iPhone 14 battery replacement costs a lot more than iPhone 13

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Getting Apple to replace your iPhone 14 battery will now cost $99, up from the $69 the company has been charging for years.




Apple made a big point of surprising people by keeping the prices of the new iPhone 14 range the same as last year's iPhone 13 models -- in the US. It was then revealed to have markedly raised them everywhere else, except China. Now it has also steeply raised replacement prices, including in the States.

There are currently 33 different models of iPhone that Apple will replace the battery in. Outside of any AppleCare+ options, the basic cost is now $99 for any iPhone 14.

For any iPhone 13, it remains at $69 -- and that's the cost for replacing the battery in any iPhone 12, iPhone 11, or the whole iPhone X range.

It's $49 for any of the remaining supported models, including the iPhone 5, iPhone 6, iPhone 7, iPhone 8, and iPhone SE ranges.

Conceivably, it's more complex or perhaps just time-consuming to remove and replace the battery in the new iPhone 14 range. That won't become clear until the devices are in users' hands and teardowns are performed.




However, it's impossible for any new iPhone 14 user to have to pay $99 to replace the battery immediately after release. If the battery goes wrong within the first year, meaning that it drops below 80% capacity, Apple has historically fixed it under warranty.

Then, too, if a user takes out the extended AppleCare+ warranty, then under typical conditions, Apple will replace the battery for the duration of the contract "at no additional cost."

In normal use, outside of physical damage like a puncture through the iPhone, Apple considers a battery depleted and worn at 80%. It has been through so many charging cycles over so many years that its capacity is noticeably reduced.

When that does eventually happen to the iPhone 14, though, it will now cost $99 to get a new battery fitted.

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Comments

  • Reply 1 of 7
    entropysentropys Posts: 4,267member
    How could anybody recommend someone buy an iPhone 14 over an iPhone 13?
    crash detection and marginal camera improvements isn’t enough for the extra price. Unless you are buying a Pro, get the 13 if you must buy this year.
  • Reply 2 of 7
    XedXed Posts: 2,823member
    entropys said:
    How could anybody recommend someone buy an iPhone 14 over an iPhone 13?
    crash detection and marginal camera improvements isn’t enough for the extra price. Unless you are buying a Pro, get the 13 if you must buy this year.
    You know there were more than 2 new features, right?
    watto_cobra
  • Reply 3 of 7
    Xed said:
    You know there were more than 2 new features, right?
    Okay, yes, let’s not forget Bluetooth 5.3 and an extra GPU core. Did I miss anything else?
  • Reply 4 of 7
    webweasel said:
    Xed said:
    You know there were more than 2 new features, right?
    Okay, yes, let’s not forget Bluetooth 5.3 and an extra GPU core. Did I miss anything else?
    Emergency SOS via Satellite is the first thing that springs to mind
  • Reply 5 of 7
    Emergency SOS via Satellite is the first thing that springs to mind
    I’d kind of lumped that in with crash detection but okay, fair point. Still wouldn’t get the 14 over the 13 though.
  • Reply 6 of 7
    entropysentropys Posts: 4,267member
    For some reason I am reminded of the “what have the Roman’s ever done for us” skit in Monty  Python’s The life of Brian.
    still don’t think a iPhone 14 is worth it over an iPhone 13.
    Apple knows it too, and wants the upsell to a 14 Pro.
  • Reply 7 of 7
    sphericspheric Posts: 2,666member
    webweasel said:
    Emergency SOS via Satellite is the first thing that springs to mind
    I’d kind of lumped that in with crash detection but okay, fair point. Still wouldn’t get the 14 over the 13 though.
    And battery life. 
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