Changing battery on 4 year old mobile

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Is it worthwhile to change the battery on a 4 year old mobile phone, or should I just get a new Android phone? I don't mind getting a new battery, but this might be a waste of money if the phone won't last much longer. It is used for zoom and similar, which I think may have run down the battery.
Any thoughts?

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  • getmore4lessgetmore4less Forumite
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    Depends on the phone some will be worth sorting some won't.

    If it is physically still good probably worth keeping
    I gave up on a couple of Nokia when the buttons failed but still have a Honor with cracked screen as a backup battery on that is on its way out.
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    if not used much in mobile situation you may get away with just using it on charge or with a power bank(which you can reuse when you change).
  • JJ_EganJJ_Egan Forumite
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    How easy is it to replace battery ??.
    Just pull the back of or use special tools to dismantle .
    Personal opinion price up then decide .
  • Cisco001Cisco001 Forumite
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    How much is the battery? 
    Are you changing it yourself?
  • Annie1960Annie1960 Forumite
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    Cisco001 said:
    How much is the battery? 
    Are you changing it yourself?
    Will get qualified repairer to do it. Hope to be able to get a quote during the next week.
  • Barny1979Barny1979 Forumite
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    I've got an iphone SE and it's about 3 1/2 years old, had the battery replaced last year for £20 by local phone shop.
  • GrumpyDilGrumpyDil Forumite
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    Without knowing what make and costs it's not really possible to comment properly 
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    macmanmacman Forumite
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    edited 14 June 2021 at 12:25PM
    Annie1960 said:
    Cisco001 said:
    How much is the battery? 
    Are you changing it yourself?
    Will get qualified repairer to do it. Hope to be able to get a quote during the next week.
    If your current phone isn't a smartphone (implied) then it's completely unnecessary to get a repairer to change it, as the odds are that it's a basic featurephone that just has a drop-in battery. Slide the back off, pull out the old battery, slide in the new one. Job done. Takes about 30 seconds.
    Even if it is a smartphone, many of the earlier ones do not have hardwired batteries, so it's just as easy to replace them. But, unless you tell us the actual model you have, it's speculation. 

    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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    macman said:
    Annie1960 said:
    Cisco001 said:
    How much is the battery? 
    Are you changing it yourself?
    Will get qualified repairer to do it. Hope to be able to get a quote during the next week.
    If your current phone isn't a smartphone (implied) then it's completely unnecessary to get a repairer to change it, as the odds are that it's a basic featurephone that just has a drop-in battery. Slide the back off, pull out the old battery, slide in the new one. Job done. Takes about 30 seconds.
    Even if it is a smartphone, many of the earlier ones do not have hardwired batteries, so it's just as easy to replace them. But, unless you tell us the actual model you have, it's speculation. 

    OP could also check on You Tube with make / model, if it can be done someone will have posted something

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