NEW DELHI: If there’s one brand that’s quite finicky when it comes to repairs and maintenance of its devices then it is Apple. The Cupertino-based tech is extremely strict about repairing iPhones if they’ve been fixed by unauthorized service centres. However, it looks like Apple’s stand towards third-party repairs seems to be softening. As per a report by MacRumours, Apple will now repair iPhones even if their batteries have been fixed by unauthorized Apple repair centre or technicians.

This piece of information was reported by a French website iGen, who have stated that Apple technicians will now fix issues related to iPhone even if they see a not-so-original battery. Prior to this, Apple was terribly rigid when it came to repairs of iPhone. If the battery wasn’t an original one or had been repaired by a third-party, then Apple wouldn’t fix them. Now it is being said that even if you’ve a non-original iPhone battery, Apple will replace it as well at standard costs. Do note that this unconfirmed change in Apple's policy is expected to be restricted to just the iPhone battery and not other components.

Since the news has been confirmed by Apple, we really can’t say if this repair programme will reach Indian shores also or not. We will have to wait and watch when and if it comes to India.

Interestingly, the news comes at a time when Apple’s battery replacement programme ended up costing the company quite a bit. The company ran a battery replacement program – which involved replacing batteries at nominal costs – for a considerable amount of time.

It was suggested by the company’s CEO Tim Cook that a lot people didn’t upgrade to the new iPhones because of the battery replacement programme. In fact, it was suggested that the battery programme cost Apple close to $9 billion in revenues. It was considered a significant reason for the relatively slow sales of the new iPhones which were launched in September 2018.

Source: gadgetsnow.com