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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by PhasmaFelis on Thursday December 28, 2017 @06:42PM (#16026145)
> So I take the drop to $29 as a tangible apology, which I appreciate.

The physical battery costs Apple about $5 to make (https://technology.ihs.com/api/binary/595761), and probably no more than $5-$10 to ship and install. They're profiting off of their own screw-up and spinning it as a kindness.

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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per... by berbec on Thursday December 28, 2017 @09:59PM (#16027169)
> They're profiting off of their own screw-up and spinning it as a kindness.

Lets say this gives them an extra $15 profit per battery replacement. I don't think that will balance out the people who now will hold off an extra year to upgrade.

As soon as this kicks in, I will be in line at a Genius bar to get my wife's 7 Plus battery replaced. This should hold her over for at least one more release cycle, possibly two. She was otherwise going to get a new phone in 2018.

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