Thread: Battery goes from 50% to 0% in less than a minute! (Happened twice now)
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geneven is offline geneven
2010-05-21 , 02:45
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#22
Originally Posted by cyeung View Post

With a cheap battery, I would not be surprised that the protection circuitry is the first thing they cheap out on.
I think that what they cheap out on in Hong Kong, where legitimate batteries often come from, is using the exact plans of the originating manufacturer without giving the originating manufacturer his cut.

As an EE, what do you think Nokia pays for an extra battery after the first thousand? Say, for example, the cost of 1001 batteries minus the cost of 1000 batteries?