Apple addresses people saying their iPhones with older batteries are “slower”

Re:Apple addresses people saying their iPhones with older ba... by KirinDave on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:50PM (#15974157)

Oh yes. I forgot. You can pay a service fee to have your device performance and battery life uncapped "responsibly." Apple even licences the technicians.

Of course, since the many folks are extremely inconvenienced without a phone for a day or two for servicing, I wonder how good the uptake on the post-warranty battery replace really is. It's a 1 hour operation to replace-and-upgrade.

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Re:Apple addresses people saying their iPhones with older ba... by pwinnski on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @09:03PM (#15975750)

What Apple charges to replace the battery is roughly what a replaceable battery from Apple would cost.

The time Apple takes to replace the batter is roughly how long it would take me to unpackaged a replaceable battery myself.

The only drawback to Apple's choice (and incidentally just about every other manufacturer's as well) is that I have to drive to a location rather than having a replacement battery delivered.

So there's a drawback, but it's not as drastic as people seem to imagine. I suspect most people are just unaware that Apple (or third parties) will perform this task so cheaply.

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Re:Apple addresses people saying their iPhones with older ba... by mikeash on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @06:58PM (#15975079)

I’m pretty sure they replace it while you wait.

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Re:Apple addresses people saying their iPhones with older ba... by KirinDave on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @11:51PM (#15976530)

Last time I did it (2 weeks ago) they asked us to leave it overnight, and then it wasn't ready.

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