Non boaty. Battery for mobile phone

[VicS]

My mobile phone needs a new battery, BLC-2.
I asked in one of the local mobile phone shops and was told that they could no longer get them. However I have discovered plenty on-line. If I order one on-line am I going to get a new battery or one that has sat on shelf somewhere for about 10 years with a future life expectancy of near nothing.
I don't really want to have to buy a new phone. I was hoping this one would see me out. Perhaps I'll have to ask my daughter if she has another "cast off"

 

[alahol2]

I bought one about 12 months ago from an Amazon seller. It's still going strong so I reckon you will be fine.

 

[lustyd]

no way to tell really, but assuming it's cheap I'd go for it. To be honest though, it's usualy easier to buy a new phone.

 

[Searush]

When I get a new phone I go on e-bay & buy a cheap battery/charger deal. Some of them are really cheap - a few quid all in. It allows me to have a fully charged battery with me for an "instant recharge" if away from cgarging capability.

Do check what AH your existing battery is & the replacement is. Quite often you can get a more powerful replacement battery for a fraction of the price of a dealer supplied unit, but sometimes they are much lower capacity units. Never had a dud yet, but you do have to wait for them to arrive from China.

 

[VicS]

Never had a dud yet,

I have. I bought a new battery ( NiMH) for the first phone i had. That only lasted about a year whereas the original lasted several years. The next one barely lasted 5 minutes. Luckily by then the place was littered with phones my daughter had replaced. I think the one I have now was her third ( at least)

 

[nigelmercier]

My mobile phone needs a new battery, BLC-2.

eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5413.m570.l1313&_nkw=BLC-2&_sacat=0&_from=R40

BTW, Comic Sans doesn't work on non-Windows computers, it looks terrible on an iPad.

 

[Searush]

I have. I bought a new battery ( NiMH) for the first phone i had. That only lasted about a year whereas the original lasted several years. The next one barely lasted 5 minutes. Luckily by then the place was littered with phones my daughter had replaced. I think the one I have now was her third ( at least)

NIMH? That's a few years ago & might explain why it failed if it was recharged before fully flat. NiMH batts have "memory" and can be fooked if recharged too soon & too often. A new one is more likely to be LiON & much better & longer lasting.

 

[VicS]

NIMH? That's a few years ago & might explain why it failed if it was recharged before fully flat. NiMH batts have "memory" and can be fooked if recharged too soon & too often. A new one is more likely to be LiON & much better & longer lasting.

I bought the first phone shortly after mobile phone ownership took off. I remember standing in a long queue outside Carphone Warehouse to buy one for my daughter for Xmas. I bought mine a couple of months or so later. At the time we were being told how much better NiMH batteries were compared with NiCads ... no memory effect they said!

The one I want now is a Li-Ion.

 

[VicS]

eBay http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_trksid=p5413.m570.l1313&_nkw=BLC-2&_sacat=0&_from=R40

BTW, Comic Sans doesn't work on non-Windows computers, it looks terrible on an iPad.

I though an ipad was a phone... you live and learn.. or a play-station thing

 

[nigelmercier]

The one I want now is a Li-Ion

eBay again http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=BLC-2+li-ion&_sacat=0&_odkw=BLC-2&_osacat=0&_from=R40

 

[charles_reed]

I have to confess that while I've found reference to BL2C batteries (they're still in use for entry level Nokia phones) I have been unable to find any thing about BLC2.

Perhaps this transposition is the reason that you've been told they've been phased out?

Nokia do advise putting any Lithium ion film battery through a running-in phase, essentially a full charge of 16 hours followed by a full discharge and then a full charge, before using them in earnest.
Apparently the hologram tells you if they're still OK - if you can't see that clearly the battery is out of life.

 

[alahol2]

Hers's some... http://www.amazon.co.uk/High-Capacity-Replacement-Battery-BLC-2/dp/B0015ZEKPK

 

[VicS]

I have to confess that while I've found reference to BL2C batteries (they're still in use for entry level Nokia phones) I have been unable to find any thing about BLC2.

Perhaps this transposition is the reason that you've been told they've been phased out?

Nokia do advise putting any Lithium ion film battery through a running-in phase, essentially a full charge of 16 hours followed by a full discharge and then a full charge, before using them in earnest.
Apparently the hologram tells you if they're still OK - if you can't see that clearly the battery is out of life.

Its Nokia BLC-2 . No hologram but it's the original battery. I thought the Holograms were to identify genuine Nokia replacements .. perhaps introduced more recently

Google finds suppliers without difficulty but in view of past experiences and being told by a phone shop that they could no longer get them I was wondering if i'd get a new battery or one that had been sitting on a shelf for 10 years

Hers's some... http://www.amazon.co.uk/High-Capacity-Replacement-Battery-BLC-2/dp/B0015ZEKPK

That was one on the sources I found so now ordered. Thanks