I question the quality and longevity of a 'Regular' priced Battery at $4.00 compared to Apples OEM batteries they use in their iPhones. There are a multitude of cheap batteries online, but I wouldn't trust the end result of just any "Regular" Battery.
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Apple Says $29 Battery Replacements Are One-Per-iPhone When Device Passes Diagnostic Test
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I question the quality and longevity of a 'Regular' priced Battery at $4.00 compared to Apples OEM batteries they use in their iPhones. There are a multitude of cheap batteries online, but I wouldn't trust the end result of just any "Regular" Battery.
Apple should make the $29 permanent and unlimited until they get their act together and stop using cheap-arse batteries on iPhones, period. Samsung is already using superior batteries, the technology exists, there is no excuse.
Don't forget it's very likely Apple is trying to cover up a defect. It's the least they can do offering paid replacements.
Don't forget it's very likely Apple is trying to cover up a defect. It's the least they can do offering paid replacements.
Apple's crappy batteries are what put them in this situation in the first place.
With Tim Cook at the helm, I would be surprised if Apple was paying more than $5 per iphone battery.
Which means what exactly? You purchase some cheap battery thinking it will compare into the quality of Apples batteries and produce the same exact results? No. Not to mention, I would even trust the safety of a four dollar battery in my iPhone, I would rather have OEM. You get exactly what you pay for, a $4.00 battery will produce cheap results.
I'm also for 'choice' and the 'toggle'. Having said that, I suspect most people would rather opt for somewhat diminished performance, than unexpected shutdowns.
None of the batteries in my said devices are experiencing issues whatsoever. For others it may be, I have no complaints personally.
And I question the quality and longevity of Apple batteries. Because why do we have this and various other threads about lawsuits and Apple throttling phones again? Oh right, because the battery degraded in a rather short time.
I mean, what do you expect them to do? If the phone doesn't fail battery test and has a brand new one, there shouldn't be a problem. That needs to be the policy to avoid abusers.
On a case by case basis, they can deal with someone still having issues after a fresh battery.
You people acting like this power management affects every phone and phones with working batteries are mistaken. If the software impacted phones with good batteries, every iPhone would be affected.
There was an article about a week ago saying Apple now allows people to replace batteries regardless of test results. We don’t know if that will continue beyond 2018, but hopefully it does. Until we get to 2019 there is nothing to complain about since they are doing what you ask for. As for changing the battery without running any tests, that is stupid. They have to run the tests to check if the device is working properly so they can give it back in the same condition it came in. If they didn’t run tests and your accelerometer wasn’t working, when they gave you back your phone you could claim they broke it and need to fix it at no cost.
If this is true, then it shows my phone is not slowed down except it's very slow and it even needed like 2-3 seconds to close the app.
Name another consumer products company that supports 3.5 year old stuff in any capacity.
Get over it. Apple is doing what they can.
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Apple was caught redhanded and was forced to do this when it went public and are now facing almost 30 lawsuits. They aren't doing this out of the kindness of their hearts. They got caught and are trying to clean up the mess.
From anecdotes I don't know another company which builds such bad batteries into their products (sans Samsung jokes) and punishes their customers double time afterwards.
Right now I can't name another company which sells such expensive devices which work that bad after 3.5 years.
I don't. I have had zero issues with the batteries in the 6/6s, etc. Others have differing experiences. You asserted a $4.00 battery versus a $79.00 cost , I'm saying I have zero interest in purchasing some third party battery installed with producing results that I would not trust in the sense of safety and durability. Period. I will take my chances with Apples OEM battery. But continue on with advocating a $4.00 battery. (As if Apple should charge at cost by the way is unsensical by the way.)
Samsung's superior batteries don't always work out well for the customer.
any battery offered by anyone would need replacing in 2 years. i usually figure a year before you start losing capacity.
Samsung handled that situation with a thousand times more class than Apple.
I used to experience shutdowns on my iPhone 6 about a year, or so, ago. it would randomly shut down anytime after 30% battery level. When I would hook it to a charger (thinking I somehow just missed the last 30% drop) it would finally restart, after a few seconds and I'd see a charge around 29% (or right around wherever it would suddenly shut off) I knew that the battery couldn't charge that much in that short of a time and figured it was some glitch.
but then after an update that seemed to stop. I still do get a shutoff every so often, but again just figure some super glitch in a code somewhere...I'd blame an app or website.
but perhaps it is in some correlation to the weakening battery. and performance being halted and ...who knows. for $30 we are thinking of getting new batteries and hope that helps. we plan to upgrade later this year.
Me either - And if $80 isn't "enough" for them, set a full price battery replacement cost at something that works for you Apple and tell anyone they can get a new battery anytime they want at that cost.
Any other way of doing this strengthens the argument that they are pushing people to buy new iPhones when they might be perfectly happy with an existing device that might just need a new battery.
I thought this was the "green" company. Shouldn't we be trying to maximize the life of our electronics, especially if all it needs is a new battery? Especially when we ourselves would be paying the full price for it?
LOL, companies get hit with frivolous lawsuits all the time. What do you think the outcome will be from those 30? You really think Apple will be refunding the cost of phones for people who bought new ones or refunding the total cost of the throttled phone?
The right/wrong is gray here, despite how black and white you think it is.
Apple is legally covered to implement software to manage power on their phones and you agree to it in terms and conditions. Trying to understand what Apple knew, their intent, etc is a lot more difficult than you think.
Personally, I believe Apple tried to deal with an issue on a limited amount of phones and potentially miscalculated how much of an effect it would have on a larger scale. Perhaps some of the batteries were bad from the factory or the software was too aggressive in its management. I don't think trying to avoid shutdowns is a bad thing and I know Apple isn't the only company with degraded lithium batteries causing unexpected shutdowns. Just Google Android boot loop or Android shut downs.
Apple doesn't guarantee any level of performance. They are offering you a $29 fix on up to a 3.5 year old device. Pretty cool.
False. They were never "forced" to do anything beforehand. They did however respond with a statement explaining the situation, however they were in a position where they had to acknowledge the issue given the lawsuits pending, given the amount of animosity directed towards them from various media outlets asking for additional information.
Oh come on, they are running the test on the battery to see if it’s defective. Name another product that requires you to jump through hoops to just to put a new battery in it. (Non-Apple product).