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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by nbanks on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @01:43AM (#15967541)
I replace my iPhone battery with a cheap one off eBay every year or two when something else breaks. Battery life is pretty good, but the screen pops up now making the phone 0.5mm thicker. It's doing OK for a 5 year old phone, but my friends can't believe I paid $800 for an iPhone 5.
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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by terminalcommand on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @05:00AM (#15968359)
If the screen is popping up, that condition might be trigerred by a swollen battery.

My iPhone 5 also did that, after a while, it worsened so much that the screen colors became affected. I took it to an apple store, paid the fee and had them replace the battery.

IMHO a swollen battery is a huge risk, and apple should have replaced my phone without charge.

Anyways, be careful and if the battery is swollen, it's time for yet another battery change :)

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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by nbanks on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:19PM (#15972806)
My first battery was definitely swollen, and this may be why the screen doesn't snap back into place.
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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by coldtea on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @03:55AM (#15968053)
>I replace my iPhone battery with a cheap one off eBay

A great way to increase the odds of an explosion near your face or office desk!

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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by ghostbrainalpha on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @10:32AM (#15970386)
I don't understand. Why did you pay $800 for an iPhone 5?
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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by azurelogic on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:08PM (#15972706)
Maybe the poster is talking about total sunk cost of phone and all of the batteries
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Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages by nbanks on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @02:18PM (#15972797)
That's what a 64GB iPhone 5 cost at the time.
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