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If iPhones have replaceable batteries (the kind you can slot in and out) then you’d be right. Replacing an iPhone battery at an Apple Store costs about 1/3 the

If iPhones have replaceable batteries (the kind you can slot in and out) then you’d be right. Replacing an iPhone battery at an Apple Store costs about 1/3 the price of the phone by the time you need it replaced, so ideally one would want the battery to last as long as the lifetime of the phone. One way to delay liion battery ageing is to shallow charge. Case in point I’ve a 6 year old dell laptop that is set to shallow charge to 75% in BIOS and the battery still holds 3 hours of charge (from 75% to forced standby)to this day. Most laptop battery stop holding a charge 2 to 3 years in.

turtlebits 3y ago
IME, an iPhone battery lasts minimum 3 years. (I've actually never needed a new battery the ones I've owned). $99 over 3 years is $0.10 a day. I'd easily pay that for an extra 20% battery capacity and it's definitely not worth fussing over.
harry8 3y ago
>Most laptop battery stop holding a charge 2 to 3 years in. Counterpoint. I have a lenovo thinkpad t480s that I bought second hand and is now 4+ years old. The battery lasts at least 6 hours. I haven't discharged it fully in a while to be more precise. Ubu 22.04 running in power save mode as selected from the default gnome menu. Dell? Yeah, terrible company making terrible laptops for sure. Used to think differently before owning one.
alphabettsy 3y ago
1/3 the price of the phone? An iPhone battery replacement is $49-99 at an Apple Store.
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
  The rest of that was, > about 1/3 the price of the phone by the time you need it replaced So that sounds plausible if iPhones can be purchased for $150-300 at the age you'd replace the battery. (Though that does strike me as a little low, still? Depending on how long the battery lasts...)
  - alphabettsy 3y ago
    How is that logical? Why would you buy a phone for $150-300 that’s the same as the one you have, likely with ann old battery for that price, instead of replacing the battery for <$100.

turtlebits 3y ago

IME, an iPhone battery lasts minimum 3 years. (I've actually never needed a new battery the ones I've owned). $99 over 3 years is $0.10 a day. I'd easily pay that for an extra 20% battery capacity and it's definitely not worth fussing over.

harry8 3y ago

>Most laptop battery stop holding a charge 2 to 3 years in. Counterpoint. I have a lenovo thinkpad t480s that I bought second hand and is now 4+ years old. The battery lasts at least 6 hours. I haven't discharged it fully in a while to be more precise. Ubu 22.04 running in power save mode as selected from the default gnome menu. Dell? Yeah, terrible company making terrible laptops for sure. Used to think differently before owning one.

alphabettsy 3y ago

1/3 the price of the phone? An iPhone battery replacement is $49-99 at an Apple Store.

yjftsjthsd-h 3y ago
The rest of that was, > about 1/3 the price of the phone by the time you need it replaced So that sounds plausible if iPhones can be purchased for $150-300 at the age you'd replace the battery. (Though that does strike me as a little low, still? Depending on how long the battery lasts...)
- alphabettsy 3y ago
  How is that logical? Why would you buy a phone for $150-300 that’s the same as the one you have, likely with ann old battery for that price, instead of replacing the battery for <$100.