US Cellular's battery swap program puts a new charge in your handset, for free

by Darren Murph posted May 18th 2009 at 8:32AM

Ever dreamt of keeping a phone so long that the original battery went kaput? And, during that same dream, did your loving, compassionate carrier decide to bless you with a second battery for free? No need to keep dozing, as regional operator US Cellular has decided to show up the big boys by introducing its Battery Swap program. Launching tomorrow, the initiative enables customers to come into any US Cellular store and "change out a dead or dying battery for a fully-charged one, for free." Needless to say, the firm is pretty stoked about being the only wireless carrier in America to offer such a service, though you should know that only phones which have been purchased within the last 18 months are eligible. Sounds fair enough to us -- so, when's everyone else jumping on this bandwagon? Bueller...?

[Thanks, Kristofer]

Filed under: Peripherals, EV-DO, CDMA, Misc, US Cellular

Tags: battery, battery swap, BatterySwap, carrier, cellphone, free, operator, u.s. cellular, U.s.Cellular, us cellular, UsCellular, wireless

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Manalo @ May 18th 2009 10:10AM

Used or new battery though? It says swap a dead or dying battery for a fully charged one. I work in a store and we always do that, used for used. We just keep them all charged.

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SoCoolCurt (PSN: KillaKornbread - XBL: SoCoolCurt) @ May 18th 2009 10:55AM

yea it sounds like an ok program at first but when you consider you're probably trading for a used battery that has a shortened life anyway, you may be entering yourself into a new cycle of having to go to US Cellular to get another battery every month or so. not terrible but doesn't have me raving either.

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Mark @ May 18th 2009 2:23PM

Actually, it looks like you can swap up to four times per month, and it doesn't have to be because your battery is old... if you're just out driving around and forgot to charge the day before you can go to a store and swap batteries.

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