[fireman15]

Good news! It looks like you won't have to risk breaking your iPhone by pry it apart to install a new battery after all. Apple cut the price of installing a new iPhone battery from $79 to $29.

You of course still have the option of purchasing a "kit" from Amazon that includes a battery, the tools you need, along with instructions for about $20 if you would rather see inside of your phone.

[TigerClaws]

I bet you waive right to participate in the lawsuit.

Get $50 off a battery or ...? in the future.

Be careful what you sign.

[Rio]

I sent my 5S to Apple a while ago (October?) for a battery replacement. They sent it back to me saying that the batter didn’t NEED replacement - was within their specifications.
I thought that was strange since I had planned to pay for the battery swap.

[ncfool]

Yep but some of us already paid $60.00 to a 3rd party vendor last summer to replace a battery. It was not an apple OEM battery. It was from Batteries Plus.

[factoryrat]

Batteries have a finite lifespan, regardless of manufacturer or technology used.

Simply put: They wear out.

That lifespan is determined by the number of charge-discharge cycles, and the depth of discharge.

Running down your battery to 20% or less will wear it out faster than running it down to 50% before recharging.

With thin phones, space for a battery is at a premium. Less space equals less battery, and a shorter battery life.

Imagine trying to use a cellphone battery to power your laptop. Your phone is actually a laptop with a cell modem built in.

The fact that manufacturers have reduced the power requirements to such low levels, and have improved battery technology to meet such a demanding application is testament to ingenuity.

The only negative I can see is the difficulty in replacing batteries on some models of phones.

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

Replaceable batteries should be top priority.

All this engineering to make them smaller is a waste of money when everyone puts them in some kind of protector anyway.

[Swordmaker]

How to tale advantage of the iPhone battery replacement from Apple for any iPhone model 6 and up. It does not have to pass any test to be replaced. — PING!

Thanks to fireman15 for the posting.

Apple iPhone Battery Replacement
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[AlaskaErik]

So the phones that need it the most...the 5 series and older, aren’t eligible. Real nice, Apple.