[brokenmachine]

> at the cost of the new battery.

Lol, the person who I did it for (this was a while ago) was told $150 to replace the battery in her old iphone. I bought a battery on ebay for $5, delivered from China, including the tools I needed, and did it for her.

It was nerve wracking, quite delicate and fiddly and easy to break something. The first time I forgot to reconnect the tiny microphone flex cable so I had to open it up again to reconnect it, but I got there in the end. She was very happy but I wouldn't do it again for someone.

TLDR: quoted $150 at Apple store, did it for $5 and about 30 minutes of hassle. Apple is a planned obsolescence scam.

[stephenr]

And of course there's never been dodgy Chinese ripoff copies of "expensive" items that look the same but are likely to fucking kill you.

[brokenmachine]

Are you seriously claiming a phone battery legitimately costs $150?

I could understand maybe up to $30, if we're only talking about the cost of the battery, as was your claim.

It's blatant price gouging to sell new phones.

[stephenr]

> https://support.apple.com/iphone/repair/battery-power

$79.

When their MacBook batteries changed to be non-user-replaceable, the price didn't change a cent, but included free installation.