Hello Sieghard and All:
Thank you for reminding me about the SE 3. I need to find out if it is
still available. The additional battery life in the iPhone 16E sounds
very good to me, but I'm one of the people dreading not having a home
button.
I called the nearest Apple store and the gentleman was able to do some
diagnostics over the phone and there is a Best Buy store nearer to me
than the Apple store which is not convenient that is supposed to be able
to do repairs. I can also send the phone to Apple, so I don't know why
the Verizon woman said not even Apple could do it.
Everyone, thanks for listening. I feel better about the future of the SE 2.
Margaret
On 4/8/2025 1:08 PM, Sieghard Weitzel wrote:
Hello Margaret,
You can go to any Apple Store and they can replace the battery in your iPhone
SE for a fraction of the price of a new phone. Of course if you want to chat
with Verizon about an iPhone 16E it won't hurt to ask what they can offer you
or you can even ask if they had any iPhone SE 2023 in inventory and you might
get a good deal on one. Remember you will have to get used to no home button
and Face Id with the 16E whereas a SE 2023 would be the same as your current
iPhone SE except of course it would have very good battery life again and you
get the same processor which is in the iPhone 13/13 Pro.
If you aren't worried about Apple Intelligence which at this stage is much more
of a hype than it is actually useful, a SE 2023 may serve you well for some
time, but of course a 16E will be supported longer and be more future proof and
it will support Apple Intelligence once it actually is useful. I bought a 16
Pro in anticipation of a much better Siri experience, but I am deeply
disappointed so far. Yes, you can have Siri integrate With Chat GPT, but
otherwise I find especially in iOS 18.4 which failed to provide the next level
of Apple Intelligence which was promised, Siri has been terrible. I will send
another message with appropriate subject as I am curious if I am the only one
having the issues I am having.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Margaret
Thomas
Sent: Tuesday, April 8, 2025 7:48 AM
To: V iPhone list <[email protected]>
Subject: Battery Health On SE 2 And 16 E
Good Morning:
I'd forgotten quite how old my iPhone SE 2020 is until the thread about
battery health and interest in the 16 E with a possible price increase prompted
me to check and I got the SE 2 in November of 2021 and maximum capacity says
83%, but it says battery capacity seriously degraded.
This is the battery that came with the phone and it is my first smart phone.
My land line is my main phone and I had hoped to have another year or two
before a new iPhone. I'm not in a metropolitan area and the nearest Apple
store isn't convenient and is about an hour away. The phone seems to be able
to list nearby service locations for the battery problem, but I'm not getting
it to work. Can a local Verizon company store replace the battery?
Before I knew a new battery will be in order, with all the talk about a
possible price increase, I had thought maybe I could trade in the SE 2 and get
something off the purchase price. Does anyone know if this still might be
possible?
I'm late at the party, is it still possible to get or at least order a
16 E before the possible price increase tomorrow?
Many thanks,
Margaret
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