Apple replaced 11 million batteries last year
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- AnonD-731363
- SH3
- 18 Jan 2019
Apple cost too much so replacing battery is a lot cheaper option than buying a new phone for 1000+.
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- Carol
- pwu
- 17 Jan 2019
This is how you make.money selling 30$ batteries for 11 million times.
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- sudha
- YTx
- 17 Jan 2019
replaced batteries are not the real problem, The no-Innovation, and price tag is the real culprit. No-one wants to pay hefty price-tag for same specs iphone, Period.
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- Anonymous
- nXb
- 16 Jan 2019
With extreme profit...
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- Anonymous
- 81X
- 16 Jan 2019
leledumbo, 16 Jan 2019$319M to be precise...Assuming, of course, that the batteries magically replaced themselves.
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- Anonymous
- 81X
- 16 Jan 2019
AmyThePerson, 16 Jan 2019they shouldn't really on planned obsolesces to have revue i... moreIf they are still offering battery replacements (also, software updates) for the model it's not planned obsolescence..
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- leledumbo
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019So, they earned $300 millions with that....$319M to be precise...
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jan 2019
So, they earned $300 millions with that....
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- AnonD-492870
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- 16 Jan 2019
So what is being suggested here, is that they ended up shooting themselves in the foot?
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- AnonD-793004
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019"After Apple admitted that it's slowing down older iPhones ... moreYes, it would.
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- Anonymous
- 39h
- 16 Jan 2019
Let's not kid ourselves and lie about Apple's motives. They offered a $2.9 battery replacement for $29, and made themselves look good at the same time, because normally they charge the customer $299 or whatever for it.
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019"After Apple admitted that it's slowing down older iPhones ... moreYes, it will. They were slowed down on purpose to mitigate the risk of older batteries discharging rapidly (as in - you're still at 7% and then the phone switches off)
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- excusmewtf
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019"After Apple admitted that it's slowing down older iPhones ... more"Older" phones mean phones with used battery cycles. Meaning if the max charge is less than 80% the cpu is throttled to still last "all day". It 100% does make older phones faster.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019No shyt. This is why removable batteries are no longer a th... moreManufacturers made on purpose their products more and more complicated and impossible to access and change easy by any user. They want us to go in service and spent money.
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- PeterThePanda
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- 16 Jan 2019
More like overpriced battery replacement program from Apple, when you can buy battery replacement kits for like half price or even less from reputable sources like iFixit and do it yourself.
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019"After Apple admitted that it's slowing down older iPhones ... moreOf course it will! When a battery gets old, the current and voltage supplied to the CPU is decreased, slowing the performance. When you replace it with a new battery, the voltage goes back up, and its like buying a new device :) An Apple A9 SOC is enough for everything you might want to do on an iPhone with such a closed OS :D
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- AmyThePerson
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- 16 Jan 2019
they shouldn't really on planned obsolesces to have revue in the first place tbh....
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- Galaxy Note 10
- YMp
- 16 Jan 2019
Replacement battery must come back with waterproofing but we can sacrifice size for that. There could be universal cases standards could be developed like USB-C port which gets adopted by all so that Mobile OEM makers could offer compatible shells with internals with minimal battery or no battery. Even if it is slightly smaller battery it's should be ok I think.
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- Anonymous
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- 16 Jan 2019
"After Apple admitted that it's slowing down older iPhones on purpose, the company offered a discounted battery replacement in 2018" , changing battery won't make older iPhones faster though.
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- LG Superfan
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- 16 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 16 Jan 2019No shyt. This is why removable batteries are no longer a th... moreActually S5 is ip67 rated