Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later
by erik_seaberg on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:26PM
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Only if you have a spare, or you use it so little that you can do without it—no mobile email, no GPS, no AAA, and no 2FA for up to a week.
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Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later
by scarface74 on Monday January 27, 2020 @11:48PM
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Up to a week? They can do it in the store the same day if you make an appointment.
Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later
by erik_seaberg on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @01:39AM
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https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/service/battery-powe... warned that they'll try.
Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later
by scarface74 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:45AM
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“In more complex cases, we might need to send it to an Apple Repair Center.”
There are no “complex cases” of battery repair. They are referring to cases where there is other damage they have to fix first (which they stated).
Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later
by wlesieutre on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:16AM
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Not everyone lives near an Apple Store either.
Thankfully Apple has recently made genuine iPhone batteries more available to repair shops, but that was just 4 months ago. They spent 13 years not doing that first.
https://www.theverge.com/2019/8/29/20838307/apple-iphone-rep...
Re:I won’t buy an iPad: ten years later
by scarface74 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @09:41AM
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People have been able to go to a shop and get batteries replaced (whether they were genuine or not) for a decade. It’s only been within the past two or three years where it made the slightest difference between whether it was genuine or not.