Will apple replace my battery out of warranty if its scratched?

[quartz220]

my s5 44mm aluminium grey has a small but quite deep scratch, the silver aluminium is visible but everything works fine, will they replace the battery for $79 or quote me the full price $300+ for battery replacement? i need to use it for a few more years.

anyone have experience bringing their scratched/ dented watch to apple for battery replacement out of warranty?

 

[fwmireault]

From my experience, as long as the damage doesn't prevent Apple from accessing the internal battery, it will only quote you 80$ for the battery replacement. Scratches on Apple Watch are frequent, they are used to that

 

[jz0309]

Apple will only replace battery if the health is below 80%, in that case you'll get a refurb, they do not "replace" batteries

 

[quartz220]

Apple will only replace battery if the health is below 80%, in that case you'll get a refurb, they do not "replace" batteries

its very close to given its age, i think it will be soon

 

[TorontoSS]

Yes - I took a very scratched up s4 watch to Apple. It had three owners previously (me, my sister in law and my nephew) and was v v scratched up. However scratches are different from cracks. They were clear that if they thought the screen was CRACKED, that would need to get done first. So if heavily scratched, i think no problem. if cracked, that's a different story.