蘋果電池低價更換時間結束！
iPhone owners only have a couple of days left to get their battery replaced cheaply as part of an Apple programme.
幾天後，蘋果手機用戶就不能再以划算的價格更換手機電池，這個項目已被排除在蘋果服務內容外。
The reduced-price replacements last until the end of the year, at which point the cost will dramatically increase. For the moment, a new battery costs only £25 – but once the new year arrives, that will rocket up to as much as £65.
低價的電池更換將持續到年底，屆時價格會劇升。目前新電池只需25英鎊，年後將漲價到65英鎊。
Old batteries can cause significant problems for their owners as iPhones age. With use, the power begins to drop – something that can lead to phones lasting for much less time, and to Apple having to slow down phones to ensure that they don't crash because they're not getting enough power.
隨着蘋果手機使用年限增加，舊電池對手機用戶的會造成各種各樣的問題。電量會不斷下降，待機時長變少，用戶必須減慢使用速度才能確保手機不會因爲電量不足宕機。
It was the revelation that Apple was doing that – throttling performance on older phones, in line with more spectacular rumours that swirled before it was admitted – that led to the cheap repairs in the first place.
據揭露，蘋果正打壓舊款性能，更有謠言散佈，稱此舉旨在先讓用戶更換便宜的電池，不過一切尚未得到蘋果承認。
When that story came out over the Christmas period in 2017, Apple apologised and said that as part of a range of ways of making it up to customers it would knock down the price of replacements, allowing people to restore their phone's performance if their battery had been degraded.
2017年聖誕節就有此類說法蔓延，蘋果爲此道歉並說爲了讓彌補用戶，方法之一就是配件降價，讓消費者的手機電池退化時好能恢復性能。
That meant that any affected iPhone battery could be swapped out for just £25. Once the programme is over, the same service will cost £45 for most phones, and a full £65 for the iPhone X.
也就是說任何受到影響的蘋果電池都能以25英鎊的價格進行更換。一旦這項服務停止，大部分蘋果手機辦理同樣業務需要花費45英鎊，蘋果Ⅹ需要整整65英鎊。
（翻譯：阿忙）
