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I think when people talk about phones with replaceable batteries, they mean ones that are replaceable by the user themselves. And $29 is still four to five tim
by klingonopera 7y ago
I think when people talk about phones with replaceable batteries, they mean ones that are replaceable by the user themselves.
And $29 is still four to five times as much than just buying a battery and doing it yourself.
- plorkyeran 7y agoWhere are you finding iPhone 6 batteries for $6? Even the really sketchy ones are $15 and the ones from more reputable suppliers are $20-$30.
- klingonopera 7y agoJust like the $29 aren't really the true costs, that was a marketing scheme to soften the blow from the negative publicity of battery throttling. Point is: It costs Apple more than $29 to replace a battery and not make a loss while doing it. So ok, a battery won't cost $6, but a technician's replacement usually won't cost $29, either. That means, the true costs are more likely to be $20 vs. $50. (And those $50 are brutally cheap, what are they paying their technicians?) EDIT: FWIW, a "sketchy" replacement battery for the Samsung Galaxy S5 costs between 7-15€ on the German eBay. That was my reference, I don't use Apple products.