[Closed] Worth replacing the battery on an iPhone 7?

I had the same issue. A new Apple battery fixed it. Cost about £50 IIRC and worth every penny.

I don't know if it's deliberate, but since iOS14 the battery on my 8 has been terrible in terms of longevity and is doing that *thing* when it drops from 20% to 9% to 3% in a few mins, just like my 7 did as it was getting about 20 months old.

It's only security patches that make me update iPhones these days, I can't remember the last time their was a feature update worth noting, changes, subtle ones yes, but they don't amount of a hill of beans.

I keep meaning to change the battery in my 6S, it's pretty hopeless now....

Yes I would say it's definitely worth it. I think we can safely say there's enough apple fanbois out there that if it was a legitimate concern that more people would know about it and be singing and dancing (raving) about it. If you're located anywhere near Bewdley a friends son does it to earn himself some money and it never costs very much, he's done two friends iphone's now and both have been markedly better.

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It's a four year old phone and batteries don't last for ever. The Obsolescence By Design isn't Apple "running it down" but rather not having user-replaceable consumables in the first place.

If it's fine otherwise, Apple only charge £49 to replace them.

If it's also slow/full/damaged or you want a new phone, a new SE is £399, identical shape and size but massively quicker, better camera and wireless charging.

Thanks for the replies (it always pleases me how useful this forum is). It works perfectly well apart from the speedy loss of battery life. I will get a new battery fitted (we also have a local who fixes screens, batteries, charging etc)

Thanks for the replies (it always pleases me how useful this forum is). It works perfectly well apart from the speedy loss of battery life. I will get a new battery fitted (we also have a local who fixes screens, batteries, charging etc)

It's probably worth taking it to an Apple shop if there is one close to you.

Since the debacle when they had to admit they slow down old phones to maintain battery performance, they offered a discounted battery replacement service.

If you take it to a 3rd party, they'll likely be fitting a non-Foxconn/Apple battery, the quality will be touch and go, and they might offer less capacity than the one you have now.

As much as I like to shop local, an indy repairer will not be able to source any official Apple parts - it will very much be pot luck as to the quality of the battery. For £49 I'd just get Apple to do it tbh (although I think you might have to pay postage too unless you've got an Apple Store nearby) EDIT: as above!

Since the debacle when they had to admit they slow down old phones to maintain battery performance, they offered a discounted battery replacement service.

If you take it to a 3rd party, they’ll likely be fitting a non-Foxconn/Apple battery, the quality will be touch and go, and they might offer less capacity than the one you have now.

+1

Definitely worth paying a few quid more from Apple. They have been known to lock out phones that have had screen replacements using non-approved Apple parts, so could create issues for non-approved batteries too - see the link below.

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Yeah, I've changed a few iPhone batteries in the past. It wasn't hard to do (NB this was ≤iPhone 5S) but it's difficult to source decent batteries. The ones you can buy from eBay for £8 are not good. But does paying £20 get a better battery? I suspect most of the high street shops use the cheap batteries but I don't know.

Since Apple reduced their prices for a new battery, I personally would just take mine there.

A mate of mine once offered to replace the battery on another friend's iPhone.

As it turns out, dying batteries are a bit fragile and lithium burns really brightly, like magnesium, and made Dave say a naughty word. Who knew?

+1 for taking it to Apple if you're getting it repaired.

The ones you can buy from eBay for £8 are not good. But does paying £20 get a better battery? I suspect most of the high street shops use the cheap batteries but I don’t know.

Mate runs a device repair place.

The problem is most of this stuff is pretty generic, they're all 'Branded' but does anyone know their Baseus from their Nohon and even if you do, are the ones you're buying actually made by them?

As you say, if you're buying from China wholesale do you buy them for £8 or £20 hoping the more expensive ones are actually better and if you do and get a box of great batteries that don't heat up, don't swell, don't die after 50 cycles or otherwise give your customer trouble and you try to buy more you've no real way of knowing you're actually buying the same ones again.

Add into the mix that consumers don't trust them anymore than the repair shops do, everyone sells on price. If you can 'repair' a screen on an iPhone for £50, the shop down the road will go in at £45. Non-branded iPhone screens these days are appalling.

Also gang don't forget if you're recommending the apple shop replacement that apple are closing all 83 UK shops with the new lockdown.

he ones you can buy from eBay for £8 are not good. But does paying £20 get a better battery? I suspect most of the high street shops use the cheap batteries but I don’t know.

Yep I replaced the original battery in my iPhone4 with a Japanese made one...

Since Apple reduced their prices for a new battery, I personally would just take mine there.

Took my iPhone6 having made an appointment and driven 35 miles .. left it with them for 2 hours and went back and they refused to replace the battery. They claimed water damaged and showed me some photo's but as they had reassembled the phone I have no idea IF it was photo's of my phone or just some they keep or for that matter if they have water in the backroom and just drop some on the moisture indicators.

They were however VERY VERY VERY helpful suggesting which phones I could "upgrade" to.

Took my phone to Apple to get the battery replaced but they said they'd only do it if they replaced the screen as well since that was damaged. In fact it had the most microscopic chip that I had never noticed. So I went elsewhere.

As you say, if you’re buying from China wholesale do you buy them for £8 or £20 hoping the more expensive ones are actually better and if you do and get a box of great batteries that don’t heat up, don’t swell, don’t die after 50 cycles or otherwise give your customer trouble and you try to buy more you’ve no real way of knowing you’re actually buying the same ones again.

Right?

The iPhone 7 was like £700 new and probably half as much again if you bought it on the drip on a contract. You can get a genuine, warrantied battery replacement by the manufacturer for £50; or you can save twenty quid and get some random Chinese brand fitted than may or may not be counterfeit and probably won't burn your house down. Probably.