You don't have to take it to an Apple store. There are lots of third party vendors who are authorized to do iPhone repairs. Also being an SE, I'm guessing you're out of warranty? Basically, just jump on yelp or Google for apple repair services in your area and you'll likely find something. Being a simple battery replacement on an SE, it shouldn't be all that complicated. My sighted wife swapped out the battery on an old 5S we have by herself early last year for example. We just bought the new battery that came with all necessary tools for something like $25 and she went on iFixIt and watched some YouTube videos and voila. Old 5S with a brand spanking new battery. I think starting with the 7 and up, do it yourself repairs became a lot harder, but for the SE, it shouldn't be all that complicated to get the battery replaced somehow some way.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Vicky Collins Sent: Monday, September 30, 2019 5:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: iPhone SE battery Thanks all for the responses. Yeah, I did read some of the articles about 80 percent not being so good. However, since my sister doesn't drive and we aren't near an Apple store, anyway, I figure by the time I paid for a cab to go to the post office, paid shipping both ways, and paid for the replacement, I may as well try to see if I can find her a used SE somewhere with a better battery. I've been trying for about six weeks now to get my brother to go to AT&T to get the SIM exchanged, but he just doesn't get in any hurry. But maybe I'll see if they still have any refurbish SE phones at AT&T, as it can't hurt to ask. ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, September 30, 2019 2:01 am Subject: RE: iPhone SE battery > > > And 81% is not actually so good. When I went to Apple last year with my 6S > Plus for their battery replacement offer my battery's capacity was at 84% and > they said I would definitely qualify for the $35 Canadian battery replacement > they offered until the end of last year. > But even at the regular price your sister would probably get a lot more > enjoyment out of your old iPhone SE if you or she were to get the battery > replaced. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of > lenron brown > Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2019 10:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: iPhone SE battery > > She would honestly be fine with the SE > > On 9/30/19, Vicky Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > > As you can tell, I do tend to switch iPhone's from time to time, but > > haven't yet ventured into trying the ones with face ID. But, my > > question here is, is it worth me giving my old iPhone SE to my > > sister, or am I doing her a disservice in the end because of the lower > > battery capacity? > > > > Anyway, since my sighted sister is using a four-year-old $19 pay as > > you go phone from AT&T, a 3G phone where she can no longer get a > > signal in her house in the rural area where we live, I purchased a > > used iPhone 7 from one of the blindness lists , thinking to give it > > to her. However, grin, I made the mistake of giving her the choice > > between my iPhone SE and the 7, and she preferred the smaller SE. > > > > I haven't yet given her the phone because she is on my brother's > > account, and he needs to go to the AT&T store here to get her the > > new SIM card for the phone, since the phone she has now takes a micro SIM. > > I did, though, confirm that the phone would indeed work at her house. > > And, just before I reset the phone to factory defaults, I checked > > its battery health, and the maximum capacity given for that phone > > was 81 percent. It did say that the battery was supporting normal > > peak performance. As I've mentioned previously, my source of > > internet right now is via personal hotspot, my choice as I'm not yet > > ready to leave AT&T, and I guess it didn't do the battery on the SE > > any good. I purchased the phone new from Amazon a little over a year > > ago, so guess I'll have to watch my battery care a bit better with my > > future phones. > > > > As a side note for anyone still reading, I did go to AT&T store a > > while back and get a SIM card for a second line for myself. With my > > AT&T Unlimited and more Premium plan, we discussed both the second > > line or adding some sort of wireless hotspot device to my one-line > > plan. If memory serves, the rep told me that, if I were to choose > > the wireless device, I would get 50 GB of data, a home phone number > > but I wouldn't necessarily have to use it, and I could either pay > > the $200 for the hotspot device, or I could pay it off in monthly > > payments. So, since I already had a second iPhone, I just opted for > > the second line with its additional 15 GB of mobile hotspot. And, of > > course, I can just cancel this second line at any time. > > > > Oh, one more side note, even though I can use the hotspot on my > > Nokia > > 6 to backup my iPhones to iCloud here at my apartment, I still can't > > use this same feature on one iPhone to backup the other, even though > > each iPhone has its own SIM card now, something about poor network > > conditions. Wonder if I should've gotten that wireless device > > instead, and why the Nokia will let me backup with the hotspot feature > > while the iPhone won't? > > > > - > > The following information is important for all members of the V > > iPhone list. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this > > list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please > > contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list > > itself. > > > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > > [email protected]. 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