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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by dbingham on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:10PM (#15981833)
Or they could, you know, design the thing so that the battery is replaceable and provide easily accessible replacement batteries.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by cjensen on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:37PM (#15983508)
Apple will replace the battery for $79 [1]. When you consider the cost for a battery, the labor for replacement, the confidence that this is not a junk replacement, and the warranty for the service, that's a very reasonable price. There is no way Apple is making money on this.

[1] https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power

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