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Ordered one in Dec and received one that looks like the picture (extra battery lays flat). This works well for charging both the phone and the battery. The extra battery is easy to get in and out. The charger for the extra battery cannot be used directly on the phone. The real turn off (no pun intended) are the annoying LEDs. I put electrical tape over the blue one (that only signifies it’s plugged in) after being blinded by it multiple times. Then there’s the extra battery LED. It works fine when the battery is in the slot but it constantly flashes green and a sparkling red when the battery is not present. Why? Is that a dangerous situation? Try working with that in the corner of your eye all day. Another piece of tape.

I ordered the second one in January from AccessoryOne. This is a different design. The extra battery sits upright requiring prior phone removal and use of two hands due to a snug fit. Thankfully no blinding/flashing lights and the extra battery’s charger can be used on the phone.

Both cradles work as described. Phone placement on both is a little tricky at first but gets easir as they are used.

Seems like it’s hit and miss what people are getting when they order this thing.

The device I received looks somewhat similar to the pictured device, but it is a different dock. It does not have the clear plastic piece as shown in the pic, and it came with a very cheap power brick which one or two other buyers didn’t receive. One buyer said their base’s charger was not USB but something else, but mine is definitely mini-USB. It’s the same type you see on most small electronic devices these days (exactly like the 6800 USB port).

I use my old PPC-6700 charger, since it’s more powerful and less cheap than the one that came with the dock. You could probably use just about any mini USB power brick for this thing, as long as it has a high enough power rating.

The 6800 fits well enough into the socket, but the nature of the phone design means you have to be careful putting it into the cradle. This is more of a “design flaw” of the 6800 than the cradle, but they could have made the cradle to make this easier. Maybe if mine had that “missing” clear plastic piece, it would plug in better.

In addition to a mini-USB port for the power brick, the dock has a standard USB cable (which is hard-wired into my dock), and the sync works fine through the dock itself. I think you’re not supposed to have both sync cable and power brick plugged in at the same time, but I’m not sure. Not wanting to chance damaging my PC motherboard, I will keep only one or the other plugged in until I find out for sure (my dock did NOT come with any instructions at all).

It charges batteries just fine, I think. The left LED light changes to red when charging, green when the battery is charged. The blue “power” LED is constantly on and on mine does NOT blink. The blue LED is bright enough to blind you or stun small children, or at least it’ll light up the room at night.

Definitely worth the $12 I paid. It’s cheap, but it works and is MUCH more convenient than having to lay the phone down on a flat surface to charge or sync.

Perfect product even though it does not come with power adpter. But then, that would put the price up another 4 to 8 bucks. I plugged my charger into it at home office for a faster charge and with Blue tooth sync works fine. I am going to purchase another for the business office.

Products fit and finish is good. Works as advertised. BUT. The blue LED on the front of the unit is as bright as a AA flashlight. It forms a huge 3′ blue circle on the ceiling. I had to put black electrical tape over it. The blinking LED on the back is also annoying if u like your bedroom totally dark while charging your phone but is easily covered up. Good product.

Mine was hinky. The first one was defective. It worked well for 2 days, then the battery charger stopped working. The second one (replaced free of charge, thank you!) worked great for 3 days, then the sync cable stopped working. Since what I really needed was the charger, I kept the second one.

A very handy charger that is practical, and works great with the standard battery. I would have rated five stars, except you cannot charge the extended life battery while it is on the phone (you CAN use the charger for the extended life battery when it is detached from the phone).