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Wow! My big takeaway is that I guess Apple (or somebody in the middle?) is making a lot of money on batteries. I know Apple routinely charges $70-80 for a bat
by danesparza 10y ago
Wow! My big takeaway is that I guess Apple (or somebody in the middle?) is making a lot of money on batteries. I know Apple routinely charges $70-80 for a battery replacement, but this guy got one for $5!
- MR4D 10y agoAfter Samsung's issues last year, do you REALLY want to take a chance on a battery? That's the best $70 I'll ever spend towards a part.
- y04nn 10y agoThere is a many fake lithium batteries that have way less capacity than advertised. I have experienced it with a laptop battery. It might worth checking the real capacity of it. Also, when changing the battery, the time spent to disassemble and reassemble the phone without breaking anything might account for a lot.
- snovv_crash 10y agoYup, lithium batteries at phone/laptop scale should be stupidly cheap. For an example, go to hobbyking and look up what a 2100mAh 11.1v pack costs. It will be ~$8, and this is something capable of being subjected to 30+amps at 11 volts, not the nice gentle usage we give our phone batteries.