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Who keeps their phone for 5 years. The battery will be bad in 2 years. Replacing it requires disassembling a phone.

threeseed 8y ago
Not sure about US but in Australia you can go to any shopping mall and there will be a shop where you can get your battery replaced. Or even in most cities there are phone repair places that will get you a new battery pretty cheaply.
- umanwizard 8y ago
  This is also true in the US (not sure of prices though I can’t imagine why it’d be mich different from Australia). One big problem is that you don’t know whether you’re getting genuine parts, and aftermarket stuff can be quite crappy.
setr 8y ago
I usually just keep my old phones in storage when I switch, and hand 'em off to visitors and such (or when I break my phone); comes in handy often enough. Battery holds sufficiently in a drawer.
tinus_hn 8y ago
Replacing the battery is $29, parts and labor (for this year).
- samfisher83 8y ago
  That was a special because of the throttling the normal battery replacement is more than that.
  - MBCook 8y ago
    Yeah, but it’s not like it was $150 before. Compared to a new phone starting at $650 or so, even $89 (old price?) is a bargain. (Obviously the new phone would have other benefits, but it’s a big price jump. Even for a refurb.)
    - samfisher83 8y ago
      You could get a mid tier new phone for 200 which will be better than a 2 year old phone.
rthille 8y ago
I've had my 6s since Sept 2015. It reports battery capacity as 86% of new, and still not throttled. I'll probably get the $29 battery replacement before the end of the year, just in case and keep the phone at least another year, if not 2. Previous phone was a 4s, bought Oct 2011. So, I guess I'm saying, "me. I keep my phone that long, or nearly so."
- samfisher83 8y ago
  https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-people-wait-to-upgrade-phones-chart-2017-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-people-wait-to-upgr... The average person has their phone less than 2 years. If we assume a normal distribution and a standard deviation of 11 months then 83% of people will keep it less than 3 years. 5 years would be 3 std deviations. That is a very small number.
graeme 8y ago
The phones keep resale value that way.

Not sure about US but in Australia you can go to any shopping mall and there will be a shop where you can get your battery replaced. Or even in most cities there are phone repair places that will get you a new battery pretty cheaply.

umanwizard 8y ago
This is also true in the US (not sure of prices though I can’t imagine why it’d be mich different from Australia). One big problem is that you don’t know whether you’re getting genuine parts, and aftermarket stuff can be quite crappy.

setr 8y ago

I usually just keep my old phones in storage when I switch, and hand 'em off to visitors and such (or when I break my phone); comes in handy often enough. Battery holds sufficiently in a drawer.

tinus_hn 8y ago

Replacing the battery is $29, parts and labor (for this year).

samfisher83 8y ago
That was a special because of the throttling the normal battery replacement is more than that.
- MBCook 8y ago
  Yeah, but it’s not like it was $150 before. Compared to a new phone starting at $650 or so, even $89 (old price?) is a bargain. (Obviously the new phone would have other benefits, but it’s a big price jump. Even for a refurb.)
  - samfisher83 8y ago
    You could get a mid tier new phone for 200 which will be better than a 2 year old phone.

rthille 8y ago

I've had my 6s since Sept 2015. It reports battery capacity as 86% of new, and still not throttled. I'll probably get the $29 battery replacement before the end of the year, just in case and keep the phone at least another year, if not 2. Previous phone was a 4s, bought Oct 2011. So, I guess I'm saying, "me. I keep my phone that long, or nearly so."

samfisher83 8y ago
https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-people-wait-to-upgrade-phones-chart-2017-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-long-people-wait-to-upgr... The average person has their phone less than 2 years. If we assume a normal distribution and a standard deviation of 11 months then 83% of people will keep it less than 3 years. 5 years would be 3 std deviations. That is a very small number.

graeme 8y ago

The phones keep resale value that way.