IME, an iPhone battery lasts minimum 3 years. (I've actually never needed a new battery the ones I've owned). $99 over 3 years is $0.10 a day. I'd easily pay that for an extra 20% battery capacity and it's definitely not worth fussing over.

>Most laptop battery stop holding a charge 2 to 3 years in.

Counterpoint. I have a lenovo thinkpad t480s that I bought second hand and is now 4+ years old. The battery lasts at least 6 hours. I haven't discharged it fully in a while to be more precise. Ubu 22.04 running in power save mode as selected from the default gnome menu.

Dell? Yeah, terrible company making terrible laptops for sure. Used to think differently before owning one.

1/3 the price of the phone?

An iPhone battery replacement is $49-99 at an Apple Store.

The rest of that was,

> about 1/3 the price of the phone by the time you need it replaced

So that sounds plausible if iPhones can be purchased for $150-300 at the age you'd replace the battery. (Though that does strike me as a little low, still? Depending on how long the battery lasts...)

How is that logical? Why would you buy a phone for $150-300 that’s the same as the one you have, likely with ann old battery for that price, instead of replacing the battery for <$100.