Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per...
by megaman22 on Thursday December 28, 2017 @09:30PM
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Not everybody can afford to just go buy a new phone when some minor component fails. With replacable batteries, a busted usb port was an annoyance, but without, it makes an expensive and otherwise functional piece of technology into a paperweight.
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Re:A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Per...
by throwanem on Thursday December 28, 2017 @10:02PM
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Sure. But I had more in mind replacing the USB daughterboard or if necessary the mainboard, rather than the whole phone. Granted, that's still not necessarily cheap, but I'd be surprised to learn it cost significantly more than a stack of spare batteries...