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Help! Battery dies quickly, what to do, replace or repair?

Started Sep 16, 2016 | Discussions thread
AnthonyL Veteran Member • Posts: 3,686
Re: Help! Battery dies quickly, what to do, replace or repair?
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jrkliny wrote:

If you still have the original battery, I am surprised it lasted this long. Lithium batteries need to be replaced every few years regardless of use. I have had to replace my laptop battery every 3-4 years. The same has occurred with my cellphone. They rarely fail outright but just lose the ability to hold a charge.

Tell that to my 2007 HP514 1st generation "smartphone" batteries.  I have two which every few or more months I swap over.  Still getting 2 or 3 days on standby.  Bluetooth hits them hard though.

Come to think of it the Canon 450d and its batteries are 2009.

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