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Apple Is Seeing 'Strong Demand' For Replacement iPhone Batteries (reuters.com)
In a letter addressed to the U.S. lawmakers, Apple said earlier this month that it was seeing "strong demand" for replacement iPhone batteries. The company added that it may offer rebates for consumers who paid full price for new batteries. From a report: Apple confirmed in December that software to deal with aging batteries in iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE models could slow down performance. The company apologized and lowered the price of battery replacements for affected models from $79 to $29. In the letter released Tuesday, amid nagging allegations that it slowed down phones with older batteries as a way to push people into buying new phones, the company said it was considering issuing rebates to consumers who paid full price for replacement batteries.
How many people would take advantage of a sale to get new laptop batteries at 60% off?
I've got an iPhone 6 with a replaced battery a little under a year ago (woohoo rebate!) and I FULLY intend to purchase the replacement around the end of the year just to extend the life of my 6 by another 2 years or so.
It also ups the resale value.
no wonder there is strong demand for it.
One who isn't an obese, retarded traitor would be preferred, of course.
Apple doesn't do things out of the goodness of their heart. Apple execs realized they had been caught and it would have serious repercussions in the EU, so they decided to simply reduce their profit margin. They are still making a killing on replacing batteries but now they look charitable despite being anything but.
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Apple commits fraud to increase profits and get caught red handed. They offer batteries at a reduced rate (that is still profitable to them) and demand picks up. Then they offer this news as some sort of condolence to their customers that they defrauded. Wow.
I've got more than one iPad at my house... I don't want to pay full price for new batteries to speed them up.
So they're refunding people who paid full price but what about the people who actually BOUGHT a whole new phone? Those people should be getting something too. I upgraded because the phone slowed down and I figured it was just that the apps were getting too big and bloated for the old processor so I upgraded. I want a refund. too!
OS updates that slow things down are the only acceptable way to make people throw away their old devices and buy a new one. Slowing down an old device to keep it working (instead of just crashing / rebooting) is what they got in trouble for ...
Only Captain Obvious could have seen this coming.
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Apple are truly generous towards their customers.
No, slowing down phones that were not having any issues at all in order to get people to buy a new one is what they got in trouble for.
I don't think of my iPhone SE as an old phone yet -- battery works just fine for now -- (I play games on iPods instead of the phone, so my charge will last days)
There is a “strong demand” for user replaceable batteries, headphone jacks, 17 inch Macbooks, upgradeable ram to more than 16gb, USB-A ports and more. But Apple wont give it you because they don’t know what’s a computer.
If only all wireless phones had user-replaceable batteries.. nah, that's just crazy talk!
#NoShitSherlock
One who isn't an obese, retarded traitor would be preferred, of course.
So you are saying APK is out then.
You don't say!
Went to Apple Store and the replacement batteries are so popular that they're backordered by two weeks. Have to go in again once mine arrives.
it was stupid to make cellphone batteries irreplaceable or difficult to replace anyway, its not just replacing the phone, you also have to transfer your phone account and all the data you keep on the phone, then configure it to the way you like it,
just the other day the idea came to me and i searched for a smartphone with just the minimum of features that ran on 3 or 4 AAA batteries, sure it would be more bulky than your modern smartphones but the replacing the battery problem wont be an issue anymore,.
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Apple is poorly managed, in my opinion.
Good info... I'm locked into iPhones due to the job (they pay for it so...). But when recommending devices to others, I often go with Androids. Knowing Samsung is going greedy with making things more breakable is an important consideration.
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That's nice. All the actual evidence points to the contrary, of course.
They've turned being caught red handed defrauding their loyal customers into extra profit. It's quite impressive.
I hoping they blame a future phone fire on the software drawing too much power from a degraded battery that their original slow-down code would have avoided. When in actual fact it was cheaper inferior quality batteries they sourced to keep up with demand and increase profit margin.
Don't worry, after they run out of their current stock of batteries, they'll replace them with $5 ones.
The V20 is a generation out of date but you can get 'em cheap now. Removable battery and dual SIM too, which is handy if you keep commuting back and forth between countries.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Factory-Uncloked-5-7-Inch-Warranty/dp/B01M4MY4RY
And realistically how many people actually need a Snapdragon 835 over an 820?
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The only reason they're even doing this is cause their image got a black eye.
I tried to get a couple of mac minis upgraded, replacing the HDD drive with a 256GB SSD. I was quoted at $1000 just for the drive . This doesn't even include the labour for taking the thing apart!
If I were to purchase a brand new Mac Mini, an upgrade to SSD is still $240. Still more expensive than just buying an SSD from the store, but that's 1/4 of the price I was quoted for the repair.
Apple sure loves their shenanigans.
this is very surprising. I know all of my coworkers have failed to get a replacement, and I couldn't get one for my personal iPhone 6. The local Apple stores, and we've tried all three of them, give one excuse or another. For my phone, there's a small chip in the glass in the bottom left corner which they used as an excuse to refuse the battery replacement. They then tried to talk me into buying a new phone. Apple is using this offer as a sales tool rather than an actual one.
Well then why the hell did their web form allow me to make an appointment for a suggested date and time knowing Iâ(TM)d want a battery replaced if there were no batteries in stock? Youâ(TM)d think their inventory system could be coupled with their Genius Bar appointment system, but apparently not.
If you reply, do so only to what I explicitly wrote. If I didn't write it, don't assume or infer it.
The V20 is a generation out of date but you can get 'em cheap now. Removable battery and dual SIM too, which is handy if you keep commuting back and forth between countries.
https://www.amazon.com/LG-Factory-Uncloked-5-7-Inch-Warranty/dp/B01M4MY4RY
And realistically how many people actually need a Snapdragon 835 over an 820?
Actually, it's even better! It's "Factory Uncloked" Which means Unclocked. or Uncloaked. or it has a klingon cloaking device.
Not sure which.
And give cash to users like me who bought your âoethey just workâ phones, or at least a decent iTunes or Apple Store credit for the trouble of having to drag myself to your store, (or be without my phone when I send it in, wait for you to swap the battery, (or pretend to,) then ship it back, and assuming all goes to plan, I have WHAT I ALREADY PAID FOR.
Just about ready to eBay all my Apple shit and buy something from a company NOT constantly trying to rip me off.
Our reign has gone on long enough. Indeed. Summon the meteors.
I put in an order a week ago and the indications are two to three weeks for the battery to get to the store. So, yes, demand is very heavy. When the program started out, the Genius Bar was booked out for a week so I guess the earlybird did get the worm. They are basically rationing out the battery replacements now. This is for my previous phone, my current phone is fine.
I dont know if it speaks more to apple marketing skill of their user lack of technical knowledge.
Apple doesn't do things out of the goodness of their heart. Apple execs realized they had been caught and it would have serious repercussions in the EU, so they decided to simply reduce their profit margin. They are still making a killing on replacing batteries but now they look charitable despite being anything but.
Apple is not as you have said...I had bought a Mac desktop with the last generation of Powe PC with its problematic coolant system etc which had failed and flogged to me by a dishonest dealer. It had never been registered and so even though I bought it used and Apple tried unsuccessfully to repair it and in the end GAVE me gratis yes GRATIS a brand new in the box a Mac Pro Intel machine in 2008 after checking that I had compatible software for Intel CPU. That is not your average corporation attitude. I think Apple is still that company.
... Microsoft crowing about how quickly their new OS was being adopted after launch -- the same OS that was being force-installed on machines?
Oh, that's right. The difference is the courage. Appple's courage is so much more biggly than Mcrosoft's is.
Itâ(TM)s the one thing apple have NEVER got right. Batteries really suck!!!