changed an iPhone battery
    17 years
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Unfortunately I had a new in the box never opened iPhone Pro. Battery discharged and no longer could be charged.
The replacement battery was $10 on amazon.
It wasn't that easy, and I would not want my phone going through this, but hey, $10 vs whatever a new one costs (they are always free with a new line, but changing mobile #'s is a real hassle).
To me, the waterproof seal will never be the same. It's not easy to remove the old, and install the new.
there are too many delicate things that have to be undone to get to the battery, it is clearly not designed to be replaced. If it were? It'd be like 25 years ago. A door pops open, a battery pops out.
At any rate, yes it's worth it for cost avoidance. And for those who like to tinker, it's rewarding to do things for the first time.
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these lines I decided to check on 4 DeWalt 20V 5 Ah batteries.
They have been sitting in their original packages since 2023.
You guessed it. 3/4 were fine, 1/4, DOA.
The good thing is I have the original invoice and these are legit (I also have ones from eBay that are likely counterfeit but have been in use since 2017 so no issues). Called DeWalt and they are sending a new replacement.
They wanted a pic of the battery showing date code (and I believe ser# even though they didn't say that), and the invoice. Covered for 3 years, and the warranty on the replacement lasts for the original warranty (just like Costco before people ripped them off).
There are some other batteries in the basement that I better check, not 5 Ah but smaller, that I never use.
I did buy eBay ones for half price and the packages look absolutely identical. Only stopped once I became aware of the high likelihood of counterfeit. But as mentioned, those eBay ones are 9 years old and still used daily. Kind of intersting that legit batteries, 1/4 did in fact fail from discharge.
p.s. just retrieved a 2017 5 Ah and it was perfectly good having not been charged in probably 5+ years, as well as 2 1.5 Ah never charged since 2022. Not sure what happened to the brand new 5 Ah. Guess the moral of the story is either charge everything every 6 mos, or don't have spares you don't need. I use the same 4 daily, not the others...