★ The Apple Store
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After owning an iPhone 14 Pro for more than two and a half years, its maximum battery capacity degraded to ~76%. It is not a terrible number, but the general recommendation is to take action whenever it goes below 80%, which happened a couple of months ago.
In this state I am forced to carry a portable charger wherever I go if I want to keep my peace of mind and eliminate “battery anxiety”.
The natural course of action for many at this point would be to simply buy the newest and shiniest iPhone.
Yet, I love to fight against planned obsolescence, and will happily do what I can, even if it yields a bit of friction.
One of my favorite aspects of being an iPhone user is the ability to get superb support from Apple1. In particular, they have a battery replacement program.
All you have to do is:
- schedule an appointment in the Genius Bar,
- bring your iPhone there,
- and then retrieve it a couple of hours later2 (“same day service”).
Is it cost effective? Hell yes. I paid about 10% of the original purchase price, and it’s like I just got a brand new iPhone.