Qtek 8080 / E200: Where can I buy (original) accessories ???

February 5, 2004

As this phone has a known hunger for power, I would like to know where I can buy an (original) charger !

I bought the phone myself, thus not from an operator.

Qtek is no commercial enterprise (the manufacturer is HTC) and Dangaard, the (European) distributor no retailer.

This is a weird situation !

Had I bought e.g. a Motorola MPx200 it wouldn't be much of a problem getting myself accessory equipment.

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What about using "similar" chargers.

Thought about it myself, but:

Li-Ion batteries need a special charging profile, not only the same specified voltage and current. The supplied PSC05-R from Phihong is not sold by Phihong, which is after all a wholesale manufacturer (Phihong replied to me that this model is OEM and not even sold by them in bulk quantities to third parties). Also strange: In a Phihong product list on the internet it is listed as "discontinued product", whatever this means...

Also the other accessories (Docking cradle, USB charging cable, spare battery) are rather expensive and I was unable to find a retailer in Germany or Austria (I live in Austria). And they are rather expensive: ca. GBP 40 for the battery e.g.

One of the UK retailers doesn't ship to outside the UK, the other doesn't sell the charger at all and the other products with long delivery time.

Question:

Does anyone know where to get accessories (Charger, cradle, USB charging cable, spare battery), preferably somewhere in Germany or Austria ?

Note: Alternative chargers might supply the same output voltage, but I doubt that they provide the same chargin profile. (Don't also want to have problems with a destroyed battery or device...)

Proposal:

What about compiling a list of available retailers her on the forum, including prices, availabilities, shipping conditions etc. ?

No advertisements, just pure infos.

And every retailer, which is able to sell accessories is included disregard of anything.

Regards

Gerhard