Apple watch battery change

After 4+ years of constant use, the battery health of my Apple Watch series 5 has come down to 79% requiring frequent charging, up to twice daily. However, Apple ran a diagnostic and responded that my watch battery still has some juice left and they cannot change the battery at $100. If I still insist on changing then it would cost me $300. It appears that Apple has a very high threshold for battery deterioration. Can Apple give more powers to users to decide when they would like to change their battery at a reasonable price and battery health?

Apple Watch Series 5, watchOS 10

Posted on Dec 30, 2023 2:10 PM

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Posted on Jan 30, 2024 9:35 AM

I just got my apple watch 5 battery serviced, they require that your battery is below 75%. In the apple watch setting it should tell you it needs service. They ran the diagnostic test on the watch and it failed the battery test. You should go back when your battery health is below the 75% threshold.

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Dec 30, 2023 2:32 PM in response to kartikvish

That’s odd (and it’s $99 out of warranty for battery service….at no point is it $300. Any other damage and it is $299 for non cellular version, $349 for cellular). According to Apple once it’s below 80% it should be replaced. Was this Apple directly or an authorized repair facility?


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If it was truly Apple then all you would need to do is show them their own info from their website to force the service at the $99 fee. Unless you also had additional damage that created the $299/$300 quote. I’m that instance it does make sense because they won’t do anything unless you handle the other damage

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