I have an old iPhone SE based on the iPhone 6. It’s probably 3-4 years old at this point and I have stopped using it when my sister gave me her old iPhone 6S. The battery was already failing when I stopped using it. Recently, I stuck an extra SIM card from my family account to run a few apps in the car. The battery seems to be worse so I spent $20 on Amazon to purchase a replacement battery. The included instructions referred me to this iFixit video:
Holy crap. You have to detach the screen and pull-out a ton of sticky tape? I’ve changed the battery in several iPhones and my Mac Air. They were super easy compared to this mess. Why does Apple do this? To prevent people from fixing their own phones? My old Samsung S5 had a cover that popped off the back and I could change the battery in 5 seconds. It seems like Apple is making it as hard as possible for end users to do their own maintenance or make repairs.
I don’t feel the urge to fix the phone now. It seems like there are lots of opportunities to mess up and damage the phone. Maybe I should leave it as is and trade it into Apple for a whopping $30 on a new iPhone 11.
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