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I personally wish folks would make phone upgrade decisions with battery replacements in mind. (I am guilty of this too, of course!) If you're happy with your p

I personally wish folks would make phone upgrade decisions with battery replacements in mind. (I am guilty of this too, of course!) If you're happy with your phone two years on, you probably get much more bang for your buck paying $79 for a new battery than $749 or $999 or whatever for a new device.

nothrabannosir 8y ago
Especially with Apple's current $29 for all recent models. Take an iPhone SE, 2016 price $400, now sells around... $100 on eBay, so that's let's say a rough $150 for an ok phone with a fresh battery. It will probably last another, what, year or two? You can browse the web with it, and install apps. I use one every day and let me tell you: it's fine. It works, it's not frustrating. Are these new phones really $1000/$150 ≈ 6 times better? If you're a VC or early Google employee: sure, by all means. But $1000 for a phone when $150 will do; I find it hard to stomach.