Tuesday 19 March 2013

Official Galaxy S3 extended battery now available

Not a lot thicker
If you're the type of person that plays with their Samsung Galaxy S3 nonstop and then runs out of battery before the end of the day you may be interested in this. Samsung have officially 'released' an extended 3000mAh battery for the Galaxy S3. While I'm unsure of the current availability of the battery, there are several sites offering it up for pre-order, and several accounts on XDA of people being able to purchase it.

Update as of 19 March 2013

This product has now been released and I have purchased one from here on Ebay. Once I receive it you can expect some photos and a review. Let me know if you have any ideas for measuring the performance of a battery. 
The battery comes with a replacement battery cover to fit the larger battery as shown in the opening photo . Unlike many third party extended batteries, the Samsung one does not greatly increase the thickness of the device and is guaranteed to have a greater capacity than the stock battery.

The capacity of the 3000mAh battery compares favourably to the stock 2100mAh battery and will provide roughly 42% more battery life with an extra 900mAh. To see what this might net you in terms of real usage take a look at the table below:

Galaxy S3 Estimated Battery Duration

2100mAh stock battery
3000mAh extended battery
Video playback
10:01
Hours:Minutes
14:18
Hours:Minutes
Standby
33
Days
47
Days
Talk Time
10:20
Hours:Minutes
14:45
Hours:Minutes
Web Browsing
5:17
Hours:Minutes
07:32
Hours:Minutes

Note: These are estimates based on the official figures provided by Samsung  for the stock Samsung 2100mAh battery, as well as those provided by this GSMArena article

If you're keen on purchasing this battery, then check out some of these online stores for pre-order, and let us know in the comments if they ship to your country of origin.

Additionally the part numbers for the two different versions of this are as follows:


  • For White Galaxy S3: EB-K1G6UWUGSTD
  • For Blue Galaxy S3: EB-K1G6UBUGSTD


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5 comments:

  1. blakamin20 December 2012 at 22:51

    Ordered from mobilefun au! Thanks, will let you know how I get on!

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  2. onslaught8621 December 2012 at 20:45

    This is really cool. I've let a bunch of friends at work and on Twitter know. Wish Samsung would market these properly - and locally. Instant revenue bump much?

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    1. Unknown25 December 2012 at 10:30

      I really wish I could get one. bit pricey atm still and not available to NZ.

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  3. Anonymous27 March 2013 at 02:41

    Have had one now 2 days. Using BetterBatteryStats gives me 1.0%/h with 3g and WiFi on.
    Before with original battery it was 1.5%/h with same setup. So yes, 100 hours feels much better than 66 hours. Very pleased!

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  4. Josh Wilkins14 April 2013 at 22:17

    Valuable information and excellent design you got here! I would like to thank you for sharing your thoughts and time into the stuff you post! Can I integrate push notification apps using Galaxy S3?

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