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The batteries don't have 7 years of useful life, though. And replacing them is made intentionally difficult to encourage people to just upgrade instead. A lot
by bluescrn 3y ago
The batteries don't have 7 years of useful life, though. And replacing them is made intentionally difficult to encourage people to just upgrade instead.
A lot of people don't live near an Apple store, and few people are prepared to be without their phone while mailing it off for a battery swap.
- yreg 3y agoIt is fairly trivial. I had the battery replaced in various iPhones and it costs like 70€. Any phone repair shop can do it.
- Wingman4l7 3y agoNot for much longer if Apple has their way -- they've been pioneering "parts pairing", which would kill third-party repair: https://www.ifixit.com/News/69320/how-parts-pairing-kills-independent-repair https://www.ifixit.com/News/69320/how-parts-pairing-kills-in...
- kalleboo 3y agoThey have a program for independent repair companies. It doesn't pass Louis Rossmann's bar since it doesn't let him do board-level repair, but none of the "fix your screen/replace your battery" shops I've ever seen do that anyway, so it would be fine for them.
- Wingman4l7 3y agoThe program is still BS, and was only even done solely to head off Right-to-Repair legislation which was not going Apple's way. Board-level repair is pretty crucial for data recovery when the hardware manufacturer insists on soldering the solid-state storage to the motherboard.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoFortunately in the US they'll be required to offer a minimum battery warranty of 8 years