it’s all part of assimilating into the Apple ecosystem...Apple users want Apple to do the thinking for them.
Easily swappable batteries is a requirement for my next phone - so no iPhone for me.
I would say there needs to be a Class Action Lawsuit, but the only people who would benefit would be the sleazebag lawyers, they get paid cash and they would probably settle with apple and get everybody else $20 off THEIR NEXT $1,000 IPHONE.
Cleanup in aisle 7...
The older models they are slowing are a couple years newer than mine. I am Replying on an iPhone 5 that turned five years old this fall. Used heavily every day. No battery issues and no plans to upgrade any time soon.
This is the primary reason I stopped buying apple phones. I had to upgrade every 2 years due to the speed issue. I switched over to the note 2 and it ran like a champ for 8 years. I replaced the battery twice and it still ran very well before it finally croaked.
Slowing down the 6’s? Seriously?
Battery duration totally sucks on my 6s. The 4 & 5 would last at least a day.
Apple did NOT SAY what this article claims was said. They are NOT slowing older iPhones down. It is certainly not to force users to buy a new iPhone.
From responsible journalists at AppleInsider:
"In its statement, Apple is referring to the iOS 10.2.1 update that solved the spurious shutdown issue, related to battery output voltage.Responding to questions posed by AppleInsider, sources inside Apple engineering not authorized to speak on behalf of the company say that testing like benchmarking artificially loads the processor for an extended period of time. The "peaks" in power needed to run the benchmark used to test an iPhone with a chemically depleted battery can trip the mechanism Apple has implemented to prevent device shutdown in the event of a low-voltage situation."
In other words, the very testing to see if there is slowing triggers the slowdown on older iPhones due to them having older batteries which are put under high stress by Geek Bench testing. It’s sort of like the fallacy of "begging the question," in that the testing for an effect causes the very abnormal conditions which triggers the effect instead of testing to see if it exists in normal operations.
The AppleInsider article went on to say:
"A lengthy Reddit thread was started on Dec. 10, with several satellite threads spun off over the weekend. All of the threads had users claiming higher benchmark results after a battery replacement. While there is no universal improvement in benchmarks after a replacement, some additional users did confirm that their devices felt faster after a replacement.As a side-effect of the thread, and consequent reporting of it, the conspiracy theory suggesting that Apple intentionally slows down older iPhones to force purchasing a new device has risen again. It has been conclusively proven that older iPhone hardware with an adequately functioning battery is no slower than it was at launch.
The issue continues to not be a Apple-led conspiracy to force users to buy new hardware. Apple is not slowing down older devices to convince users to buy a new one. If it did, the throttling would be permanent, and a new battery would not solve the issue.
A battery replacement through Apple costs $79."
Third-party battery replacement companies do it fo between $30 and $50. You can get a replacement battery and tool kit to do it yourself from Amazon for under $10. A YouTube video demonstrates how it can be done in under two minutes.
The upshot is, that older devices with older batteries may run slower, but older devices with replacement new batteries were just as fast as they were when new, thus shooting down the assertion that Apple was deliberately throttling older iPhones, delivering a degraded user experience, to induce owners into buying an upgrade iPhone.
Think about the lack of a sane advertising rationale that a company would have to degrade their users’ previous model, angering them, so they’re more likely to look at a competitor’s product that might not degrade for a replacement. Does that make any sane marketing sense? I doubt it.
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So where are the Net Neutrality Libtards on this one?
Bingo they got caught and are now making an excuse to make it sound reasonable. Haha!
People should say well if that was the case, then why did they opt not to tell anyone?
This reminds of the class action suit a few years ago against att. They would sell people high speed internet. Then over the course of time, they would dial down the speed then offer an even higher speed for a higher price; a speed that was nearly the same as the original you agreed to.
A battery and the tools needed to change it are under $20 on eBay. Go to YouTube and search for replacing iPhone battery and see how to do it yourself.
It’s not evil to make a feature that extends your aging battery’s life. The article doesn’t say that your phone has been slowed down when the battery is charged fully and in good condition. It says that when the battery is running low, the phone slows down to extend its operating time. That’s a good feature.
Every phone should have that feature.
Cell phones must have replacement hatteries and the shouldnt be more than about 20 bucks. The whole enterprise is built for planned obsolesence with no ability to keep a product for longer than 2-3 years..it is a racket....someday youll get a smart cell phone at 15 bucks with replaceable battery capability with universal wifi service and net ...not to mention free apps that dont spy on you...in the meantime..bow deeply and open that wallet.
Like most so-called news, yet another click-bait article.
I've had an iPhone 6 for several years. A single charge is good for the day. On the rare occasions where the battery reserve actually gets low enough, the phone informs you it is going into power saving mode. With this mode engaged, the screen is dimmed to save power along with other power saving actions such as not actively fetching new mail in background. The alternative would be no power management and running down the battery to zero. Then people would whine about that.
Not just planned obsolescence, they give ya forced obsolescence.
Pretty much in the same league as MS “giving” Windows 10 to unsuspecting 7 & 8 users.
So they are doing it all for me? God bless them! What would I do without Apple! /s
IOW this is a product defect because there is no simply user battery switch system. (carry a spare battery)
class action suit in 3, 2, 1, .....