To replace or not to replace

Being the tightwad I am, today I got a used iPhone 7 128GB off eBay. The phone cost $105. I have it all changed over and noticed the battery health was at 87%. Apple and Best Buy both will install a new battery for $49. The iPhone 7 is getting a bit old. Right now I am using this phone as my primary phone. Have not fully decided yet what I am going to do. What would you do?

 

take it to the range and try out my new 1911..???

for the low cost of the battery, and the cost of the phone?

get another battery?

 

I’m at 93% on a phone less the a year old

 

It doesn’t need to be replaced. Mine is at 87% and it’s a year old

 

How do you determine battery health? Btw. I’m considering an iPhone 11. My iPhone 6 is getting tired.

 

It will be fine. I had a galaxy S5 up till last year with a battery at 52% that still got most of a day off the charger. Typically you dont need to replace a battery until you either have major issues or the lack of charge becomes a problem.

 

Its in the settings app and click where it says battery

 

My iphone 6 is at 79% just fyi. Whats yours at?

 

I plan to purchase a new iPhone 11/12 next fall. This means there is a good chance I won't replace the battery in this iPhone 7. The battery health is simply the amount of current over time a battery can deliver! A new battery can deliver so much and over time this amount of current gets less and less. This can be found in the iPhone settings/battery. This is what it looks like on my iPhone.

 

Quit being a tightwad and buy a factory refurb 2 year old model from mfgr, pay the money for an otterbox, phone should last 3-5 years depending on abuse.

3 phones, 10 years, but current one is only 4 months old