Blackberry Battery?? At a reasonable price??

[guitarist28]

Hey guys

Been having some phone issues recently where my phone kept switching off. It's a cheappie...Blackberry 8520.

Anyway, so I've tested it with another (the wife's) battery, and the problem went away....EUREKA!!! I need to replace the battery....lol...

Anyway, I've been looking around and looks like these things go for around R550...WTF!!! For a battery!? For a phone that costs just over R1000? I will also be upgrading in 3 months so paying R550 for a battery at this point, to me, is not justified at all (and daylight robbery if you ask me!!!!)

Anyone know where I can get a battery for this phone that wont cost almost half the price of the phone?

Apparently the 8520 and 9300 use the same batteries.

[geeskomitee.co.za]

On ebay you can get an original battery for ~R70 with international USPS shipping. go to global.ebay.com...

I have personally purchased one this way and it was delivered in about 2 weeks. If you cant wait, Its going to be around R300

[Broadcom]

Have you had a look to see if the contacts on your battery are dirty or corroded?

[ryan411]

OP, where are u? I stumbled upon a place in Access Park, CPT, today. Found a battery for my old samsung omnia for R60 :-) New, but generic. These types of shops seem to be owned by foreign nationals and tend to be very reasonable in terms of price

[Claymore]

The Vodacom shops carry generics at around R200 that work perfectly well.

[ijacobs3]

if you live in jhb, go to the china mall in crown mines, got one there for R100

[guitarist28]

Have you had a look to see if the contacts on your battery are dirty or corroded?

No all's fine but the battery is swollen, so...

[guitarist28]

The Vodacom shops carry generics at around R200 that work perfectly well.

Strangely, all the shops at the mall here (Centurion: Vodacom, Cell C, MTN, Nashua) sold out.

if you live in jhb, go to the china mall in crown mines, got one there for R100

Maybe I'll make a trip. Thanks!

[Waste]

No all's fine but the battery is swollen, so...

LOL, "Now there's your problem!" - MythBusters

My mother had a phone one of the Samsung flip phones, and it's battery swell so much that the clip that holds it in place on the back broke :P Then she realised she should probably replace it.

I also had a Nokia who's battery swell and the back cover did not fit anymore. It keeps on working b.t.w. even with the battery swollen, so I bought a replacement for R100 at Kloppers in BFN.

I guess with so many charges every day, I mean on a 2 year contract it would be: 365 x 2 charges if you battery last a day, the batteries don't last forever.

[robertwj]

I needed a replacement battery and the MTN Direct wanted to charge me R400. They can go jump

[guitarist28]

I needed a replacement battery and the MTN Direct wanted to charge me R400. They can go jump

I agree. There's nothing that justifies a callphone battery to cost that much!!!!

Anyway, I found one (generic) for R150 at Chatz in woodmead. Now, the strange thing is I've never had my original BB battery last more than a day, even out of the box....now I get 3 with the generic...