Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages
by userbinator on Tuesday December 19, 2017 @10:26PM
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Of course Apple can make an iPhone with a replaceable battery. A small Chinese company made an Android-based iPhone 4/5 clone with one, and also the option of having a 50% larger battery with a slightly thicker phone:
http://www.jiayu-store.com/jiayu-g5-quad-core-mtk6589-4-5-in...
https://www.gizchina.com/2013/11/07/jiayu-g5-unboxing-hands-...
The Jiayu also has dual SIM, microSD, USB, and costs a fraction of the Apple while having a more rigid and expensive housing (stainless steel, not aluminium.) Apple could, if they wanted to, make a phone with as much user-friendly features if not more, but they deliberately chose not to.
Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages
by raz32dust on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:27PM
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I was wrong and Apple does replace battery for a very reasonable fee of $79 (https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power). Hmph. TIL! Can't edit the original post any more so I'll leave this here.
If iPhone X lasted 5 years with the same perf and battery life with two $100 battery replacements, I would happily shell out $1200 for it. But I know it won't last more than 2 years (like almost every other phone at this point), and then the math doesn't work out for me.