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We found Griener visiting the franchised repair shop U-Break-I- Fix in Kenwood, to try to sign up for Apple's new $29 dollar battery replacement program. 'If I don't use it, it lasts a little longer, but not a whole day.' 'It makes it through half the day if I use it,' Griener said.

#APPLE STORE KENWOOD FULL#

The offer comes after the company admitted to slowing down older phones to save battery life.īut is it worth the hassle? Will a new battery really give your phone another full year of good service, or will you just be postponing the inevitable - having to buy a new phone in a month or two?Ĭollege student Delaney Griener says her iPhone 6 won't run a full day anymore. If you own an older iPhone, you might be interested in Apple's offer to replace failing batteries for just $29. He says it will make it run almost as good as new (though since it's not the latest technology, it won't run as fast as a new 8 or X model). 'A new battery will increase your battery life, make your phone last longer during the day, and give you a better experience,' he said. After two years, he said, most phone batteries are failing, no matter how well you treat your phone. He said batteries typically start going bad after a year and a half, around 500 charges. Manager Joe Theisler says it's well worth replacing the battery if you have a slowing older phone, if it doesn't hold a charge long, or if it gets very hot when you are on Facebook or watching videos. The whiz kids at this store, and other repair shops like it, are among thousands of authorized techs will be replacing batteries for 29 bucks throughout 2018. We found Griener visiting the franchised repair shop U-Break-I-Fix in Kenwood, to try to sign up for Apple's new $29 dollar battery replacement program. If I don't use it, it lasts a little longer, but not a whole day,' she said. 'It makes it through half the day if I use it.

But is it worth the hassle? Will a new battery really give your phone new life, and perhaps another full year of good service? Or will you just be postponing the inevitable - having to buy a new phone - by a month or two? Owners lining up for new batteries College student Delaney Griener's iPhone 6 won't run a full day anymore. If you own an older iPhone, you might be interested in Apple's offer to replace failing batteries for just $29, after admitting it slows down older phones to save battery life.

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