Apple has detailed the procedure to replace the battery and its iPad explains that the firm will give a new tablet instead of simply install the new component.

Replacement
The procedure however cost $ 100 to the user, which could end up with a service model; Apple does not specify that the stand-in device should be just left the factory. To remember, the refurbished models are products that have been returned to Apple almost instantly after their sale due to a manufacturing problem. Once repaired, they are back on the market, the original user who received a new model, and generally sold at a discount on the apple site.
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Interesting approach that has all the same risks
At $ 100 , even a refurbished model is a good deal. However, the user's interest to make a backup of their data before sending its device does not have suffered damage due to accident, a liquid, disassembly or modification. The exchange procedure takes about one week.

One can imagine that Apple publishes this information several weeks before the release of the product to avoid the wrath of the associations American consumer who had complained about hidden costs related to the iPhone and its after-sales services .