Apple's $29 battery fix: Is it worth doing?

If you own an older iPhone, you might be interested in Apple's offer to replace failing batteries for just $29, after admitting it slows down older phones to save battery life. But is it worth the hassle?  Will a new battery really give your phone new life, and perhaps another full year of good service? Or will you just be postponing the inevitable -- having to buy a new phone -- by a month or two? Owners lining up for new batteries College student Delaney Griener's iPhone 6 won't run a full day anymore. "It makes it through half the day if I use it.  If I don't use it, it lasts a little longer, but not a whole day," she said. We found Griener visiting the franchised repair shop U-Break-I-Fix  in Kenwood, to try to sign up for Apple's new $29 dollar battery replacement program. The whiz kids at this store, and other repair shops like it, are among thousands of authorized techs will be replacing batteries for 29 bucks throughout 2018. Manager Joe Theisler says it's well worth replacing the battery if you have a slowing older phone, if it doesn't hold a charge long, or if it gets very hot when you are on Facebook or watching videos. He said batteries typically start going bad after a year and a half, around 500 charges.  After two years, he said, most phone batteries are failing, no matter how well you treat your phone. "A new battery will increase your battery life, make your phone last longer during the day, and give you a better experience," he said. He says it will make it run almost as good as new (though since it's not the latest technology, it won't run as fast as a new 8 or X model).