> It's $100 for 3 more years of battery. If you can't handle that, buy a slightly cheaper phone or a refurb. But tell me, where does it say on the iPhone box t

> It's $100 for 3 more years of battery. If you can't handle that, buy a slightly cheaper phone or a refurb. But tell me, where does it say on the iPhone box that the phone battery only lasts three years, give or take? How is a customer supposed to know what they need to 'handle'? The battery is effectively a wear-item, where a very finite lifespan is an acceptable trade-off for better initial performance. However, designing the phone this way also makes the service an intended part of phone ownership, not merely a response to damage or accident. Apple (alongside the other manufacturers, by this point) is double-dipping by designing a phone that effectively requires service and by being the only reasonable provider for that service.