Seidio 1600mAh battery for Treo 680

One week after ordering it, I received my Seidio 1600mAh extended battery from Singapore. Considering that Singapore is just “next door” to Malaysia, this is quite a long time. Since it’s only been a couple of days, I have not yet fully conditioned the new battery.

I needed this replacement battery because the one that came with my Treo 680 was faulty. I have been using a spare battery borrowed from a friend in the meantime.

Off the bat, I have to say that there’s not much of a difference between a standard 1200mAh battery and the extended battery. Perhaps this is because I am used to the Treo 650 battery life, which would typically last me 2 days or more. With the Treo 680 standard battery, I have to recharge every night. By lunchtime, the 1600mAh battery have dropped to 65% capacity.

I will need more time to fully appreciate the increased capacity of the battery. It just so happened that over the past few days I have been using my Treo 680 heavier than usual, due to some testing at work. I have been sending 200-300 SMS each day for the testing.

I bought my Treo 680 battery from Worcell.com, for S$90.

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