From March 2023, changing the battery of your old iPhone, Mac or iPad will cost you more. Apple has announced an increase in the price of battery replacements for devices that are no longer under warranty.
Bad news for iPhone, Mac and iPad users. At the beginning of the year, Apple has just announced that the price of battery replacements will soon increase. Your iPhone no longer lasts the day? Need to charge your MacBook in the middle of your workday? If one of your devices has autonomy concerns, it is better to change its battery before the price increase. From March 2023, changing the battery of your old iPhone, Mac or iPad will cost you more.
Apple, which would like to do without China to build its iPhones, confirmed the price increase on its site and more specifically on the respective battery repair pages for the Iphone, Mac and the iPad. And that’s not a slight price hike. You will have to pay several additional tens of euros.
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Changing the iPhone 13 battery will soon cost you €99
Currently, changing the battery of your iPhone X, 11, 12 or 13 costs 75 € and it takes 55 € for the battery of an iPhone SE, 6, 7 or 8. From 1er march 2023, these prices will increase by 24 € to ” all iPhone models before iPhone 14 “. Changing the battery of the iPhone 13 will therefore cost €99 compared to €79 for that of the iPhone SE that we tested when it was released.
For the Mac, out-of-warranty battery service charges will increase by €36 for MacBook Airs and of €60 for MacBooks and MacBook Pros. Thus, replacing the battery of a MacBook Air will cost €185 instead of the current €149. For the MacBook Pro, you will have to pay €289 instead of €229.
Finally, not all iPad models will be affected by the battery replacement price increase. The current price of €109 will increase by €40 for the following models:
- 12.9-inch iPad Pro (5e generation and earlier models);
- 11-inch iPad Pro (3e generation and earlier models);
- 10.5-inch iPad Pro;
- 9.7-inch iPad Pro;
- iPad mini (6e generation and earlier models);
- iPad Air (5e generation and earlier models).
Source : Apple Insider
