Those third party batteries usually are not what they claim to be.. Usually their quality are not where near the originals. Only trust the originals.

A lot of people are still on kitkat on the S4. Hope that answers your question.

I just don't believe the high capacities quoted by some of the third-party suppliers. I go for the batteries that quote the same capacity (2600mAh) as the original Samsung battery. Because this indicates to me that the supplier is at least not exaggerating.

I do not have equipment to measure the true capacity of the third-party batteries. Just use them and see whether they last about the same as the original. In fact, the third-party battery, being newer, should last longer than the older original Samsung battery. Right now I switch between the Pisen, Nohon and Deji batteries. Stopped using the original Samsung battery (the oldest battery) because the capacity has deteriorated such that it depletes faster than the other third-party batteries.

I have also used Anker and Andida. Surprisingly the Anker, despite its apparently popularity in the US, seems to me to have less capacity than the other third-party batteries. I gave the Anker to a friend who is still using it. The Andida was my first third-party battery for the S4 and I find the worst. The phone will shut down when I activate the Camera app. I suspect the Andida battery cannot cope with trying to charge up the phone LED flash causing the phone to shut down. No longer using this battery.

Lastly, in case NFC is a requirement. I think only the Anker and Nohon batteries comes with NFC capability. But since I do not use NFC, this is not a criteria for me.

This post has been edited by m300: Mar 13 2016, 11:18 PM

Thanks for the comprehensive review!

100% sure is caused by you recent installed apps, check which one from battery information and i can 95% sure is from one of the services call "GPS" something...

hahahaha! your solution is always new phone...

This post has been edited by nokia6280: Mar 14 2016, 10:49 AM

the battery usage is too high, if emergency, suddenly no battery how?

new phone for a safer and worry free usage!

hahaha! sure or not...

fkinmeng has already bought the new S7 Edge... of course la . Come nokia6280 and join the new side.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Mar 15 2016, 12:00 PM

hehehehehehe! see how first..

Thats what u told me for the S6E as well....

hehehehe! poor guy like every cent counted and furthermore i need to know what S7E could do more compare with S4...

There is not even a need to compare.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Mar 17 2016, 02:01 PM

showcase in S7E forum

Apparently I read somewhere that s7e also lagged.. somehow :/

All phone lag...it's just how often it happen.

hmm... memory and apps management for Android still "MANY" room for improvement...

Will be obvious when you starting to load your phone....

This post has been edited by nokia6280: Mar 17 2016, 03:42 PM

Just noticed from your siggy that you're using 5.0.1 on your S4.. How did the battery life fare on it? Did it do better or worse than Kitkat?

Same same lah... to be franked nothing much to compare reason being battery is getting old and phone is in maximum load, sufficient for daily usage

Yo Bro. Care to share where you buy those batteries? Wanna get a new one as I'll be using my brother's old S4 temporarily and I reckon the battery should have deteriorated quite badly already. Thanks!