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You take your phone to a shop and come back an hour later and boom you have a new battery. I once had a microphone fail on my phone and it was exact same scenar

You take your phone to a shop and come back an hour later and boom you have a new battery. I once had a microphone fail on my phone and it was exact same scenario. It's really not a big deal.

koolba 4y ago
If you’re going to do this for an iPhone then best to hurry up. They’re raising the prices at the end of the month. I think from $49 to $89.
- scarface74 4y ago
  The average selling price of an iPhone is over $1000. How many iPhone buyers are that price sensitive to a $40 difference in price for a battery that they might replace over four years.
  - koolba 4y ago
    The iPhones getting their battery replaced are older iPhones owned by people who do not want to spend $1000 on a new phone. It’s people breathing new life into an iPhone 8, not someone debating dropping. $1300 on the latest release.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      And those people also at one point spend $800 at least on a phone. Is $40 really a deal breaker?
  - yumraj 4y ago
    I have an iPhone SE2, with 86% battery health, over 86GB of storage left and performance and size that is just perfect for me. Why will I replace my phone if it's in just fine working condition and is sufficient for my needs, that too in just 4 years? Battery replacement will work well for me once it's below 80%.
    - scarface74 4y ago
      That’s just the point. Very few people who bought an iPhone are going to let a $40 increase in battery replacement costs deter them.
- tzs 4y ago
  It's going from $49 to $69 for iPhone 8 and older, and from $69 to $89 for iPhones newer than 8 but older than 13. 13 is remaining $99.
rakoo 4y ago
It's not a big deal if you don't care about the environment. It's about time we forget this wasteful mindset
- seanmcdirmid 4y ago
  lithium batteries are easy and profitable to recycle. Yes, something is lost (recycling isn't free), but it isn't going to into a landfill.
  - bhc 4y ago
    Less than 1 percent of Lithium-ion batteries get recycled in the US and EU. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/lithium-costs-a-lot-of-money-so-why-arent-we-recycling-lithium-batteries/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/lithium-costs-a-lot-...
    - brookst 4y ago
      Do you think Apple stores recycle more or less than that 1% figure?
    - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
      I can't read the study (published in India?), but I would dispute the data. > This hasn’t worked for lithium batteries, partly because so many formats exist. “These batteries are all over the place in different sizes,” he said. A related challenge is that the technology for lithium batteries changes rapidly — every one to two years, he said. (edit: I found a working link to the article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41745-021-00269-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41745-021-00269-7) Apple is not throwing lithium batteries into landfills, and it is the one doing the replacement. Tesla is definitely not doing this, so what is left? Probably those lithium rechargeable batteries you can buy on Amazon?
    - kaba0 4y ago
      And how is 1% of only batteries worse than throwing away the entire phone?
npteljes 4y ago
I wish. We bought a Cat B35 because it looked cool. Phone speaker got quieter and quieter, I bought it to several phone places, nobody wanted to touch it. Maybe it wasn't popular enough?

You take your phone to a shop and come back an hour later and boom you have a new battery. I once had a microphone fail on my phone and it was exact same scenario. It's really not a big deal.

koolba 4y ago

If you’re going to do this for an iPhone then best to hurry up. They’re raising the prices at the end of the month. I think from $49 to $89.

scarface74 4y ago
The average selling price of an iPhone is over $1000. How many iPhone buyers are that price sensitive to a $40 difference in price for a battery that they might replace over four years.
- koolba 4y ago
  The iPhones getting their battery replaced are older iPhones owned by people who do not want to spend $1000 on a new phone. It’s people breathing new life into an iPhone 8, not someone debating dropping. $1300 on the latest release.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    And those people also at one point spend $800 at least on a phone. Is $40 really a deal breaker?
- yumraj 4y ago
  I have an iPhone SE2, with 86% battery health, over 86GB of storage left and performance and size that is just perfect for me. Why will I replace my phone if it's in just fine working condition and is sufficient for my needs, that too in just 4 years? Battery replacement will work well for me once it's below 80%.
  - scarface74 4y ago
    That’s just the point. Very few people who bought an iPhone are going to let a $40 increase in battery replacement costs deter them.
tzs 4y ago
It's going from $49 to $69 for iPhone 8 and older, and from $69 to $89 for iPhones newer than 8 but older than 13. 13 is remaining $99.

rakoo 4y ago

It's not a big deal if you don't care about the environment. It's about time we forget this wasteful mindset

seanmcdirmid 4y ago
lithium batteries are easy and profitable to recycle. Yes, something is lost (recycling isn't free), but it isn't going to into a landfill.
- bhc 4y ago
  Less than 1 percent of Lithium-ion batteries get recycled in the US and EU. https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/lithium-costs-a-lot-of-money-so-why-arent-we-recycling-lithium-batteries/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/lithium-costs-a-lot-...
  - brookst 4y ago
    Do you think Apple stores recycle more or less than that 1% figure?
  - seanmcdirmid 4y ago
    I can't read the study (published in India?), but I would dispute the data. > This hasn’t worked for lithium batteries, partly because so many formats exist. “These batteries are all over the place in different sizes,” he said. A related challenge is that the technology for lithium batteries changes rapidly — every one to two years, he said. (edit: I found a working link to the article: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41745-021-00269-7 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41745-021-00269-7) Apple is not throwing lithium batteries into landfills, and it is the one doing the replacement. Tesla is definitely not doing this, so what is left? Probably those lithium rechargeable batteries you can buy on Amazon?
  - kaba0 4y ago
    And how is 1% of only batteries worse than throwing away the entire phone?

npteljes 4y ago

I wish. We bought a Cat B35 because it looked cool. Phone speaker got quieter and quieter, I bought it to several phone places, nobody wanted to touch it. Maybe it wasn't popular enough?