3600mAh High-Capacity Battery for Huawei E5

I’ve been using a pocket WiFi since last year and have gone thru so many models from Sapido to, Dlink, ZTE and Huawei. The biggest problem so far is that the 1500mAh drains so fast and degrades in a matter of months if you use it on a daily basis.

So when I found out that there are actually high-capacity batteries for the E5, I ditched all the other pocket WiFis and stick with it. Before this, I would bring several external/portable batteries which is shared with my other smartphones.

The 3600mAh high-capacity battery is more of a permanent solution. That’s more than twice the capacity of the regular battery which is just 1500mAh.

Based on experience, I could get somewhere between 8 hours to 24 hours of usage on a single full charge (really depends on usage pattern).

The benefit of the high-capacity battery was evident during the recent floods where some parts of the metro also experienced some brownouts. So I got two of these charged and ready to go the next time there’s another brown-out.

The 3600mAh high-capacity battery sells for Php2,180USD 37INR 3,149EUR 35CNY 271 over at TipidPC (see listing here).

Disclosure: Hot Gadgets provided the units for free.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

13 Comments

razorous says:

12 years ago

Nice to know this is available! The problem with this device, is that its battery dependent… Even if its plugged in (powered via USB), if the battery is totally drained or defective already, you wont be able to use it.
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patol says:

12 years ago

@FelixTheMatt wahhmuntangalangeh?? nagchcharge to ng mobile phones???? pano? via wireless?? wuwaw! @_@
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Wahaha says:

12 years ago

Wahahahaha! Bumasa nga kayo at umintindi bago mag comento!!! Wahaha!!!
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Wahaha says:

12 years ago

Great! Now with more bat. Juice more hours on the net while on the go…
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gee says:

12 years ago

@razorous tama ka dyan, isa yan sa mga prob ko pag nagamit ako ng net, oag na drain sya ayon DC tapos reconnet nnman. so ginagawa ko ung pc ko may usb dongle wifi reciever, habang nkacharge ung pocket wifi, hassle un…

@felix im sure wala kang ganyan kaya dmo alam mga pinagsasabi mo
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nonoy says:

12 years ago

Ok to ahh maganda to pag malayo travel! yon ang hindi maganda sa 1st gen na mifi, not working ang unit pag nag chacharge.
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joshuab says:

12 years ago

much cheaper to use the cdrking power bank amounting to 680 only and has higher capacity 4600mah plus the internal battery 1500mah…. so you now have around 6100mah which can last probably 2 to 3 days of normal use.
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mics says:

12 years ago

guys do you know of an online site that sells these items especially the huawei e355? i cant find them here in Cebu…so lame!!!
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vince says:

12 years ago

all li-ion batteries share the same chemistry and voltage. if you forgot your digicam’s charger, you could solder it in paralell to your cellphone’s battery and you could slowly recharge it using your cellphone charger. I’m thinking you could buy 2 or 3 cellphone batteries and wire them in parallel to the original battery to achieve the same effect
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Rose N says:

12 years ago

In terms of speed of internet and battery life – is there a difference between a Huawei modem and a dual sim phone that can be a personal hotspot? Which would be a better buy?
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