Apple to Increase Out-of-Warranty Battery Replacement Costs - PCMag

Apple is raising the terms of out-of-warranty artillery work for iPhones, iPads, and Macs by $20 to $50, effectual March 1.

For iPhone artillery replacement, the alteration affects "all iPhone models anterior to iPhone 14," meaning those with an iPhone X, 11, 12, oregon 13 tin expect to pay(Opens successful a caller window) astatine slightest $89 for work astatine an Apple Genius Bar location, authorized reseller, oregon by mailing successful the smartphone. Older handsets (iPhone 5, SE, 6, 7, 8) are besides affected.

Battery replacements for iPads will increase(Opens successful a caller window) by $20 for each versions—Pro 12.9-inch (5th gen and prior), Pro 11-inch (3rd gen and prior), Pro 10.5-inch, Pro 9.7-inch, iPad mini (6th gen and prior), and iPad Air (5th gen and prior). The lone exceptions are the newest iPad Pro and entry-level iPad.

Those considering a hole to their Mac, meanwhile, whitethorn privation to docket a sojourn to the Genius Bar soon, considering artillery work fees will soon rise(Opens successful a caller window) by $30 for each MacBook Air models and $50 for MacBook and MacBook Pro.

There's ever Apple's self-service repair store alternative, which currently offers much than 200 parts and tools to hole the iPhone 12, iPhone 13, third-gen iPhone SE, 2020 and 2021 MacBook Air, and MacBook Pro models built with the company's M1 chips. But as 9to5Mac points out(Opens successful a caller window), it's astir the aforesaid outgo arsenic a nonrecreational fix, and volition apt get a terms hike successful March, arsenic well.

In 2018, pursuing the iPhone throttling slowdown scandal, Apple drastically dropped the outgo of artillery replacements, offering them to anyone with an iPhone 6 oregon aboriginal for just $29. That number, which rose to $69/$79 successful 2019, has remained dependable until this latest change.