The downside to handsets with batteries that cannot be removed, at least not easily, is that once your battery is dead, your phone is dead unless you don’t mind paying an exorbitant fee to get it fixed/replaced which many an iPhone user is no doubt familiar with. That being said, the good news is that for Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge owners is that your battery replacement isn’t too expensive.
This is according to a Samsung spokesperson who confirmed to the folks at PCMag that a replacement battery for either handset will be priced at a somewhat reasonable $45. It can also be fixed and replaced within one business day. The spokesperson also confirmed that if your phone’s battery drops below 80% of its initial level during the year of its warranty, Samsung will replace it for free. Customers will just need to pay for the shipping charges themselves.
The $45 price point also makes it cheaper than the $80 that Apple charges for an iPhone battery replacement, although it also makes it more expensive than the Galaxy S5’s battery which is $30, but then again there is extra work involved in removing a sealed-in battery. In fact a recent iFixit teardown found that the battery inside the Galaxy S6 was found to be easier to remove compared to the Galaxy S6 Edge, so perhaps paying a little extra to have an expert fix it for you might be a good idea.
[Image credit – iFixit]
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