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gehwartzen on Jan 3, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Letter from Tim Cook to Apple Investors

I bet even at 29$ Apple is making money on this replacement program. If I can buy an iPhone 7 battery for $15 shipped Apple probably pays <$10 each when buying them by the tens of thousands, even for higher quality units. Then add 10 minutes of replacement labor.

sbuk on Jan 3, 2019 [–]

You forgot logistics. It costs a lot of money to store and distribute volatile objects.

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