A little less than 10 days ago, after months of rumours, Apple confirmed that reduced performance on iPhone with older batteries will not It was not a coincidence, but rather it was something deliberated by the company itself. This, logically, has not liked anyone. In fact, a lawsuit has been filed in the US for this reason against Apple.
Tylor Barney , the discoverer of Batterygate, has turned the bitten apple company upside down.
TO»SOLVE» THE BATTERY AND PERFORMANCE PROBLEM ON IPHONE THERE WILL BE A NEW IOS VERSION AND REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF REPLACING THE BATTERY
In view of what can come upon it due to the lack of transparency, they wanted to offer a solution to their users. Through an official statement Apple claims to be proud of the duration of the iPhone and that they want users to be able to enjoy these devices for as long as possible.
For this reason, and in what seems like a mea culpa intonation, they have chosen to reduce the price of battery replacement for all users without warranty on the device. From the usual $79, it will now cost $29.
These battery changes will be performed for users of iPhone 6 or later. It will start in January 2018. This is not just limited to the US, but it will be worldwide until December 2018. We don't know the prices in euros yet, but we don't think they will vary much.
They have also promised that early next year they will release a new update for iOS. Various new features will be integrated into it. With them, users can more easily know the status of our battery. If it affects the performance of our device.
Both the price reduction on the battery swap and the future iOS update seem like good solutions, but the best solution would have been, in my opinion, to offer the swap for free on the affected devices since Apple has the means to know which batteries are affected and which are not.
News about this news. Update made December 31, 2017:
Apple makes a statement in which it exposes the following:
Through December 2018, Apple is reducing its out-of-warranty battery replacement price worldwide by €60, from €89 to €29, for all iPhone models 6 or later.
Availability will initially be limited.
This price is for iPhone that are over 2 years old and the device's warranty is not operational. Those that are within the guarantee, we suppose, the exchange should be free.
The devices that fall into this range of devices are:
- iPhone 6
- 6 Plus
- 6s
- 6s Plus
- 7
- 7 Plus
- SE
It remains to be confirmed if the new iPhone 8, 8 PLUS and iPhone X are part of this plan
We advise you that, if your battery is damaged and iPhone performance is less, you go to the Genius section of an official Apple Store or send your terminal for inspection repair, after contacting Apple Support.
Although you have all of 2018 to do it, the sooner you do it, THE BETTER!!!
