I created this thread so that all users of the new generation of SE phone users can discuss and compare the quality of the ori and non ori BST-37 battery. It may also enable you to learn how to tell which is ori and which is non ori. AP batteries may sometimes be Non-ori/ recon batteries. So, please post a picture of your battery.

I start off photos of mine. I think it's non-ori.




Fu|at's Midland BST-37 - The font of the serial number and wording are much finer.



Photo from M'sia SE website



Comparison of Original Midland and Original AP








Conclusion after much discussion

1) The top part as circled in red, is different.
2) The material of the wrapping around the battery is metal/aluminum like whereas AP original is dull silver color.
3) The water test sticker for Original Midland is squarer whilst the Original AP one is more rectangular.
4) The bottom of the battery looks different. The original Midland has 2 dots on each end while the original AP doesn't.

Has anyone had issues with their AP set battery? Apparently nowadays AP set batteries aren't original. Please post your feedback about the problem.

All SE users (W550i, Z520i, W800i, K600i, V600i, K750i, D750i), both AP and ori, please post pictures of your BST - 37 battery.

Need to request you guys to take a clear photo of it to enable good comparisons. Use your macro function in your digital camera and take a shot under good lighting. Also, please use at least 640 x 480 quality. Please state whether the battery is from an ori set (Eg midland) or AP set.

Thank you everyone for your cooperation.

This post has been edited by calvin_gsc: May 15 2006, 05:19 PM

From the photo, can see that even fu|at's ori battery doesn't have the shiny metallic cover like aluminum foil.

The only diff so far, is the font of the wordings and s/n.

Thanks bro for your input. Lets all do some comparisons.

First comparison

Left - -vip3rleon9-, Right - Mine

Ori BST - 37 users, please post the photo of your connector on your battery. AP sets users also, take the same photo. I think, that can let use determine whether ori or not.

or it may just be a another scam from online sites.

Does that mean that only ori batteries has that white tab?

Small picture, and only one angle.

Bro, M'sia SE site also the same thing.

http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=my&...pp4_1&pid=10240

Photo from SE site. Enlarged.



fu|at's Midland battery



This post has been edited by calvin_gsc: May 13 2006, 12:21 AM

Bro, mine got white sticker wor.

And btw, your battery and the battery on the SE website looks different. Check out the label.

Bro, I think the printing of the label varies from batch to batch.

Bro, that one fu|at draw himself to highlight the label. No worries.

bro, can get some photos of your original battery from all angles?

I still think that the wrapping around an ori battery is like aluminum foil.

Yeah, that's the very first thing I noticed..... such bad quality AP battery.

Bro, your photos can't ben enlarged. You posted the wrong link. That's just thumbnails. Please try to edit. Thanks for your feedback.

The new comaprisons that I can see is that the water test sticker is squarer for the ori one, and non-ori is more rectangle.

Next, the bottom. The ori one has three small boxes with a dot on each end of it. Non-ori one only has the boxes.

Yeap, That's what they use on the sticker. Helps technician to identify problem easier.

They claim that it is AP original. But if there is any problem, bring it back anytime within 7 days 100% unscractched and they will give you a full refund. I hope nothing happens after 1 month of usage. Cause after that warranty over edi.

This post has been edited by calvin_gsc: May 13 2006, 02:24 PM

Should be able to. Send to to service center and check.