Apple Will Now Replace Your iPhone Battery for $29

Apple doesn’t issue apologies lightly. And the company doesn’t like missing an opportunity to make money. However, Apple ended 2017 offering a begrudging apology, and reducing the price of replacement iPhone batteries. Bringing Batterygate to a satisfying conclusion. In December 2017, Apple finally admitted to what many people had suspected for a long time. Namely, that the company was slowing down old iPhones. This was intentional, not to force users to upgrade, but to prevent old iPhones from shutting down when they were overworked. While Apple’s intentions were pure, some users weren’t happy with what they saw as a feature...

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