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iPhone 15 Pro Max Battery replacement

Black_Mage

Black_Mage

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I’m slowly creeping up on the 3rd anniversary of getting my iPhone 15 Pro Max already. Geez time flies as I’m getting older. So I called a local Apple authorized dealer to find out how much it will cost to have them replace the battery. They quoted $119. That seems expensive to me, and I’m sure it was only $79 the last time I paid for a battery replacement for my iPhone 8+. Is that a fair price?

Yes, I have AppleCare, but I doubt it will cover this.

I wasn’t joking when I said I want to keep this iPhone 2 more years.
 

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Black_Mage said:
I’m slowly creeping up on the 3rd anniversary of getting my iPhone 15 Pro Max already. Geez time flies as I’m getting older. So I called a local Apple authorized dealer to find out how much it will cost to have them replace the battery. They quoted $119. That seems expensive to me, and I’m sure it was only $79 the last time I paid for a battery replacement for my iPhone 8+. Is that a fair price?

Yes, I have AppleCare, but I doubt it will cover this.

I wasn’t joking when I said I want to keep this iPhone 2 more years.
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Why are you dealing with a local authorized Apple dealer and not Apple? The 15PM is well within the service envelope, and Apple's price will be cheaper.

I've used a third party before. Cost me over $100 for my iPhone 6+. That was about two years ago and the phone in question isn't even a tertiary phone. But I paid it because Apple wouldn't replace the battery. I disagreed with the genius as to why I needed a new battery and doing the replacement wouldn't have helped his sales metrics. So, the third party is where I ended up.

The cost of your authorized Apple dealer is in line with a third party vendor's cost.
 
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The nearest Apple store is at least an hour away in a city I have absolutely no desire to visit.
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Then you are paying a premium to avoid all that.

An alternative might be Apple's mail-in service. But I don't know if that covers batteries or not. And it would mean being out your device for a time.
 
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The nearest Apple store is at least an hour away in a city I have absolutely no desire to visit.
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Did my Iphone 14 Pro Max and the wife's Iphone 14 Pro(both below 79% capacity after 3 years), last month at the Applestore (two hours away from me). Took them about an hour to do both phones, so we went window shopping at the various stores while waiting for them. The cost on both phones was $0 since we have Applecare on them.

After the battery replacement, we dropped the monthly Applecare Subscription. We have concluded if the phone breaks or has an issue then we will upgrade to whatever the current model is. We anticipate that these replacement batteries should last us a maximum additional time of 3 years or so. More than enough time until we upgrade again. ..... And to be honest our 14 Pros are meeting our needs at this time anyway. So no hurry, perhaps we will change our minds after the 18 Pro comes out and the big rush for whatever new color is popular is over, thus we can make a calm and studied choice.
 
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After quite a while stuck at 80% with abysmal battery life, my 15 Pro finally hit the “service” condition at 79% health at some point recently. I say “at some point” because it did not pop up any kind of alert and I just happened to notice because I opened the Battery settings to check. Anyway, for anyone with a dying battery, you might have to go in and manually check from time to time.

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For $38 I got a SIMPLO 4700mAh diagnostic compatible battery and performed the battery replacement service myself. I have done a few battery replacements on 15 Pros and I found changing the battery out on my 15 Pro Max a relatively easy process then I ran Apple’s Repair Diagnostic and Configurator and paired the new battery to my logic board and performed a full battery calibration afterwards. For me it was peace of mind doing this service myself.
 
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If the battery is still in good health, I'd probably keep using it. But if it's below 80% and you're planning to keep the phone for another two years, $119 for a genuine battery replacement seems like a worthwhile investment. A fresh battery can make an older iPhone feel noticeably better and is much cheaper than upgrading to a new device.
 
the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the worst iPhone I ever purchased. I’ve upgraded my iPhone pretty much every two years since my first iPhone 4. So I’ve owned a lot of them. This was the first iPhone where I said I’m gonna keep this at least four years when I bought it. It gets untouchably hot when charging or using Google or even using the camera outdoor in 75° weather. I can literally Mark time watching the battery percentage fall doing mundane things. It throttle constantly causing sluggish UI. Maps and Compass half the time can’t even figure out what direction I’m pointing accurately. This phone has been like this since the day I bought it. Everyone promised me the heating problems will get better as Apple solved software issues but it never did. I’ve been chomping at the bit to upgrade the iPhone 18 Pro and now it looks to cost 200 to 300 more. I used to be an avid Apple fan since 1992, but iPhone has gotten so complicated I can’t even provide tech-support to my mother-in-law over the phone. I upgraded from a 2013 iMac 27 inch which was a fantastic machine. A couple years ago I went to the M1 iMac and although it’s form factor is a marvel it performs terribly the M1 does not keep up and neither does. It’s a gigabytes of RAM the 2013 iMac on 3.2 GHz quad core Intel core i5 actually feel snappier today then my M1.
 
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the iPhone 15 Pro Max is the worst iPhone I ever purchased. I’ve upgraded my iPhone pretty much every two years since my first iPhone 4. So I’ve owned a lot of them. This was the first iPhone where I said I’m gonna keep this at least four years when I bought it. It gets untouchably hot when charging or using Google or even using the camera outdoor in 75° weather. I can literally Mark time watching the battery percentage fall doing mundane things. It throttle constantly causing sluggish UI. Maps and Compass half the time can’t even figure out what direction I’m pointing accurately. This phone has been like this since the day I bought it. Everyone promised me the heating problems will get better as Apple solved software issues but it never did. I’ve been chomping at the bit to upgrade the iPhone 18 Pro and now it looks to cost 200 to 300 more. I used to be an avid Apple fan since 1992, but iPhone has gotten so complicated I can’t even provide tech-support to my mother-in-law over the phone. I upgraded from a 2013 iMac 27 inch which was a fantastic machine. A couple years ago I went to the M1 iMac and although it’s form factor is a marvel it performs terribly the M1 does not keep up and neither does. It’s a gigabytes of RAM the 2013 iMac on 3.2 GHz quad core Intel core i5 actually feel snappier today then my M1.
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I find it interesting that you have had nothing but issues using your 15 Pro Max . . . sorry to see you having to go thru these issues but this is not necessarily the case for all 15 Pro Max iPhones.

I have had mine since launch, a 1TB Natural Titanium 15 PM, and yes sometimes my device would heat up but this has occurred during a big iOS update or when using my iPhone ourside on hot sunny days. During normal usage inside where temps are cooler, or at my office when I was working, I never experienced the issues you reported with regards to using my 15 PM on a daily basis. For me my experience is the opposite and that when my battery health dropped, as expected over time, I made the decision to change out my battery.

Since my battery service, my 15 PM stays up much longer inbetween battery charges and I have upgraded it to iOS27 Developer Beta3 and have not experienced any issue when using my iPhone. Just adding my overall experience using my 15 PM. 👍🏽
 
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