Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!newsfeed.CARNet.hr!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Rod Speed" Newsgroups: aus.computers,aus.electronics Subject: Re: Medion mobile phones Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 19:56:43 +1000 Lines: 86 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net kZ2+TnnagJbSKTy8wofD/Q5QIq8IxZo93McZmzm7pe+C5x5SA= Cancel-Lock: sha1:I6wqA6HrpdZlkxZr1spOYqpoZzY= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: aioe.org aus.computers:46652 aus.electronics:29819 "Petzl" wrote in message news:n62ina9an06p7d7fpnaoqelkorqvkr9jp7@4ax.com... > On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:34:50 +1000, "Rod Speed" > wrote: > >> >> >>"Petzl" wrote in message >>news:t5jhna5fe0n8c6u615dmvcgolsbde8l1iq@4ax.com... >>> On Thu, 11 Jun 2015 08:08:43 +1000, "Rod Speed" >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>"Petzl" wrote in message >>>>news:td9gnah66ss7nbrl7g2uj0s487bkr769gm@4ax.com... >>>>> On Wed, 10 Jun 2015 19:56:13 +1000, Petzl wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 14:31:01 +1000, "Rod Speed" >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>>The Medion E4002 (MD 98388) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>Not a bad little phone, BUT the battery is pretty hopeless, >>>>>>>doesn't last that long, and costs $49 for a new battery and >>>>>>>no one I can find supplies non genuine batterys. >>>>>> >>>>>>tried ringing? >>>>>>http://www.medion.com/au/ >>>>>>or >>>>>>https://www.medion.com/mailing/company_au.php >>>> >>>>> Found it's complete name >>>>> Aldi/Medion E4002 (MD98388) >>>> >>>>Yeah, I should have said that. >>>> >>>>> Suspect it's a rebadged "LG E4002"? >>>> >>>>Where did you get that from ? >>>> >>>>> https://www.google.com/search?q=%22lg+e400%22+BATTERY&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 >>>> >>>>That's LG E400, which do you mean ? >>> > "LG E4002" > >>> Might be wrong late at night had a "Google" which seemed to say it >>> *maybe" the same phone? >> >>Which one tho, E4002 or E400 ? >> > "LG E4002" There is no such animal. There is an E400 tho and it does have the same ma capacity. I should be seeing the physical phone tomorrow or in a day or so. >>There are some pictures of the battery in the google >>search so I will compare it with the battery in the medion. >>It belongs to one of the turks, so I can't check what it looks >>like or what model number it has on the battery right now. >> >>> Another name was >>> http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/2209278 >>> FWIW, the Medion is a rebranded S 1280 phone made by CEIEC.It is no >>> longer available. >>> Google search >>> http://bit.ly/1GzxBsP >> >>Yeah, did find that one myself, but couldn't >>find anyone offering batterys for it. >> >>Couldn't find any specs for it either to compare >>with the specs of the Medion to see if its accurate. > > Seems many complained about faults with that Aldi Medion Mobile so > maybe can't be got, except for $49 Medion themselves plus postage! Yeah, never found anyone claiming that it's the same battery as in anything else. Time will tell if I can find one yet. I find it hard to believe that its got a unique battery, but that's certainly possible.