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Best 3rd party battery brand

Hi!

What 3rd party brand do you use for the replacement of iphone batteries?

I've had bad experiences with "oem" batteries I've bought on ebay, since a few of them got swollen after x time.

It seems very, very hard to get OEM batteries in my posession (anyone claiming to sell or use OEM iphone batteries is not well informed, only apple repair centers can use them).

I've heard of the german brand "patona" but I want to hear what other brands people use.

Thank you for your time

Anthony

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I'm gonna be honest here.

I hate non OEM batteries, period. I don't care who makes it, but I will not use them. Ever.

I simply have seen them go bad or fail hard too many times with them to remotely trust them. I have seen them ruin laptops, die in short order or bulge to the point of falling out of phones. OEM means fake trash on eBay.

eBay batteries? Ugh. Every single one I see either dies quickly, bulges or ruins the device. You're lucky the device even works.

For me, they're a no no. I only ever get OEM batteries for this stuff.

However, if you want one of them then for laptops get Anker. They're pretty good from what I hear. For the iPhone, you're stuck with them unless you can find it used or a shop who will risk it for you, providing Apple still makes parts for the phone. It's that or Apple for OEM batteries. Shop around for iDevices and see if you find anything worthwhile. Anker doesn't make internal iPhone or iPad batteries.

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I'd really like to see this one answered by a battery professional. I'll forward the question to a company that I have used for years and only used to sell to resellers. That's Battery-Biz.

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Anthony will be eternally grateful.