A week after admitting to intentionally slowing down older iPhones without telling customers, Apple is apologizing and slashing $50 off its normal $79 price to put a new battery into old phones.
“We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize,” the company said in announcing the change. It added that there has been “a lot of misunderstanding about this issue.”
The $29 battery replacement price will apply to any out-of-warranty iPhone 6 or later and will begin to be available in late January, Apple says. The worldwide program will continue through December 2018.
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