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AW Series 4 Battery Replacement: worth it? (alien.top)

submitted 2 years ago by thiemz@alien.top to c/apple@hardware.watch

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So I have a series 4 that's actually still running reasonably well. Although the battery condition is at 74% now, I still get through most days. I've always charged overnight, so as long as I get a full day it's not too bad. It's about 4,5 years old by now and I've used it every day basically.

Admittedly I haven't been doing lots of workouts in the last months, so that'll definitely make a difference on battery consumption (yes I want to get back into it lol).

Now my question; will it be worth it to go for a battery replacement? I've read stories here that people just get upgraded to a new watch from a higher series. Does anyone have any idea how common that is? Apple charges around €100 for the replacement it seems.

An upgrade would be a very sweet deal, but if I just get a battery replacement I'm not sure if that's smart.

What would you recommend? Thanks in advance!

I'm based in the Netherlands btw, if that matters.

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[–] casiomudmaster@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Just get the battery replaced at Apple. The battery in my series 4 lasts around 30 hours. It goes down to 19% battery level after wearing it for 30 hours. The battery health in mine is at 86% after 5 years of ownership. I haven’t really used mine for the last 3 years, so the battery in mine still has a high health percentage at 86%. I just recently restarted using my series 4 in the last 2 months ever since I got it back from Apple repair. They had to update the watch because it wouldn’t update from not using it for the last 3 years. They also polished the crystal because of a 1” inch diagonal scratch that was on the crystal. You can still see the scratch, but it’s faint and the scratch for some reason comes and goes. It goes away when I wipe the crystal with a cloth. Then it comes back at certain times then it disappears again. I find this very odd for the scratch to disappear and then reappear like this. Maybe someone in here can tell me why this happens.