Apple iPhone battery replacement cost in India will be just Rs. 2,000

Recently, Apple is hitting the headlines as it was discovered to be slowing down the older iPhone models due to the degrading batteries. As soon as this issue came to light, Apple posted a letter to convey its apologies to the customers for slowing down their older iPhones.

In the US, the company announced that it will provide battery replacements for the older iPhones at a lesser cost. Following this move, the company has now slashed the battery replacement cost of the older iPhones models in India too.

As per a report by 91mobiles citing a company spokesperson, the users of older iPhones can replace the battery of the device by paying Rs. 2,000 in India. Interestingly, this price is inclusive of the taxes. This price reduction for the battery replacement is valid for the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models. Previously, the battery replacement cost for these models was Rs. 6,500 and the new price is almost one-third of this cost. The users of older iPhones can get the battery replaced by the third-party service partners of Apple across the country.

The issue was brought to light by a Reddit user owning an iPhone 6s who discovered that the iOS 11.2 update slowed down his phone. Once the battery was replaced, the performance was restored. The user tested the same using Geekbench benchmarking app and the test showed that the company slowed down the older models through software updates.

Following the outrage, Apple confirmed that it was slowing down the older iPhones to ensure that there is a better user experience even with older batteries. Though the company sounded logical, the users criticized the brand's decision of slowing down older models. The company started facing lawsuits as well for hiding the information from the users. And, Apple announced that it will release a new software update to the affected iPhones.