How do you take care of your lg cell phone batteries ? What makes a good cell phone battery and how do you choose? We all know we want it to be light weight as it decides the weight of your mobile phone itself, then size - smaller the better, then durability - it should be long lasting, standby time - shouldn’t get discharged so soon and what not? There are lots we need to understand about batteries before we conclude.

LG Cell Phone Batteries

The four most common types of cell phone batteries for cellular phones are based on the chemistry involved. They are Lithium Ion (Li-Ion), Lithium Polymer (Li-Poly), Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) & Nickel Cadmium (NiCd). These battery chemistries determine the size, price, talk time, standby time of any battery. While we read about various battery types and want to understand how they are different, it is important to know various terminologies connected to the battery.

Lithium Ion Batteries (LiION) are amongst the most popular lg cell phone batteries available. Due to the overriding advantages, (LiION) batteries have come to almost replace NiMH batteries. Below are just a few of the reasons why:

1. Standby and Talk Time with Li-ION batteries can be upto 40% longer .
2. They are lighter and more compact than NiMH batteries.
3. Li-ION batteries do not suffer from memory effect.
4. Li-ION batteries accept more charge cycles, allowing them to last over 30% longer than NiMH batteries.

Memory Effect:
Say, you recharge NiCad & NiMH lg cell phone batteries that are 60% discharged and you often do this similarly. Eventually these cell phone batteries will show ‘Low battery’ indication as soon as 60% is discharged as it forgets 40% charge remaining. This memory effect is major drawback in NiCad and NIMH batteries.

Standby Time:
Batteries discharge slowly even they are not used. This is the time duration for complete discharge when battery is not used.

Talk time:
It is the discharge duration if battery is fully used for talking.
Branded cell phone batteries have their standard: the Standby & Talk time under ideal conditions. This will vary drastically depending on how the battery is maintained by the user. And, they are slightly different for different batteries. Standby and Talktime vary significantly for analog and digital phones. Digital phones have better Standby and Talktime than analog ones. mAh – stands for "milli Amp hours" and is the measurement of a battery’s storage capacity.

Initial Charge Cycle:
It is recommended to charge it slowly (trickle charge) & fully and drain it fully for the first three charge cycles. This is applicable for all batteries.

Battery Life:
The life of lg cell phone batteries and other cell phone batteries is measured in terms on number of charge cycles. You can follow these tips to maintain good battery life. Regularly clean the battery with cotton and alcohol and make sure you leave no cotton on the contact points of battery. Don’t leave the battery dormant for long hours, do keep using now and then. You shouldn’t plug AC adapter with battery if it is not being charged. And, store them in cool & dry place and place them away from metal & heat.

Pricing of cell phone batteries will depend upon the technology of the battery and the model of the battery. NiMH batteries are relatively cheaper than high end Li-lon and Li-polymer batteries. Cellular battery manufacturers provide detailed price lists for all their models. Pricing will vary based on brands & mAh capacity.