• Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Every single phone upgrade since 2012 was because the battery would get so bad, it lasts less than an hour.

    And before someone goes, “Ah try ifixit”, the cost of the replacement parts was as much or more than just getting another used phone from like swappa. I’ve done the financial math countless times.

    I miss buying batteries for like $20 and watching the phone become new again.

    • Ilandar@aussie.zone
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      7 months ago

      Which phones are you buying that have batteries that cost hundreds of dollars? Every battery replacement I’ve ever done cost waaaaaay less than the cost of a replacement phone.

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        7 months ago

        Getting genuine or similar peforming replacement batteries for cheap is sort of a gamble.

      • fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Also replacement OEM batteries have always been stupid expensive. User replaceable or not. And 3rd party ones have always been garbage with very few exceptions (RIP zero lemon 10,000mah battery for my note 3).