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Only if you have a spare, or you use it so little that you can do without it—no mobile email, no GPS, no AAA, and no 2FA for up to a week.
by erik_seaberg 7y ago
Only if you have a spare, or you use it so little that you can do without it—no mobile email, no GPS, no AAA, and no 2FA for up to a week.
- scarface74 7y agoUp to a week? They can do it in the store the same day if you make an appointment.
- erik_seaberg 7y agohttps://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/battery-power https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/battery-powe... warned that they'll try.
- scarface74 7y ago“In more complex cases, we might need to send it to an Apple Repair Center.” There are no “complex cases” of battery repair. They are referring to cases where there is other damage they have to fix first (which they stated).
- wlesieutre 7y agoNot everyone lives near an Apple Store either. Thankfully Apple has recently made genuine iPhone batteries more available to repair shops, but that was just 4 months ago. They spent 13 years not doing that first. https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20838307/apple-iphone-repairs-parts-independent-shops https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20838307/apple-iphone-rep...
- scarface74 7y agoPeople have been able to go to a shop and get batteries replaced (whether they were genuine or not) for a decade. It’s only been within the past two or three years where it made the slightest difference between whether it was genuine or not.