Q: Replacement battery 1500mAh/2500mAh

[abruenin]

As I can not decide, wether to get an E71, an N95-8GB or an iPhone, I decided to go for a relatively cheap option: get an N95.
I learned from this forum, that battery life is an issue, though the last firmware upgrade should help a bit.

Did anyone tried a replacement battery with more mAh? On eBay, they sell "100% fit" batteries for N95 with 1500 and even 2500 mAh for a few Euros.

Has anyone experience with these?

[bartmanekul]

If its not a proper Nokia battery, the general expirence is that you *might* get an increased batterylife, but it doesnt last long and quickly degrades to have less performance than a normal Nokia one.

[Casperuk]

or it goes pop and you have lost your phone

[abruenin]

So there isn't any serious alternative to the N95's 950 mAh?

[bartmanekul]

Not really. You can buy the N95 8Gb battery (1200) and use a modified back cover, but this makes the N95 fatter still.

Or just buy a car charger and use that all the time to help.

[abruenin]

OK, many thanks. Looks like the N95 is no alternative me...