Thursday, July 5th 2007

Apple launches Battery replacement program for iPhone

When the iPhone was launched last week, it became evident that one of the biggest minuses of the product was its battery, which was not user replaceable.

Apple has now come with a solution - it has started a battery replacement program. Should your iPhone's battery need replacing, you can send the phone to Apple. For a fee of $85.95, your iPhone's battery will be replaced with a new one. An "added bonus" is that all the data on the iPhone will be wiped, so you should back up everything before you send your phone to Apple.

The whole process should take about 3 business days.
Source: Apple
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39 Comments on Apple launches Battery replacement program for iPhone

#26
GJSNeptune
Reviews.


Reviews that had no mention of mechanical benchmarks. EEK!
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#27
Dippyskoodlez
GJSNeptuneReviews.
You mean the ones you never read, like this one?
Because every review I've seen is praising the battery life.
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#28
GJSNeptune
Nope. How many self-righteous burrs this time?
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#29
Dippyskoodlez
GJSNeptuneNope. How many self-righteous burrs this time?
How about..

Prove it?

Engadget said it was better than they expected.

Do you have a source otherwise, or are you preferrring to claim you don't have to prove it because you can't?
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#30
GJSNeptune
Yeah, I catalog all the reviews I read.
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#33
Kreij
Senior Monkey Moderator
It's really pretty straight forward.
If you don't like the price of the phone, it's features, or the battery policy ...
Don't buy one.

If apple wants to charge $90 for a battery replacement and people are willing to pay it, good for them. It's their company and they can do whatever they want.

I neither love nor hate apple. They are simply another company with products.
I wouldn't buy an iPhone now as I feel the feature set is weak for the cost, but it may be greatly improved in the future through hardware, firmware and software upgrades.
That being said, I think the way you use the phone is very innovative and more intuitive than most of the other phones available.

Just my 2 cents.
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#34
DMSMac_Consult
Who the heck can afford to be without their cell phone for 3 days? And I'm assuming it's "business days" too... I doubt that a Friday sendoff would result in a Monday return.

That being said though... in the past, when I've sent my iPod in for server, I'd get a 1-2 day turn around and even got it back Saturday Delivery once without even asking. If they still have that mentality of getting it back to the customer as quickly as possible, then it may not be so bad. However, I hope that perhaps replacements at the Apple Stores might be an option rather than a send-away.
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#35
Jonnycat
russianboyapple fanbois are funny.
They're also better than everyone else, too!
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#36
Casheti
I like Apple so... meh.

If this is for out of warranty phones then this is fair do's.
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#37
Dippyskoodlez
JonnycatThey're also better than everyone else, too!
Apparently you missed mr. kitty cat above.

How about stop trolling and post something with content or not post at all?
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#39
Thermopylae_480
You know what's cool? You can still read the news when its respective thread is closed.
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