Currently, it is the most expensive option of all the ones we will see today, and not for that reason, as we said, more professional, although it is clear that they will have a larger stock of all the batteries, more people working, and they only dedicate themselves to this brand, so we may have more appointments available for it, and in case of any problem with the phone, they could give us a replacement, so We would pay for the brand and its quality really.
The location of Apple Stores are located in 7 cities in Spain: Barcelona, Madrid, Murcia, Malaga, Valencia, Valladolid and ZaragozaTherefore, if you are not in one of them, or if you do not have one nearby, it will not be worth it to change to one of these, unless you are not in a hurry and send it by mail, another of the options that Apple allows us.
Regarding the current pricethis would depend on the model:
- iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 8 and 8 Plus: 99 euros
- iPhone XS, XS Max and XR: 99 euros
- iPhone 11, 11 Pro and 11 Pro Max: 99 euros
- iPhone SE (2nd and 3rd generation): 79 euros
- iPhone 12, 12 Mini, Pro, Pro Max: 99 euros
- iPhone 13, 13 Mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max: 99 euros
- iPhone 14, 14 Mini, 14 Pro, 14 Pro Max: 109 euros
- iPhone 15, Plus, Pro and Pro Max: 109 euros
- iPhone 16 and Plus: 109 euros
- iPhone 16 Pro and Pro Max: 135 euros
SAT: K-Tuin, MediaMarkt and others
Among the following options, we have the SAT, which would be the services authorized by Apple and that have the same official components as the stores themselves, so it would be an alternative to the Apple Store if you don’t have one nearby. The advantages of these are many, although it depends on each store.
If we go to the most popular, we find K-Tuin or MediaMarktwhere we will have advantages depending on the time and device. This month, for example, MediaMarkt repairs batteries for a price much lower than Apple. They already have it cheaper, but they are also offering an extra 20%, so a 99 euro exchange like the iPhone 13 Pro Max would cost you only 60 euros this month, and yet it would be exactly the same process and component as in an Apple Store.
Likewise, depending on the store, we will have different days or hours in which they work, being able to request an appointment for the time that we want. Therefore, the advantages are clear, especially if you do not have an Apple Store nearby.
We leave you here the link to view all nearby points to the place where you are, although you will have to check each store carefully, as there are some particular providers that do not have such good reviews, although as we say, this depends on the technician you get, and not on the name of the place.
If you do it from the iPhone Support app, you won’t even need to enter your details, as they will appear directly with the phone model, so you can make an appointment within the available ones in each store, thus speeding up the process. Of course, the price will depend on each one, and may be lower than the original, so you can ask beforehand, as this does not appear when requesting the repair.
Alternative phone repair shops
Leaving aside the official points, we also have the typical neighborhood stores that will change or repair our iPhone. It is true that they have advanced a lot, and they can even replace the battery without the phone indicating that it is fake, however, it will continue to be so, and this is a problem, since the quality of the same is much inferior to the originalwhich can mean that, although we may be happy with it for the first few days, after a while we see that it lasts the same or even less than the one we had before, having spent little money, but not at all.
That’s why we only recommend this option if your battery is below 75%, and you need one for 3/6 months while a new model comes out that you’re thinking of buying, thus not having to pay 100 euros for an official change for a short time, but also not suffering from not making it to the end of the day with the battery, because the new one, despite being fake, will do the trick for a few weeks, and your phone, in addition, if you want to sell it, will be worth more.
On the other hand, if we choose this method, We can also acquire it on our owna battery on Amazon or other stores, which usually come with the necessary tools to make the change ourselves, being the truth is quite simple if we have patience, and saving us even more money.
The price of one of them can be around 20 to 25 euros, so it would be 4 or 5 times cheaper than buying it officially. However, if we take advantage of opportunities like the one at MediaMarkt this month, we could have it for much less, so here it will depend on the use and budget you have, however, you already know our opinion.