The brand new steel casing for the iPhone 16 Professional batteries might improve servicing prices. [X/KosumiSan]
Apple is considerably rising costs for out-of-warranty battery replacements, this time for the iPhone 16 Professional fashions.
The brand new value of an out-of-warranty battery alternative for the 2 bigger fashions of the newest iPhone is $119, up from the $99 value for the iPhone 15 Professional and Professional Max. The fee stays $99 for the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.
Apple final elevated the price of out-of-warranty battery alternative with the iPhone 14 fashions in 2022. Costs went up from $69 to $99.
As all new iPhones include a minimum of one yr of AppleCare guarantee, the change just isn’t anticipated to be felt by new consumers anytime quickly. AppleCare+ warranties might be bought to cowl the price of most repairs for 3 years or longer.
Underneath AppleCare, customers can request a free battery alternative service if the battery can now not retain a minimum of 80 p.c of its authentic capability. iPhone batteries are designed to retain 80 p.c of their authentic capability at 500 full cost cycles beneath supreme circumstances, whereas the batteries of the iPhone 15 and later fashions are designed to retain 80 p.c of their authentic capability at 1000 full cost cycles beneath supreme circumstances, in accordance with Apple.
Along with being bigger, the batteries within the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max fashions are stated to have a brand new steel shell to assist enhance warmth dissipation. This would possibly require further labor to exchange these batteries, which can clarify the alternative value improve, first famous by MacRumors.
The value for a alternative battery for older out-of-warranty iPhones varies by mannequin. All fashions of the iPhone 15 and iPhone 14 can have batteries changed for $99, whereas most now-vintage items will see fees of $89 — excluding the iPhone SE and the iPhone 8, which retain their $69 battery alternative charge.
