The very lovely people at Mugen Power Batteries have sent me an extended battery to test and review for the site.
I have always been dubious about un-official batteries after having quite a few bad experiences in the past so it was good to see @MugenBatteries offer me one of their products to test. A company coming to you to say how proud they are of their products is good to see so I will definitely be putting this to the test.
The HTC Desire comes with a could-have-been-better 1400mAh battery which means this Mugen battery has more than twice the capacity (in theory) than the stock one.
Mugen recommend charging the battery for 8-12 hours before the first use so it is currently sat in my desk charger in the bedroom. They also recommend charging and discharging it 4-5 times before the battery is good to go so the main test won’t be for a few days.
I’m really interested t0 see how the battery fares compared to the HTC one. Like I said, I have previously had problems with ‘non-official’ batteries so I really hope Mugen can pull something out of the bag.
HTC Desire Fanatics 
April 7, 2011 at 2:49 pm |
I’m intrigued to see the results of this. Particularly intrigued to see the size of the battery once it is in the phone though…
April 7, 2011 at 5:06 pm |
Yes it should prove interesting 😉 The phone will be slightly larger due to the bigger battery but I will put pics up when I review it 🙂
April 8, 2011 at 12:22 am |
So what are the results of this? Did the extended battery work under HTC Sense Froyo?
My extended battery stopped charging as soon as I installed 2.2 and the battery icon went grey with a ! in the middle. Had to go back to the anemic stock battery.
April 8, 2011 at 12:28 am |
oops, just looked the dates. You probably don’t have it yet.
April 10, 2011 at 12:58 am
No not just yet 😉 Still got a few more days to cycle the battery before the test…
April 8, 2011 at 8:32 am |
lets hope Mugen has sorted this
April 10, 2011 at 12:58 am |
I really hope so