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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Some history.
Battery replacement used to be $99. Then in 2017, people noticed their iPhone 6/6s slowing down (like below iPhone 5 or 5s level). Further investigation revealed Apple was purposely throttling the CPU down when battery health goes below a certain level. Apple was denying people battery replacements and were not acknowledging there was throttling going on though. Then the issue went public and got reported to mass media.
Result: - Options added to iOS to disable throttling.
- More transparent battery health reporting in iOS.
- $29 battery replacement for any reason on iPhone 6 to 8/X up to December 2018.
- Lower regular battery replacement costs from $99 to $49-69 after December 2018.
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Yes, I am aware of that history (except I would comment that denying battery replacements as you claim they did would be counter to consumer protection legislation in many countries, my own included), that is why I checked some of their other repair costs and noted in my post that they did not seem out of line either with those for other phones.
I would also comment that it is not unusual for other devices to throttle CPU, etc. when battery health is diminished. But they do not suffer from chattering hate campaigns because they do not have a leading market position, a position that for some device types generally precipitates such campaigns.