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iPhone Duo: Apple Charging $49 for New Cover Layer, $229 for Battery

iPhone Duo OpenWe just published Apple's list of iPhone Duo repair fees for customers without AppleCare+ coverage, and we want to bring extra attention to two of the fees in particular: a new cover layer costs $49, and a replacement battery is $229.

Apple's vice president of hardware engineering Kate Bergeron revealed that the iPhone Duo's nano-texture cover layer above the inner display can be removed and replaced. A new one is $19 with AppleCare+ and $49 without.

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Top Rated Comments

1 day ago at 08:25 am
Apple is going nuts with its pricing. I think they’ll turn people away if they keep raising prices like this. I understand their point about rising RAM and storage costs, but what makes a replacement battery worth $229? What’s the justification there?
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Disgruntled Apple Owner Avatar
1 day ago at 08:26 am
In a sane world we'd be paying $229 for an entire phone, not just the battery
Score: 12 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Caviar_X Avatar
1 day ago at 08:24 am
Ridiculous
Score: 9 Votes (Like | Disagree)
1 day ago at 08:31 am
Apple wants you to give in and just do the upgrade program versus changing the battery and keeping the phone you actually own that much longer.

It’s all corporate greed and “line go up” world. Their values are a joke for all to see, but some here still think they actually hold to them!
Score: 8 Votes (Like | Disagree)
GMShadow Avatar
1 day ago at 08:34 am

Apple is going nuts with its pricing. I think they’ll turn people away if they keep raising prices like this. I understand their point about rising RAM and storage costs, but what makes a replacement battery worth $229? What’s the justification there?
There are two batteries, not one. 2x the labor as well.
Score: 7 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Xade Avatar
1 day ago at 09:05 am

Inflation. Every person and every company that manufactures/sells products and employs workers is needing to deal with that. Have any of your costs increased over the last year or two?
Has your income?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
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