How to change the battery at home
The steps to do this will depend on your iPhone model, although it is usually quite similar for all of them, and there are many videos on YouTube that will help you in the process.
The most important thing is to choose well the battery model and the necessary tools in case you don’t have them. Most Amazon batteries, for example, carry screwdrivers and other objects that we will use to do everything ourselves, from the pen to open it more easily, to the glue that will be used to seal the new battery, which are usually some adhesive stickers.
We leave you an example here so that you can see what type of products you should buy, especially if you do not already have the tools at home, although you will have to choose your phone model, differentiating it well between the Pro, Pro Max, Plus, etc., well Each one has a different battery, despite being the same iPhone.
How to choose the best option
The price of these batteries is between 25 and 30 euros, and although some say they have a greater capacity (mAh) than others, the most important thing, as a personal recommendation, is read the opinionswell there we will see its quality, since sometimes that data is false, and in others, despite being real, after a few weeks it works worse than the original and degraded one we had, so it will not be profitable, and Fundamental, as we said, is to see how it has worked for other users who have bought and replaced it.
Is the official Apple battery better?
Another question that many have is whether an official Apple battery is really better, which will cost 99 euros or more (depending on the model), or there are no big changes compared to the one we can find on Amazon, and the truth is that there are. there are, and many.
At the moment, Apple does not sell original batteriesthey only have them for official exchange, so if you want one you can only get it by paying for the repair with them or with a SAT, they will never sell it to you loose for you to install.
This is something that will change with new EU laws in a short time, but for now, unless you buy one from Wallapop or second-hand pages, which you know is original, you will not be able to have a new one like this.
Key difference between both
The main difference is its qualityand an original battery is designed with many better materials, hence its price, than a replica, so, if you only want a specific change for a few months, it may not matter to you, however, if you wait for it to return to last 2 or 3 years at the highest level, I have to tell you that the fake one will not, and you will have lost that margin that you saved by replacing it.
Also, when installing a fake battery, unless you do a trick for it, the iPhone itself will tell you that it is not an original componentwhich could influence its performance, since, although it is not very legal to do so, no one can stop Apple from saying that the performance of the device is worse if you do not use an official component, so I, at least, do not worry. I would play it, and take it to a technical service so that they could “trick” the iPhone and at least, despite being fake, it would not appear as such.
Review of La Manzana Mordida
In our case, and as a personal recommendation, we repeat what we already mentioned, and that is that if you are looking for a temporary replacement, for example 6 months until the release of the new iPhone, and you want to do it on your own, at home, following a YouTube video and spending 25 euros on the battery and tools, it seems like a very good idea to us, since the 100 euros (minimum) that you will have to pay Apple for it would not be profitable.
However, if you are doing all this to get an iPhone for another 2 or 3 years durationdoing it on your own (as it is not an official component), will only end up spending more money, because after less than 1 year, you will notice how that battery is the same or worse than the one you had, again spending another 25 or 30 euros for a new one, with the corresponding risk of doing it yourself, so the best thing would be to take it to a SAT. Some like MediaMarkt have offers. Currently, it is 75 euros, which is still expensive, but they have a discount compared to Apple, being the same original component.
And you, what do you think of all this? Are you one of those who prefers to change the battery on your own, or do you think that, due to the price, despite being expensive, it is not worth doing it yourself, and it is better to take it to a an Apple Store?
