Posted by breeder
I've just bought a Sony Ericsson BST-37 from a UK seller on eBay. However, I think the battery is fake. My main concern is the battery exploding inside my phone or something.
The original is on the left and the one I bought is on the right. First thing I noticed was the original appeared to have a steel casing but the one I bought has a silver sticker which goes all the way round. Also the batteries are different shapes - the original having rounded edges and the the new square edges. Also the original says "Made in China. Finished in China" the new one says "Made in Korea. Finished in China"
Many thank for your help!
Posted by BobaFett
do u have a pic of it? i saw also some weird ones, they looked like plastic white instead of silver shyiny. actually the text is fine, made in korea,finished in china, there are mayn options for that text.
Posted by breeder
Posted by gregface
pretty confident they are both official, just different casing styles.
Posted by BobaFett
yeppp, thats what i ment, that plastic feel and look... afaik those are generic, saw thm in oroginal boxed fones too, but i usually changed them for the "silver" ones"
Posted by tranced
i think that the right side one is from a different phone. but both seem original to me (the right one is been hit).
Posted by hanugro
Yeah I got both type. My wife Z610 got sticker like cover. My K800 got the metal like cover.
Posted by BobaFett
se saved some costs with it imo, cos the design of the "second ecition" is far cheaper
Posted by miguel19
My battery is the same with the 2nd battery in the picture.
Posted by Xema
Both are official, my phone came with the first one and I later purchased a spare battery which is like the second one in your picture. I must say that it was purchased from a SE authorised dealer.
See more comments in my old post here: http://www.esato.com/board/viewtopic.php?topic=117542#post1598795
[ This Message was edited by: Xema on 2007-01-10 17:16 ]
Posted by BobaFett
but why did they chnaged it then?
Posted by arien617
My W810 is a metal look BST-37 (made in China, Finished in China) and my V600 has that other battery that looks like it's wrapped in a sticker (Made in Korea, Finished in China). It came in box so it's official.
Posted by BobaFett
Now that u mention it, i had the second one in v6 and w850 too, as i recall
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Posted by breeder
I emailed the eBay seller and he has refunded my money by Paypal.
He said that his supplier said they were original SE batteries. They are a limited company and interestingly he hasn't removed them for sale from his eBay shop.
Posted by BobaFett
actually its a generic one, i doubt that se would put third party in their fones...
Posted by hanugro
Well, my wife Z610 is sticker one but still made in china finished in china (same as metal one on my k800)
Posted by SE4NICK
The battery that came with my phone is the one on the right and its a genuine SE
Posted by alrodlop35
My W800 came with the one on the right but W600s and Z520s come with the one on the left.
Posted by *Jojo*
I've managed to GET me a FAKE
battery then . . . with my T68i. The ONLY thing I made notice between the FAKE ones and that of he original (aside from the packaging of course) . . . was the manner HOW they CHARGE . . . . the fake ONES charges in TWO (halves-battery ICON when charging) . . . while the ORIGINAL ones charges . . . in about 4-5 PARTS/fractions (watch the battery ICON in the LCD when charging).
Posted by SE4NICK
The one on the right is real i have it and it charges in fractions.
Posted by A L 3 X
let me guess your original is from w800, cos my mums looks like tht from her w800 but i used to have d750 and it looked like the one on the right so yes i think they are both official but from different phones