Samsung Galaxy Nexus (i515) Extended Battery with Battery Cover - Get the Best Deals of Cell Phones with and without Plans

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Nathaniel Allen (Oakland) –

  

  

The extended battery for Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is a bit on an enigma.

For a power-hungry phone that (it could be argued) is outfitted with too small a battery, an extended battery is a natural add-on.

But by bringing only 250mAh extra to the table (2100mAh total), this battery extends run times only 13.5% — that could amount to one or two hours for the run times I’ve experienced (anywhere from about 9 to 17 hours, depending on a lot of usage factors, excluding days with heavy heavy video streaming or 4G data tethering).

However, unlike most extended batteries that resemble an ugly wart on the back of the phone, this one *barely* changes the profile of the phone at all — so little so that the hard-shell Otterbox Defender fits fine, with barely an extra squeeze. So how could you NOT want this battery?

But then, of course, the question can be asked… Why wasn’t this battery included as original equipment?

For the purposes of my review, it boils down to this:

– As far as extended batteries go, it’s not offering much over the stock battery.
– But it also doesn’t bloat the phone to the thickness of a loaf of bread.
– You’re going to want the extra juice, so you may as well pick one up.
– Based on use, I’ve experienced no reason to doubt it delivers the claimed extra power.
– Verizon/Samsung/Google really should have included this with the phone.
– The battery has an NFC antenna coil on board, just like the stock battery, so near field communications / mobile payments aren’t affected (as of this writing, Google Wallet isn’t officially available in the Marketplace, but can be side loaded without rooting).

Do give it a couple of days of use before you make any judgments — it takes a couple of charge cycles for the phone to “track” this battery properly (same with the stock battery).

And last but not least, don’t expect this to relieve you of having a charger (or spare battery) around for a mid-day boost at least some of the time.

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I actually got this at the Verizon Store, at mine they have it on 50% sale from 49.99. However, the first one that I got was actually an 1850 mAh that had the same product code. So I just went back to the store and exchanged it, the guy was rather happy that I brought this up to his attention. He noticed another 1850 that was mislabeled. So check out the battery first, make sure it says 2100 on the back.

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I lost my previous Galaxy Nexus and with my replacement, I wanted the extended battery. It is sold out from VZ, so I came to Amazon and ordered it here. This product is as advertised and IS the 2100 maH battery with cover. Adds minimal thickness and weight, should have been the stock battery.

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