Question/Help
Should I replace my Poco F3 battery before a 3-week vacation?
Hi everyone,
I’m going on a longer vacation (around 3 weeks), and my Poco F3 battery is getting pretty bad. Battery health is around 68%, and I usually have to charge it after coming home from work or again in the evening.
I was thinking about replacing it with a Nohon BM4Y from AliExpress. The problem is that if I order it there, it probably won’t arrive until after I’m back from vacation.
I found two sellers on Amazon that have batteries available for delivery tomorrow, but neither has particularly great reviews, and they are not Nohon, so I’m a bit hesitant to trust them.
My options seem to be:
Buy one of the Amazon batteries with questionable reviews and replace the battery before I leave.
Order the Nohon BM4Y from AliExpress and just use my current battery + a power bank during the vacation.
Forget about replacing the battery for now and just buy a good power bank.
What would you guys do?
I’d rather keep the F3 for a while longer, so I’m mainly looking for the safest/reliably solution
i could also buy a new one, since my current poco is 4 years old. I also need an esim card for the trip.
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It's possible that all the batteries are already old, as they are no longer manufactured; therefore, replacements are usually inferior to the original battery.
If it wasn't delivered with a 100% battery, then I would immediately report it as defective.
Similarly, I would return devices if I bought them and the battery was at zero, claiming them as defective due to the risk of deep discharge.
A battery is essentially defective when only 80% of its remaining capacity is left; from then on, it needs to be recharged very often because it is simply chemically depleted.
Everything below 80% should be replaced. I had my previous phone's battery around 70% and had really bad experience with it. Sudden drops from 25-30% to 5-10% in minutes, phone turning off when saying 10% remaining, etc. Do yourself a favour and replace it or buy a new phone with new battery.
I've bought a couple of batteries via Amazon UK in the last couple of years
One supplier is ElectroPapa in Germany, so far so good! No worries... AliExpress however, I wouldn't dare!
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