The brand new steel casing for the iPhone 16 Professional batteries may 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 substitute 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 associated fee stays $99 for the common iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus.
Apple final elevated the price of out-of-warranty battery substitute with the iPhone 14 fashions in 2022. Costs went up from $69 to $99.
As all new iPhones include at the least one 12 months of AppleCare guarantee, the change isn’t anticipated to be felt by new patrons anytime quickly. AppleCare+ warranties will be bought to cowl the price of most repairs for 3 years or longer.
Underneath AppleCare, customers can request a free battery substitute service if the battery can now not retain at the least 80 p.c of its unique capability. iPhone batteries are designed to retain 80 p.c of their unique capability at 500 full cost cycles beneath excellent situations, whereas the batteries of the iPhone 15 and later fashions are designed to retain 80 p.c of their unique capability at 1000 full cost cycles beneath excellent situations, in response to Apple.
Along with being bigger, the batteries within the iPhone 16 Professional and Professional Max fashions are mentioned to have a new steel shell to assist enhance warmth dissipation. This may require further labor to switch these batteries, which can clarify the substitute value improve, first famous by MacRumors.
The worth for a substitute 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 models will see costs of $89 — apart from the iPhone SE and the iPhone 8, which retain their $69 battery substitute payment.