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There is no "battery repair" for $800. Can you give us more of the story please?
new 2018 MBP battery can't be repaired and you have to replace the whole casing.
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Same here. From Puerto Rico, too. I thought about sending my AirPods Pro to my relative living in FL, but with COVID-19 shipping delays I didn't want to risk missing the extremely narrow shipping window to send back the broken AirPods. They were all "Yep, this sounds like a problem! Let me set up a repair" until I sent my Puerto Rico address. Terrible support for non US-mainlanders.
Even though back in March, Apple said there were no Authorized Repair people in PR, I had found one through my own search. It's called Metro Technologies in Hato Rey, not too far from Plaza Las Americas. I can't vouch for them since I have yet to take my AirPods Pro there, and I don't know why Apple didn't show them on their own search page for finding authorized repair, but I decided to search on Apple.com again, ju…
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I daresay an iPhone, after R&D costs to Apple and third parties, probably costs less than $100 in materials.
You'd be very wrong. Component cost (not including any assembly cost) for any modern flagship smart phone is well north of $100. North of $300 on most phones. Take a look at the cost estimates that most folks do on smartphones (Ex. https://www.techinsights.com/blog/samsung-galaxy-s10-teardow... ). Apple isn't undercutting other companies by $300+.