>presumably because you could otherwise ask for a battery replacement for a devices with a damaged screen and back panel, and pay an order of magnitude less than a repair on the damaged display and back.
So there's no way to get a battery replaced on a device with a damaged display?
> So there's no way to get a battery replaced on a device with a damaged display?
Replacing the battery on most iPhones involves removing the display. If the display is already damaged, it's likely that removing it will damage it further, possibly to the extent of making it stop working entirely. Apple is, understandably, hesitant to either 1) potentially return a device to a customer in worse shape than they got it, or 2) eat the cost of replacing the display when servicing batteries.
So there's no way to get a battery replaced on a device with a damaged display?