New battery for Nokia 5200

I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as cheap
as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one a few
months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and the
seller unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.

Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least,
one which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if I
approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
option out there which someone can reccommend?

Thanks
David

On 2006-12-31 18:43:51 +0000, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> said:

> I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
> needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as cheap
> as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one a few
> months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and the
> seller unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.
>
> Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least,
> one which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if I
> approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
> specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
> option out there which someone can reccommend?
>

The Orange shop I work in has these at clearance - £4.99. Genuine
Nokia. I'm 99% they're for the model you're talking about (although it
would be a Nokia 5210, does that sound better?). I'm based in Belfast,
but you could try a couple of your local stores and see if they happen
to have any left...

Chris

"Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
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> On 2006-12-31 18:43:51 +0000, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com>
> said:
>
>> I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
>> needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as cheap
>> as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one a few
>> months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and the seller
>> unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.
>>
>> Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least, one
>> which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if I
>> approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
>> specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
>> option out there which someone can reccommend?
>>
>
> The Orange shop I work in has these at clearance - £4.99. Genuine Nokia.
> I'm 99% they're for the model you're talking about (although it would be a
> Nokia 5210, does that sound better?). I'm based in Belfast, but you could
> try a couple of your local stores and see if they happen to have any
> left...
>
> Chris
>
Or http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/5200-Batteries.htm. A bit more expensive,
though...........

"Jeremy Pope" <news@invotec.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2007010105183016807-chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmailcom...
>> On 2006-12-31 18:43:51 +0000, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com>
>> said:
>>
>>> I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
>>> needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as cheap
>>> as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one a few
>>> months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and the
>>> seller unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.
>>>
>>> Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least,
>>> one which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if I
>>> approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
>>> specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
>>> option out there which someone can reccommend?
>>>
>>
>> The Orange shop I work in has these at clearance - £4.99. Genuine Nokia.
>> I'm 99% they're for the model you're talking about (although it would be
>> a Nokia 5210, does that sound better?). I'm based in Belfast, but you
>> could try a couple of your local stores and see if they happen to have
>> any left...
>>
>> Chris
>>
> Or http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/5200-Batteries.htm. A bit more
> expensive, though...........
>
Sorry, hit send by mistook. Mobilefun seems to suggest that the battery for
5210 is different to the 5200..

Jeremy Pope wrote:
> "Jeremy Pope" <news@invotec.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:f-KdnT7GUIF_SwXYnZ2dnUVZ8qSnnZ2d@bt.com...
>> "Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:2007010105183016807-chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmailcom...
>>> On 2006-12-31 18:43:51 +0000, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com>
>>> said:
>>>
>>>> I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
>>>> needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as cheap
>>>> as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one a few
>>>> months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and the
>>>> seller unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.
>>>>
>>>> Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least,
>>>> one which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if I
>>>> approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
>>>> specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
>>>> option out there which someone can reccommend?
>>>>
>>> The Orange shop I work in has these at clearance - £4.99. Genuine Nokia.
>>> I'm 99% they're for the model you're talking about (although it would be
>>> a Nokia 5210, does that sound better?). I'm based in Belfast, but you
>>> could try a couple of your local stores and see if they happen to have
>>> any left...

Thanks - yes 5210 it is! - will give that a try.

>> Or http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/5200-Batteries.htm. A bit more
>> expensive, though...........
>>
> Sorry, hit send by mistook. Mobilefun seems to suggest that the battery for
> 5210 is different to the 5200..

I see they also do them for the 5210 (ie the BLB-2), though as you say,
bit dear - 13.50 delivered. Do we know they *really* genuine Nokia? (as
the 99p items on ebay say that too! :-) )

Thanks
David

"Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Jeremy Pope wrote:
>> "Jeremy Pope" <news@invotec.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:f-KdnT7GUIF_SwXYnZ2dnUVZ8qSnnZ2d@bt.com...
>>> "Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:2007010105183016807-chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmailcom...
>>>> On 2006-12-31 18:43:51 +0000, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com>
>>>> said:
>>>>
>>>>> I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
>>>>> needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as
>>>>> cheap as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one
>>>>> a few months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and
>>>>> the seller unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least,
>>>>> one which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if
>>>>> I approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
>>>>> specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
>>>>> option out there which someone can reccommend?
>>>>>
>>>> The Orange shop I work in has these at clearance - £4.99. Genuine
>>>> Nokia. I'm 99% they're for the model you're talking about (although it
>>>> would be a Nokia 5210, does that sound better?). I'm based in Belfast,
>>>> but you could try a couple of your local stores and see if they happen
>>>> to have any left...
>
> Thanks - yes 5210 it is! - will give that a try.
>
>>> Or http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/5200-Batteries.htm. A bit more
>>> expensive, though...........
>>>
>> Sorry, hit send by mistook. Mobilefun seems to suggest that the battery
>> for 5210 is different to the 5200..
>
> I see they also do them for the 5210 (ie the BLB-2), though as you say,
> bit dear - 13.50 delivered. Do we know they *really* genuine Nokia? (as
> the 99p items on ebay say that too! :-) )
>
> Thanks
> David
I've bought from them in the past and used the Nokia Genuine Battery checker
against them, http://europe.nokia.com/A4144894, and never found the code to
have been entered before or failed checking.

Jeremy.

Jeremy Pope wrote:
> "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:IP5mh.45390$HV6.40557@newsfe1-gui.ntli.net...
>> Jeremy Pope wrote:
>>> "Jeremy Pope" <news@invotec.co.uk> wrote in message
>>> news:f-KdnT7GUIF_SwXYnZ2dnUVZ8qSnnZ2d@bt.com...
>>>> "Chris Boyd" <chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:2007010105183016807-chrisbboyd@NOSPAMgmailcom...
>>>>> On 2006-12-31 18:43:51 +0000, Lobster <davidlobsterpot601@hotmail.com>
>>>>> said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I have an elderly 5200 - the well-known rubber "builder's phone" which
>>>>>> needs a new battery (a BLB-2 model). There are plenty on Ebay as
>>>>>> cheap as chips, purporting to be genuine Nokia items, and I bought one
>>>>>> a few months ago - but guess what, it completely failed recently and
>>>>>> the seller unsurprisingly doesn't want to know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Question - where can I buy a definitely genuine battery (or at least,
>>>>>> one which will work properly!) for this old model? I daresay that if
>>>>>> I approach an official Nokia outlet they'd be able to order one up
>>>>>> specially, at some exhorbitant price, but hopefully there's a better
>>>>>> option out there which someone can reccommend?
>>>>>>
>>>>> The Orange shop I work in has these at clearance - £4.99. Genuine
>>>>> Nokia. I'm 99% they're for the model you're talking about (although it
>>>>> would be a Nokia 5210, does that sound better?). I'm based in Belfast,
>>>>> but you could try a couple of your local stores and see if they happen
>>>>> to have any left...
>> Thanks - yes 5210 it is! - will give that a try.
>>
>>>> Or http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/5200-Batteries.htm. A bit more
>>>> expensive, though...........
>>>>
>>> Sorry, hit send by mistook. Mobilefun seems to suggest that the battery
>>> for 5210 is different to the 5200..
>> I see they also do them for the 5210 (ie the BLB-2), though as you say,
>> bit dear - 13.50 delivered. Do we know they *really* genuine Nokia? (as
>> the 99p items on ebay say that too! :-) )

> I've bought from them in the past and used the Nokia Genuine Battery checker
> against them, http://europe.nokia.com/A4144894, and never found the code to
> have been entered before or failed checking.

Thnaks, sounds encouraging then. I looked at the above Nokia tool when
checking my recent ebay purchase, however it seems that production of
the BLB-2 battery predates the Nokia tool!

David