You can try several tricks to see if it’s a problem in how your iPhone decides to charge or in how it measures the battery’s fully empty state. Failing that, get a new battery.

Instead of relying on a phone insurance plan, I was able to use a credit card perk to get reimbursed for some of the repair costs.

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A new iPhone or Galaxy phone typically costs $800 to $1,000. “It's about a tenth of what a new device would cost to get a battery replacement,” Alex says.

Instead of relying on a phone insurance plan, I was able to use a credit card perk to get reimbursed for some of the repair costs.