Posted on 07/29/2020 2:37:44 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
Arizona is leading a multi-U.S. state investigation into whether Apple is violating trade practice laws by deliberating slowing older iPhones, Reuters reported Wednesday.
The Tech Transparency Project, a watchdog group, released documents last week showing the Texas attorney general might sue the Cupertino, Calif.-based company for violations from a multi-state probe, but did not specify charges, Axios reported.
The probe has been ongoing since at least October 2018 with investigators requesting information from Apple about "unexpected shutdowns" of older phones along with the company's throttling of iPhones through power management software, the documents obtained via public records showed.
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[Vanity] Anyone ever have their iPhone “disabled” for a period of time without explanation?
Now they would not do that would they, just to keep you buying new models, now would they??? Apple is a reputable company making their iPone using slave labor?
Nope. This is a bullshit complaint.
The phones shutdown when the battery is empty.
Apple slows the processors down to save power when you get very low.
Must be democrats trying to extort funds.
Battery goes dead.
Good use of tax dollars. Not. If you don’t like the speed of your iPhone then buy something else.
I work with a gentleman whose iPhone 6s is %100 charged and will simply shut off for no reason. Eventually it will come back to life, but then will repeat the shutoff a couple of times every day.
I have seen this with my own eyes, so your statement is only useful to people who don't understand how their phone works as far as needing charged and being able to actually see the phone itself stating it has a full charge.
Perhaps there is something else wrong, but it's interesting to me that now I know he isn't the only one having this issue.
This happened to “alot” of people I know.
Told em get a Samsung....
They solved the problem by upgrading to new Iphone...
Next up: people suing GM when their cars run out of gas.
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Lithium Ion batteries, even high end ones, have roughly a 4 year lifespan. Lower quality or older technology batteries have an average lifespan of 2 years. Once this lifespan has been reached, efficacy of the battery (total charge and current delivered) start dropping exponentially until the battery eventually fails altogether. Since consumers are keeping phones longer than they used to, the manufacturer has to have some sort of means to delay total device failure as long as possible, thus the gradual slowing down of the phone processor and memory controller to reduce total current demand on the battery. It’s basically a lessor of two evils and a no win situation for the manufacturer. The best solution for the consumer is to offer a removable battery at the cost of increased handset weight and reduction of battery performance (the connectors aren’t as solid and create more resistance than soldered connectors). Apple does what it does to keep the form factor small and to encourage consumers to buy new handsets.
From an engineering perspective, I don’t see how this is immoral or illegal at all. Most consumers eyes roll into the back of their head when you try to explain this to them.
Nope
Happened to several friends and my brother
Apple insisted they purchase a new battery and my brother screamed Class Action
Got his replace free, problem solved.
Can I dust off my iPhone4s?
Good for your brother.
I own multiple dead batteries.
That is likely do to an buggy app causing a system crash or a jailbroken phone. Very unlikely due to a bad battery, but anything is possible.
This past summer I bought a replacement battery for my iPhone 6S. I wake up with it fully charged each morning. Battery needs recharging by around noon, by around 10 am if I’m using it a lot.
The phones weren’t a year old
His, His son and his ex broom stick test pilot
So, get an external battery pack and a long cable. I have one for emergency power outages, but it is perfectly usable to keep an older phone going. I prefer replaceable batteries, but the market is apparently moving away from them.
Rubbish. This claim has been debunked for a long, long time.
I'm not convinced it's the battery either.
I got my phone at the same time he did (they're both company phones) and he doesn't really do much with it outside of taking pictures and using it for its primary purpose.
How do you know the battery is “dead,” unless the operating system tells you?
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