I've been using this ZeroLemon battery case on and off for my Galaxy S6 Edge in the past couple of months since May and I have to say that I like it a lot!! I've been a fan of ZeroLemon since 2013 when I began using their products for my Galaxy S4 (3000mah & 7500mah batteries) and this product has lived up to my expectations.
This product consists of 3 main parts - the 3500mah extra battery, a little bridge connector that connects the 3500mah battery to the micro USB port on the bottom of the phone, and a TPU case. Here is a picture of what they look like:
It is very simple and easy to put together the package. You first connect one side of the little bridge connector to your phone and connect the other side of the bridge connector to the battery. You then insert the phone and the battery together into the TPU case.
Once everything has been put together, it looks like this:
Putting on the battery case makes the package as tall as a Galaxy Note 4 and about double the Note 4's thickness.
I expected the phone to become super heavy but I was pleasantly surprised that it wasn't too bad. My old Galaxy S4 with its 7500mah extended battery was heavy. This 3500mah ZL battery case is not bad at all. Despite the tallness and thickness, I am still able to use the phone easily with one hand, which is very important for me. The phone is still comfortable to hold and use.
One thing that struck me was the improvement in the quality of the TPU case ZeroLemon used for this product compared to its older TPU products. The feel is way better as the TPU material is now more solid-feeling with a nice texture to it. The older ZL TPU case material felt spongy and cheap in comparison. Kudos to ZL for improving their TPU case material and quality.
Fitment of the TPU case is very good as well. There are no glaring gaps anywhere and the phone is secured snugly with no nervous looseness or movements.
The main star of this kit, of course, is that extra 3500mah battery and it performs very well. My wife and I went far away from home yesterday to do some outlet shopping and I knew I would probably run out of juice during the trip with all the GPS & data usage. About the middle of the day, my phone battery was down to about 30%. So I activated the ZL 3500mah battery by holding down the Power Button on the back of the case and the phone began charging itself right away. About 1 & 15 mins later, the phone was fully charged back to 100%. Nice~! To turn off the charging function, I pressed down on the Power Button again. Very simple.
There are 4 indicators on the back of the case that lets you know how much charge you have left in the 3500mah battery. After that charging session from 30% to 100%, I had 2 bars left which was what I had expected.
So how do you charge the ZL battery pack? You connect your phone charger cable to the microUSB charging receptacle on the lower-left side of the battery case. I noticed that the ZL 3500mah battery gets charged first, followed by the internal OEM battery. After plugging the charger in at night and looking at the phone in the morning, both the ZL battery & OEM battery were fully charged to 100%.
To sum things up, I'm very happy with this ZeroLemon battery case. It is easy to set up, easy to hold and use, and the important battery extension capability just works as advertised.
++ Pros ++
-3500mah backup battery capacity!!
-Easy setup and comfortable to use.
-Good quality TPU case.
-Battery charges fast for not being a FastCharge type.
-The raised lip of the TPU case allows the phone to be placed face-down.
-The case routes the sound to the front so the phone with the case on becomes front-facing rather than down-facing.
++ Cons ++
-A bit difficult to slide the phone inside the case if you have a screen protector on the phone and don't want it to get wrinkled up. It's possible to not mess up the screen protector but takes some effort.
-At maximum volume level, the audio sounds a bit hollowed out and distorted. If one lowers the volume a couple notches, distortion goes away but still not as clear-sounding as having no case on.
I would definitely recommend this battery case to any S6 Edge user who doesn't mind the extra bulk of the case, doesn't want to carry around a power bank, and want some peace of mind knowing that their Edge will easily last the whole day and more. :good:
I've heard about Zerolemon that their batteries are powerful. Maybe I'll give it a shot.
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I received this unit to test and review. Here are my initial thoughts after testing it for the day. I have owned Zerolemon products for my Note 2, Note 3, and LG G2.
This unit is similar to what I used for my LG G2. Just as the LG G2 had no removable battery, they created a sort of U joint USB connector that connects the battery to the phone. It's made so that the battery sits flush against the back of the phone when they are connected. This in turn gets put into the TPU case provided.
The unit itself does add some bulk to the Note 5, but it's not too bad. It does have an opening for S-Pen access. It's a little tricky, but manageable. The headphone port is recessed in quite a bit, so they have provided an extension to help out with that.
The battery charging the phone itself is not Fast Charging, at least not indicated by the phone when charging. It does have a Micro USB port on the left side to charge the battery if you have the case on the phone. The phone does indicate Fast Charging when you plug in a Fast Wired charger. I do not know if this Fast Charges the battery pack also. But it definitely does charge with the battery pack on the phone.
The camera lens is recessed in quite a bit also, which is nice, since you can lay the phone down on its back and not worry about scratching the lens.
The only thing I would like it to have the battery pack itself be Fast Charging.
Overall, it is of great quality. The case fits snug. Definitely a much needed tool for the Note 5.
I received my review unit a few days ago and here are my impressions on the case.
What I really like about this case is that it doubles the battery life of my note. Another major plus is the pass through fast charge ability. The case does offer a good amount of drop protection to the phone.
Now there is a few things I don't like about this case but not a deal breaker. Wireless charging does not work but I expected that with a battery case, however it would be very cool if you could charge the battery and the phone through wireless charging like the qistone. Another minor thing I wish this case had was the ability to fast charge my phone.
Overall I am liking this case and can recommend it to others.
I've written a more general audience review of this battery for my Amazon review, if you want to read that text, it's in the YouTube video description. For now though, here's one for here.
Powerbear appear to be the first to actually launch an extended battery for the G4 on Amazon.ca. At least at the time of writing, the only other relevant thing I could find on there was the Hyperion extended case... just the case, no battery. Anyway, the Powerbear model was only $35, and I was missing my Anker extended battery for my Galaxy S3, so I bought it.
The battery seems well made enough... certainly doesn't strike me as dangerous or going to fail soon... we'll have to see how long it actually lasts. The backing plate has a nice texture on it, but I put the phone straight into the extended case, which was included. The hexagonal pattern is attractive and the case is that nice smooth matt plastic for the most part, that you can still grip but also get in and out of your pocket easily enough.
Battery life has gone from poor (like 6hrs on the stock battery, if that) to spectacular... over 24 hours seems easily reachable without changing any habits. A subjective test over 12 hours of medium (or slightly under medium) use today has seen only a 40% drop in battery life. Yesterday, straight out of the box, it took almost 17hrs to go from 62% to 4% (all of this according to the LG G4's battery stats, on MM, completely stock and unrooted).
Overall I'm happy with it. Price seems very fair for what you get. I like the case and back plate and I can go back to not thinking about battery life.
Case back
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Imgur Album Link (with more images): http://imgur.com/a/FtaxH
Video review (just under 10 minutes and involves drinking at one point):
Thanks for this. Looks nice.
I've got two Extended Batteries 1 6000mah and 1 7700mah. Now they might make the phone a little thick but not that thick (Just look at my thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/g4/accessories/2-extended-batteries-test-t3320662) I'm testing the 7700mah one with standard usage and we'll Edit my Thread once done
Is the case the 'sticky' TPU that gets stuck in your pockets/turns pockets inside out and attracts lint (like Trident cases) or a smoother TPU that does not mess with your pockets.
dannyvan42 said:
Is the case the 'sticky' TPU that gets stuck in your pockets/turns pockets inside out and attracts lint (like Trident cases) or a smoother TPU that does not mess with your pockets.
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I'll test out my case in a moment
Edit: Ok my case didn't have anything on it
Now y'all do know the charger that comes with the phone can't charge these Extended Batteries?! You need a Charger like this to charge the Batteries http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010P2BPT2?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
Once mine needs a charge that's what i charge it with because if you charge with a charger then the battery isn't fully charge (Even though it says so) but it'll discharge fast you'll see
I got the powerbear a week ago and the battery life is amazing. I don't know what that post is about the chargers. Mine charges fine.
This is the one I bought: Galaxy Note 8 Battery Case, Himino 5500mAh Extended Battery Charger... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07595GR35/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdo_nPy1zb075DR74
They all seem to be the same. Including the Zerolemon one which isn't available. Of course that's on the outside, perhaps the Zerolemon uses better cells. And I may switch to the Zerolemon one in the long run. Below is the review I left on Amazon.
The case is mediocre at best. This is just my first day with the case and my initial impression isn't great. The case back is soft touch plastic and it doesn't offer any grip. The sides of the case offer slightly more grip. The phone is held in the case securely and if you follow the instructions of pushing the phone out by the camera opening it can be removed easily enough. There is minimal front protection, the top and bottom lip only protrude about .5mm to .75mm above the glass. I can only slide 3 sheets of xerox paper between the phone screen and my desk when I lay it face down. 4 sheets will move the phone. If you drop your phone in this case, the sides should be ok but if it lands on the face I would expect the glass to break. The added weight won't do it any favors either.
On that note, I don't consider the weight a plus or minus. It's a heavy case, it's a big battery. You can carry around a battery pack of the same weight maybe a little less or you can have a convenient case that attaches directly to your phone and add the weight of the battery to your phone. Overall I feel the added weight is a fair trade off for the extra battery life.
To test the charging ability of the case,
I've discharged my phone to 10% and then turned the power off to see maximum charge I can get from the case into the phone. When I'm checking phone % charged, I'm just clicking the power button once which when powered off and charging provides a temporary screen with the phones current battery percentage. Through the charge cycle my phone remained in the "powered off" state, even though at some level it's technically not off since it still shows the charge percentage.
34% on the phone and the indicator on the back of the case turned green. The bottom of the phone case has become pretty warm over the +25% charge so far. Not necessarily hot but definitely uncomfortably warmer than I would want if this was in my pocket. Which with insulation would probably get even warmer.
43% and the indicator just turned blue. Blue means 25-50% remaining and the last "25%" (green) only provided about 10% actual charge for the phone (for the record I charges the case for 6hrs before first use and made sure it stopped charging and had time to cool down before using it).
92% and the indicator is still blue, the case temp has decreased, likely due to the phone accepting a charge more slowly as the battery fills up.
100% with the indicator still blue. Case is cool to the touch.
Definitely seems to be some discrepancy between the LED indicator percentage and the actual percentage remaining in the case battery.
This leaves me with a few thoughts. Perhaps there is a problem with some of the cells leading to quick percent changes through the 100% down to 50% (White and Green) portion of the charge cycle. Maybe the quick charge function of the phone is maxing out the charge circuit and it is running far below peak efficiency leading to more heat and less power being transferred. I'll charge the case over night and if possible turn off quick charge on the phone to see if it I can get better performance out of the White and Green portion of the charge cycle. But so far the case provided one full charge in about 2hrs 14mins with the phone off and supposedly has >25% left in the tank.
Overall I don't expect to use this case as my primary case. While the extra battery life is nice, the lack of sufficient screen protection and limited grip make this a need to use only case. My Note 8 doesn't have a problem lasting through my day and I usually have enough battery life left to get me through the night and well into the next day. I bought this case for the times when I travel where I usually use my phone constantly and battery life can become a challenge and for that I think it will be sufficient. I've rated it 3 stars to be fair as I think 2 is too low, but if I could I would rate it 2.5.
Phone charges super fast with a fast charger. Carry one around with a super short cable. Works better than a huge case.
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I grabbed one also but from a different Amazon store and my only 2 gripes is its a real B to get the phone out of the case, it even says you have to press on the camera glass to push the phone out of the case... Yeah no thanks. Also it's not a fast charger as the item listing said it was. I only paid $16 for mine with a coupon via Vipon.com and after emailing the store complaining about them lying about it being a fast charger they have me a $15 credit back so I got the case only for $1.
First, I did receive a review sample from ZeroLemon.
If you're looking for a slim solution, this is NOT your choice, if you're looking for massive amounts of additional power on the go without having to carry a cable and external battery, then this IS your solution.
As I'm sure everyone will mention, it's LARGE. Until battery tech gets smaller, you gotta cram that battery somewhere. It's pretty hefty as well. If you wanted with this battery pack, you could outlast everyone around you in a marathon Pokemon Go session, long flights of movies won't be a problem. It's not going to provide any screen protection if dropped, but it might give you some arm workouts as you use the phone.
It's brainless to use. Plug your Note 8 into the battery case. All the button passthru's worked fine and aligned up. You are still "capable" of using the fingerprint reader, expect a bit more "reach" to get there. The case itself doesn't block the camera at all. No ghosting of the case in your photos.
If I were designing this, I would have added a flipout kickstand so you could just sit and watch movies without having to hold the bulk.
Product Packaging:
Packaging is quite simple, it’s a white ziplock bag and a brown cardboard box. There isn’t much in terms of instructions, just a small flip out pamphlet that instructs you on how to plug in the battery and case.
The battery attaches to the Note 8 via the USB-C port on the phone. The battery attachment also charges through a USB-C female port, so there is no need to change chargers or cables that you are already using with the phone.
Battery Usage:
I charged the case for approximately 12 hours before initial use – as instructed on the white ziplock bag that it all comes in.
The battery/case:
It’s a simple TPU case. It has a matte texture that feels good in the hands and prevents slippage.
After testing the battery case with the camera flash, I found no issues.
There is no need to remove the phone from the attachment in order to transfer files to your computer – something that is not possible with another extended battery case I tried using prior to this one.
Charging:
The battery itself does not support fast charging from the battery to the Note 8, but it does allow for pass through quick charging of your phone if you connect the battery case to your Samsung fast charger.
Pros:
Good extended capacity
Power on/off button
Solid construction of battery and case
Pass-through quick charging
Data transfer pass-through
Worked first time. Living up to name ZeroLemon.
Case itself is grippy and comfortable
Cons:
No NFC
No QI charging
Recessed fingerprint reader
Noticeable increase in weight and thickness of the phone
Needs a flip out kickstand.
Interestingly, if you try to go to the product page its a page saying "Oops - We couldn't find that one"
https://zerolemon.com/product/5500mah-battery-case-samsung-galaxy-note-8-black
Not sure it's official released. Not on Amazon yet that I saw.
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https://zerolemon.com/collections/s...te-8-battery-case-5500mah-shipping-to-us-only
and
https://zerolemon.com/collections/s...te-8-battery-case-1000mah-shipping-to-us-only
Interesting that they make two of them now. I wonder how much thinner the 5500 will be compared to the 10000 one.
I saw that 5500 version a few weeks ago before the 10,000 mah one was listed and didn't like the way it looked. The 10,000mah one looks decent, I need to know if it will work with the Whitestone Dome though.
When you are charging this, does the phone and the case get charged in parallel? Or the phone first, then the case etc.
Also how long does it take to charge the case itself, with the phone in it?
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I like mine. It's a little smaller and the case is refreshed from older models I've used from ZL
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Well I went thru 2 10000 cases in 1 week and both failed. Then I bought this slim one. Worked great for 2 charges and then would not take charge from factory charger. Will only charge from pc. Contacted zerolemon and was told must be defective cable. Lol. Yet charges my phone properly. Zerolemon is garbage and I recommend everyone to stay away from it. Last 2 phones product has gone to worthless in less then 2 weeks.
All their 5500 seems to be is a rebranded knockoff of the ebay versions for about $20 more. The 10 000 version looks like there's. Bottom line, like the OP said. It's heavy, no wireless charging, no magnet, no nfc. Those three are a killer, I regret not waiting for mophie's more expensive alternative.
The Mophie one is only 2950mAh and can only charge the phone 50% of juice.
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The Mophie one is only 2950mAh and can only charge the phone 50% of juice.
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how is the size compared to the zerolemon?
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how is the size compared to the zerolemon?
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Sorry I don't have it. I want to purchase it but it is currently out of stock.
It should be smaller in size than zerolemon as it has smaller capacity, I think.
Here are some video fyi:
- Official introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu2ZW98yoBM
- Unboxing and review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bw0mx85QpY
battery case from mophie!
DomoDom said:
All their 5500 seems to be is a rebranded knockoff of the ebay versions for about $20 more. The 10 000 version looks like there's. Bottom line, like the OP said. It's heavy, no wireless charging, no magnet, no nfc. Those three are a killer, I regret not waiting for mophie's more expensive alternative.
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mophie wireless battery case for note 8!
this is what i am rocking. only down side would be hard to get the spen out with out long finger nail!!!
First off, let me say this is a great setup for a power user and is the third ZeroLemon 10000mah battery case I have used on a mobile device. I use my phone for everyday business and multimedia use around 12-13 hours a day. I am constantly in the car or traveling for clients and have very little time to actively charge my phone on the move. This battery case combo was a no brainer for me.
So far I have been through 5 complete charge/drain cycles. Charging this battery case usually takes 8-10+ hours and holds a charge pretty well from what I have tested throughout the week.
The overall size and feel is great, although it does take a beautiful thin phone and make it into a hefty brick. I would say it is relatively the same size as 3 Note 8 phones stacked on top of each other. For me, this feels great and gives me a bit more piece of mind when handling the phone all day. However, your basic consumer may not like trade-off. That though, is a positive trade-off for me to have stellar battery and usability to get me through the day, worry free.
The case fits the phone very well and I do not worry about it coming loose, shifting etc...If I were to drop it I don't know how well it would absorb the impact, or whether the phone would stay in the case itsself. I'm not going to test that though. The s-pen can be a bit difficult to get out/in. This isn't an issue for me as I rarely use this feature. All the buttons line up with the respective case buttons and pluggin in the charger has ample clearances etc. The camera and fingerprint sensor are easily reachable as well.
Overall, this was a great purchase and one I will make again for future devices. It does exactly what I need it to do every day, and it does it very well.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AIQ1ZS2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Have a link to that?
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Have a link to that?
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Here you go. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00AIQ1ZS2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I don't think anyone could have designed an uglier solution
Way too much bulk to add considering how long the battery last and how fast the Note 8 charges. I have an external battery, but have only used it once
I bought the 10000 mah lemon battery as well via pre-order being I was coming off a rooted Note 3. Once I seen they was making a 10000 mah lemon I went and bought the Note 8 immediately. Not only have I've gotten 3-4 days with moderate use but it can also be used as an EXTERNAL battery for anyone worried about the added bulk or having to take a more protective designed case off to use the lemon case and battery.
I haven't even seen this option advertised in the Amazon reviews, Zero Lemon website or anywhere so decided to share. Basically just buy any USB C to USB C cable like this but shorter if you want "AmazonBasics USB Type-C to USB Type-C 2.0 Cable - 6 Feet (1.8 M... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GGKZ1VA/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_awdo_t1_icXvAb4CR5EGC and plug it in the actual white and black battery that fits in the lemon case. There's a input and output insert. Use the Input slot and plug the other end into the Note 8.
This works just like an external battery where you get the option to have it in the case or out the case. Also to add. When flat on a table, the lip for the case slightly raises the phone off flat surface which helps with the glass not touching. Although it's not designed to protect the phone I dropped mines twice off a dresser and not a scratch. Landed on its back possibly because of the weight. Hope this helps anyone in deciding.