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$79 is quite a bit of money to pay each year, considering I can buy two batteries and a charger for my Android phone on Amazon for far less than that.

narrator 9y ago
My brand new Note 4 battery costs all of $13 and took 30 seconds to change. The last couple of revisions of phones aren't that much better than previous generations. This seems mainly due to Moore's law slowing down. Heck, Intel hasn't released a process shrink in 4 years. Apple and other vendors are going to have to start pulling even more of these planned obsolescence tricks if technology doesn't pick up soon.
- balls187 9y ago
  Samsung brand battery, or is it just a replacement part?
  - eat_veggies 9y ago
    I find Anker batteries to be the same or higher quality than Samsung's own. They usually run for about $10-$15.
eyeareque 9y ago
A replacement iPhone battery can be bought on eBay for around 10 bucks shipped. I’ve replaced a few iPhone 6 batteries. Support a small business and have someone else install it for you if you need a new battery. It won’t cost that much. If Samsung had stores they would charge you something near Apples price without question.
- slig 9y ago
  How trustable are those no-brand batteries? I'm kind of wary of buying a no-brand battery that will charge everyday on my night stand.
  - pronoiac 9y ago
    Go with iFixit. I've been happy with them, but I tried a cheap no-name from Amazon, and it refused to hold a charge at all within 48 hours. (I've mentioned iFixit lately; I'm just a happy repeat customer.)
  - concerned_user 9y ago
    It will surely be lower quality and degrade quicker than brand one but it will not spontaneously combust if you are worried about that.
    - Klathmon 9y ago
      That's the thing, with lithium ion batteries, spontaneously combustion is a real worry. I'll be more than willing to take my chances with a lot of parts on computers/phones/electronics/etc But the power supply systems are one area I will not buy anything other than OEM or "top of the line" for. I've fallen asleep with my phone in bed, I have it on a nightstand a foot away from my head most nights, it sits in my pocket for most of the day. That's not something I want to have even a 1% chance of failing when the failure mode is "burst into flames".
      - concerned_user 9y ago
        Not really, it is a worry in model planes or vaping devices which draw significant current. Phone it has a temperature sensor and only other risk you have is it being bent or punctured. I always wonder how people use those vaping devices (especially cheap ones from ebay) without fear of them blowing up, energy density is crazy there.
        Klathmon 9y ago
        There's only so much the actual phone can do to prevent a problem with a battery though. To put it bluntly, a temperature sensor in the phone isn't going to do shit if one of the battery's internal walls fails due to a manufacturing defect and the thermal runaway starts. Every month or so I hear of another person who's phone caught fire on their bed, or the whole galaxy note fiasco. While I agree with you that for the most part it's not a worry in devices from reputable manufacturers (like OEMs), but it is and will continue to be a problem for cheaper manufacturers, and suppliers who aren't afraid to lie about what's inside the package.
reaperducer 9y ago
Battery degradation in iPhones starts after one year. Why would you buy a new battery each year? Even if you were a power user, it would make sense to only change the battery every other year, at most. Plus $79 for a new battery PLUS expert, warrantied installation is a good value. You're paying for a lot more than just a battery. (FWIW, I've replaced the batteries in my iPhone 4 and 5 in the last year. It was much easier than I thought it would be. I still have an original launch-day iPhone. Maybe I'll see if I can still find a replacement battery for it.)

narrator 9y ago

My brand new Note 4 battery costs all of $13 and took 30 seconds to change. The last couple of revisions of phones aren't that much better than previous generations. This seems mainly due to Moore's law slowing down. Heck, Intel hasn't released a process shrink in 4 years. Apple and other vendors are going to have to start pulling even more of these planned obsolescence tricks if technology doesn't pick up soon.

balls187 9y ago
Samsung brand battery, or is it just a replacement part?
- eat_veggies 9y ago
  I find Anker batteries to be the same or higher quality than Samsung's own. They usually run for about $10-$15.

eyeareque 9y ago

A replacement iPhone battery can be bought on eBay for around 10 bucks shipped. I’ve replaced a few iPhone 6 batteries. Support a small business and have someone else install it for you if you need a new battery. It won’t cost that much. If Samsung had stores they would charge you something near Apples price without question.

slig 9y ago
How trustable are those no-brand batteries? I'm kind of wary of buying a no-brand battery that will charge everyday on my night stand.
- pronoiac 9y ago
  Go with iFixit. I've been happy with them, but I tried a cheap no-name from Amazon, and it refused to hold a charge at all within 48 hours. (I've mentioned iFixit lately; I'm just a happy repeat customer.)
- concerned_user 9y ago
  It will surely be lower quality and degrade quicker than brand one but it will not spontaneously combust if you are worried about that.
  - Klathmon 9y ago
    That's the thing, with lithium ion batteries, spontaneously combustion is a real worry. I'll be more than willing to take my chances with a lot of parts on computers/phones/electronics/etc But the power supply systems are one area I will not buy anything other than OEM or "top of the line" for. I've fallen asleep with my phone in bed, I have it on a nightstand a foot away from my head most nights, it sits in my pocket for most of the day. That's not something I want to have even a 1% chance of failing when the failure mode is "burst into flames".
    - concerned_user 9y ago
      Not really, it is a worry in model planes or vaping devices which draw significant current. Phone it has a temperature sensor and only other risk you have is it being bent or punctured. I always wonder how people use those vaping devices (especially cheap ones from ebay) without fear of them blowing up, energy density is crazy there.
      - Klathmon 9y ago
        There's only so much the actual phone can do to prevent a problem with a battery though. To put it bluntly, a temperature sensor in the phone isn't going to do shit if one of the battery's internal walls fails due to a manufacturing defect and the thermal runaway starts. Every month or so I hear of another person who's phone caught fire on their bed, or the whole galaxy note fiasco. While I agree with you that for the most part it's not a worry in devices from reputable manufacturers (like OEMs), but it is and will continue to be a problem for cheaper manufacturers, and suppliers who aren't afraid to lie about what's inside the package.

reaperducer 9y ago

Battery degradation in iPhones starts after one year. Why would you buy a new battery each year? Even if you were a power user, it would make sense to only change the battery every other year, at most. Plus $79 for a new battery PLUS expert, warrantied installation is a good value. You're paying for a lot more than just a battery. (FWIW, I've replaced the batteries in my iPhone 4 and 5 in the last year. It was much easier than I thought it would be. I still have an original launch-day iPhone. Maybe I'll see if I can still find a replacement battery for it.)