Optimizing iPhone battery life: Between charges and before replacement
Delaying paying to Apple for replacement, and getting the most out of each charge.
Issues surrounding the iPhone?s battery are understandably contentious: the device uses the same non-user-replaceable model as the iPod, meaning that when capacity diminishes to an unaccepatble level, you will need to send your phone to Apple and pay $86 ? a service fee of $79, plus $6.95 shipping ? to replace the battery (or use a third-party service like the one offered by iResQ). All data stored on the iPhone is erased in the process. As such, maximizing the amount of time before replacement is necessary is of substantial concern. Users are also seeking to extend the time between iPhone charges by reducing power consumption, so we?ll attempt to address both issues.
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