Apple is now charging extra for many Apple Watch battery swaps

Apple has elevated the worth of most Apple Watch battery replacements, as reported by 9to5Mac. The swaps used to value $79, however now, for Apple Watch Collection 4 gadgets and newer, you’ll need to cough up $99. You’ll be able to see the costs for your self on the corporate’s Apple Watch Service and Restore web site by sifting by way of completely different variations and fashions.

It’s unlucky that a few of the battery substitute charges are going up, however I’m additionally not stunned to see it. Apple bumped up the costs of battery replacements in some iPhones, iPads, and Macs by $20 to $50 earlier this 12 months.

Nonetheless, paying for a battery substitute could be a good option to get some additional life out of an older gadget that in any other case works simply nice. It’s what I’m personally fascinated about doing to maintain my iPhone 12 Mini buzzing alongside for so long as I can. As tempting as a USB-C-based iPhone is, I’m not prepared to drop the money for one simply but.