The news of the week was the continued lawsuits against Apple to slow down iPhones with iOS updates. The social pressure and the evidence of the events made the Big Apple have to reconsider and offer battery changes for $ 29 for iPhones out of warranty from January of this year.
In response to the Cupertino movement iFixit, a company that offers kits for changing batteries, has announced that it will reduce the prices of its kits They contain everything you need to disassemble your iPhone and change the battery.
IFixit's response to Apple's move with its batteries
iFixit has issued a statement with somewhat sarcastic language in which congratulates Apple for reconsidering facing the problem of batteries, one of the problems that had been discussed for several years. In addition, they comment that there are millions of iPhones that require battery changes but that there are only fifty physical stores To make this change, it will be $ 29 for those terminals that are out of warranty.
Faced with this move by Apple, iFixit has decided to lower the prices of its kits to change the battery in a rustic way. Although it involves a series of risks, from the very company that offers these kits they assure that there are a series of advantages with respect to the change being made by Apple:
- Convenience: No queuing, just order the kit and change the battery at home
- Availability: The existence of few physical Apple stores makes rustic changes an option to consider
- Privacy: Prevent Big Apple employees from touching your device
- Funny: Unmounting your iPhone can be both entertaining and educational.
This has led to iFixit lower its prices below $ 29, even in those kits for terminals that are not included in the Apple replacement program such as the iPhone 4S, 5, 5S and 5C. If you are one of those users who prefers to change the battery at home, you can access the store from this company and purchase one of these kits.