device throws the battery calibration out so then its off to calibrate it again. On the other hand, lots and lots of battery. I travel a lot and before I had this I had major anxiety about running out of charge forcing me to spy all outlets, charging points and of course having to make sure my portable charger was fully charged along with my phone at all times. This will give me a couple of days without having to worry about playing some games or watching films. good product.
B**R
phone has got a nice chunky weight about it
new lease of life to my note 4 that the battery could dive and cause the phone to turn off at anything below 30% charge when using camera etc.phone has got a nice chunky weight about it , that suits me as a workhorse phone that i take to work and sits on van dashboard etc most of time.Have given it its first full charge to condition the battery and it has just run done after 2.5 days decent usage.just back on charge now and the samsung adaptive fast charge seems to be working with this battery ok..the back cover has a port to tunnell the loud speaker, by this i mean it isnt amplified or anything like that, i mean there is no loss of loudspeaker muffling into the void in the back cover24 month guarantee registeredwhats not to like apart from being bigger and heavier and probably no compatibility with any aftermarket flip over wallet cases or stuff like thatbut it suits me wellA+ rated cells is good,, the packaging and all that jazz is really professionally done
A**N
Chunky, but my phone battery has never lasted so long.
So far this thing is great. Sure, it makes your phone pretty chunky but that's the least of my worries.On my old battery, I was lucky to get 1 days use out of my phone and could drain it in a couple hours after heavy use. With the Powerbear my phone has now lasted for 2 days on a single charge.I'm still running through the recommended charge to 100% with fast charge disabled & let it drain to 0% but so far everything is great.My only concern is that the rubber cover which goes around the entire case can be ever so slightly lose at places, but that's it.If you're like me, waiting on the release of the next Note phone then this essentially gives your phone a second wind.
G**D
Good battery
My original battery started counting down like a stop watch when the screen was lit but this keeps the phone charged for around 3 days with light usage
K**.
worked well for about a month, now i just have a huge, slow phone with a crap battery
well, i had high hopes for this.it was great for about a month. i followed the calibration steps, i even did a few more times than they suggested.initially, yes it lasted almost 2 days. i do hammer my phone all day long.then after a month or so, it started lasting about as long as a normal new battery. (ive had 4 new batteries in my note 4 now, they last about 9 months with my usage before they become unusable)i also noticed, along with the reduced battery life , that my phone had begun to slow down and not respond anywhere near as well as it usually does.I've now bought a proper samsung replacement, the performance of the phone is back to normal and my phone is now sleek again. its like taking off ski boots!I'm afraid i would suggest you avoid this product.
D**N
Superb customer service.
I purchased this battery since my Note 4 bat is failing. I was a bit annoyed when I received the first unit since the case does not fit properly and it keeps coming off from the phone and the battery life wasn't lasting the whole day with my normal usage. So I contacted the seller and without any questions, they send me a new set of battery and case. Today I received the new replacement and I am so happy with the casing as it is a snug fit with my phone already.
S**
Decent extended life battery
Delivered on time. A little heavy and cluncky, but 'does what it says on the tin' - doubled the battery life of my Galaxy Note 4.
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