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minus-squareFiestorra@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year ago230$ for a battery!! They have lost their minds lol.
minus-squareMrSpArkle@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoApple charges $99 for a battery replacement.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s not cemented into the chassis lol, Apple replaces it for $99 or you can just buy the part from ‘em and replace it yourself.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI mean, that sucks for you but pull-tabs are considered ‘repair-friendly’ by pretty much everyone in the Right to Repair movement.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRossman is a device repairman tbf, he sees the worst of the worst phones out there.
minus-squareDark_Blade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoWell, it is what it is. Maybe they could use better glue, idk.
minus-squareFiestorra@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoYeah I agree, it’s better to be able to change them than not. Either way that price point still hurts for a battery (when an original standard enterprise laptop battery is usually less than half the price)
230$ for a battery!! They have lost their minds lol.
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Apple charges $99 for a battery replacement.
It’s not cemented into the chassis lol, Apple replaces it for $99 or you can just buy the part from ‘em and replace it yourself.
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I mean, that sucks for you but pull-tabs are considered ‘repair-friendly’ by pretty much everyone in the Right to Repair movement.
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Rossman is a device repairman tbf, he sees the worst of the worst phones out there.
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Well, it is what it is. Maybe they could use better glue, idk.
Yeah I agree, it’s better to be able to change them than not.
Either way that price point still hurts for a battery (when an original standard enterprise laptop battery is usually less than half the price)