Yeap apparently takes 6hours...

I wonder if Switch or the other fella (can’t recall what they are called but remember starts with Q...) will charge the same or 129 nett...

Do you have to purchased your iPhone from Switch to be eligible for battery replacement at their service centres? Need to bring receipt along?
I bought mine from Maxis

If it's going to take 5-7 days, I think I will wait till June.
I don't have spare phone and cannot wait for a few days.

Well yea I'm sure they have high volume of units to replace now...wait for a few months then it'll slow down... btw from my experience normally it only take 1-2 days despite stating 5-7 days..

But the Apple Store will have loads of people too, I believe. Wonder if they can really keep to 2 hours as promised?

U can still get it replaced, just need to pay 129 and they'll get it done for u....

I think most service centers will have some kind of nominal labour charge just to run diagnostics even without repairing. Pretty normal.

What’s the damage $? Did u even replace it? Should be quite pricey

Haha yea better not fix something that's broken..,save it for your new phone better....which phone did u upgraded to?

My friend made an appointment with machines. He was told that the technician will check the battery health and if it’s due for change, then they will order the parts. Which means he needs to leave the phone with them for 5-7 days. If this is the case, it is better for us to wait for Apple to release the patch (they said it’s Jan) to check battery health ourselves so we can see how severe our battery is and decide if you want to send in the beginning of the year or end of the year, when it deteriorate further.

What if they claimed they have changed but didn’t actually change. Because, you know, MALAYSIA Boleh?

Isn’t it better to wait for that tool so we can check ourselves.

well if he can doubt their credits in replacing new battery, they could also tell you yes its affected when its actually not, and when you send in the phone, they still wont change for u..

exactly actually the few times experience I had with AASP were quite ok... no major issue besides some hiccups here and there...

I waited an hour to find that out at a reseller store. So save your time and headache and just get an OEM battery for less time and less money.

Where can I get the RM129 battery replaced in KL? Really puzzled.. it's not stated in apple my website.

Is refurbished set entitled for the batt replacement as well? just to be sure, mine is refurb set already claimed for warranty long time ago.

I was a tech writer for two years so I do know what OEM means. Also, I checked it with the Apple technician in KL and another Apple technician in Perak. One quoted RM180 for half an hour's job and another one for RM191 for an hour's job.

And if you think the reseller is a con case...it was Mac City FYI.

So, unless you are Tim Cook, I think you shouldn't be so snarky and self-righteous about what's OEM and what's a con case.