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Apple claims the brand new inner design of the iPhone 16 sequence makes battery alternative simpler. But, the corporate will cost extra for the battery alternative of its newest iPhones.
After a worth hike in March 2023, the Cupertino firm costs $99 for an iPhone’s battery alternative. Nonetheless, changing the battery of the iPhone 16 Professional lineup will price $119, a rise of 20%.
iPhone 16 Professional’s battery alternative price is 20% greater than earlier iPhones
With Apple Care, Apple will substitute your iPhone’s battery if its well being drops beneath 80%. Nonetheless, the usual guarantee doesn’t present such protection. As an alternative, Apple will substitute your telephone’s battery for a price. The service can also be useful if you wish to substitute your iPhone’s battery after just a few years of use.
Apple costs $99 for battery alternative for the iPhone 14 and iPhone 15 sequence. Nonetheless, the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max are 20% dearer and price $119. You probably have AppleCare+, the service price for the battery alternative stays the identical at $29.
The worth enhance doesn’t apply to the iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus, whose battery alternative nonetheless prices $99. Apple’s iPhone Restore and Service web page gives an estimate of your iPhone’s battery and display screen alternative price.
The worth hike comes regardless of Apple claiming battery alternative on its new iPhones is simpler than ever. It may very well be because of the Professional iPhones transport with a bigger battery, which permits them to last more.
No worth hike for iPhone 16 Professional’s display screen alternative
Apparently, the display screen alternative price for the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max stays unchanged. Regardless of transport with greater shows, changing the iPhone 16 Professional sequence show from Apple prices $279 and $329. That’s the identical because the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max.
Till early 2023, Apple’s battery alternative costs had been extra thoughtful. Again then, Changing the iPhone 14’s battery price $69, whereas that of older iPhones — just like the iPhone SE or iPhone 8 — set you again by $49. However in March 2023, Apple bumped iPhone battery alternative costs by $20. An identical worth hike additionally went into impact for MacBooks, rising battery alternative prices by $30 to $50.
