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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by coldtea on Sunday December 10, 2017 @08:42AM (#15891321)
>I don't and my comment doesn't suggest that. What I suggest is that phones with non-user-replaceable batteries should be designed with capacity large enough so that life is still acceptable after two years of normal wear without throttling the CPU.

Whether user serviceable or not is irrelevant, as long as they have a support program to replace your battery.

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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by pritambaral on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:09AM (#15891417)
As your parent points out:

> As for how "simple" replacing the battery is, I don't consider a $79 repair that requires an appointment and driving to an Apple Store and wasting an hour of my day "simple".

A support program is still far more trouble than user-replaceable batteries.

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