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Just thought I would throw this little tid-bit out there.

This past week I was watching the news about cheap 3rd party cellphone

batteries.

Apparently these manufacturers are selling them cheap because they do not

include the electronics to shut the battery down if it is shorted or overheats.

It showed a woman, whose hands were bandaged due to burns, from using

one of these batteries in her cellphone. The device got hot and exploded.

So, for those skeptics out there, this is for real.

Yeah, the batteries work find, but if they ever experience an internal short or

external short, well, can you say "melt down"? This can apply to the cheap

no-name axim batteries we are seeing on the market.

You can be carrying a spare battery in your pocket with change and this

could short out the battery. Can you say "OUCH"?

They mentioned that there are not only 3rd party batteries, but rip-offs of

what appears to be original manufacturers batteries.

So, my point is "BUYER BEWARE".

Is it really worth it?

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