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Apple will swap out an iPhone battery for $100. 3rd party shops are cheaper. You’d have to replace your phone battery 4x a year to save $300+ dollars.

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I think he was saying that he just replaces his whole phone rather than pay Apple to replace the battery (including the effort of getting the phone to them and waiting while they do it). (It took me a while to interpret that.)

I suppose that there will be some number of phone replacements delayed if battery replacement were cheaper and easier. But I'd bet it's a relatively narrow range between "willing to let a pro do it" and "might as well upgrade the features anyway".

He's saying if he could buy a battery on Amazon then he’d do that over buying a new phone. You can actually buy iPhone batteries and they come with the tools to replace it now. He is buying a new phone because he wants a new phone. Anyone that wants to save $300/year can easily save that money already in a few ways. Apple repair, third party repair shops, or a DIY kit on Amazon.

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