Apple now charges more to swap your iPhone 16 Pro battery

Apple has hiked the terms of its battery repair service for the iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max. Now, it volition outgo $119 to get your artillery replaced successful either telephone — a $20 leap implicit its older fee. The terms remains the aforesaid for the modular and “Plus” models, arsenic bash those for past year’s phones, as MacRumors notes.

The institution doesn’t look to person started charging much for different artillery replacements yet, but it wouldn’t beryllium unexpected. In 2022, Apple drove the outgo of iPhone 14 artillery work up by $30 to $99. Increases for iPad, MacBook, and older iPhone artillery repairs came aft that, and Apple Watches followed suit later. (One longs for the crockery days of artillery drama-induced $29 artillery replacements!)

Defective batteries are covered nether Apple’s one-year warranty, and replacements are escaped nether AppleCare Plus plans if your artillery has little than 80 percent of its archetypal capacity. If it’s higher than that and you’re inactive disappointed with its longevity, your options are constricted to third-party repair oregon going the DIY route with authoritative Apple parts, either of which could beryllium cheaper than Apple’s full-price service.