and have thermal events all over the place? someone's catches the house / car / dog on fire and all hell breaks loose? nah...
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Apple Addresses Alleged Throttling of iPhones With Degraded Batteries
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and have thermal events all over the place? someone's catches the house / car / dog on fire and all hell breaks loose? nah...
I do feel that amongst all the options available to Apple at the time, they still made the best one possible.
A pop up will only result in more confusion and misinformation and does nothing to solve the problem of your phone’s battery if the user opts to do nothing, or is not in a position to do anything. Likewise, I don’t think people are going to be happy about having to spend extra replacing their batteries, especially if there are no Apple stores in their country.
It is also not acceptable to leave it up to the user to choose between experiencing slower performance because of throttling and just having the iPhone shut down. This is the very epitome of irresponsible behaviour.
In short, Apple needed a solution that could reach out to the hundreds of millions of iPhone users around the world, and a software patch was the best option there was. Apple is trying to make older iPhones usable - the opposite of planned obsolescence.
Right now, what I believe Apple can do is continue to step up on explaining the rationale behind their actions and getting their user base to understand this. In the long run, I am confident that most people will see that Apple is being rational and is genuinely looking out for the user.
We don't know if the battery is/was properly designed/rated to support the newer CPU's , do we?
you should probably read the problem before spouting so much nonsense
this isn't about battery capacity due to cycles and how much charge it holds. What's happened is the newer internals in the devices (from 6 onwards) puts a higher load on the power draw. After a few months, the batteries are no longer capable of supplying enough power for the spikes of heavy use the newer CPU's are requesting. This is forcing the phone to shut off.
Apple's solution, wasn't to provide new batteries, but to introduce software throttling so that the CPU could no longer draw more power than the threshold for shutdown was set to.
what this indicates is that Apple designed (whether accidentally or intentionally) a battery and CPU combination that was unable to work together within ar easonable time frame (this is happening on devices that are younger than 2 years old, which most would argue is a reasonable time frame for a device to be engineered to last)
Apple then introduced this throttling mechanic, secretly via software update and didn't inform the users, who were now using ~2 year old devices that were operating, sometimes at 50-60% slower speed than at purchase time.
This all happening while the batteries themselves were still operating within 80+% of their recharge capability, therefore NOT qualifying under Apple's battery replacement option. Meaning Apple wouldn't even replace the battery if paid.
Why is that a ridiculous question? Apple implemented this "fix" because th phones were literally powering themselves off, in response to the CPU calling for power. Rather than admit all of their phones were defective, they did this.
I've worked in an Apple Store. The amount of focus on ESD safety, battery safety, and safety in general isn't taken lightly. Yes, you can go to a 3rd party store and have them replace your battery without properly guarding the contents of your device and there's a chance that nothing will happen. You never know until it's too late.
Apple won't risk a consumer accidentally puncturing a battery and then suing Apple for not making sure the battery was properly safeguarded. That's why for the longest time opening up a device and replacing a battery would void the warranty (except the older non Retina MacBook's). If there's one thing Apple doesn't mess with is having a battery tampered with and then brought into the store for repair. That's INSTANT denial of service.
I never had my 128GB iPhone 6 (bought in September 2014) shut down on any firmware. Same with my 128GB 7 Plus. Both bought from directly Apple.
count yourself lucky than that you're not experiencing this problem yet. (and even luckier if not at all).
But just because YOU aren't encountering the problem doesn't mean the problem doesn't exist.
we're not toddlers anymore. Object permanence is a thing. just because you don't see it, doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
But how would you feel, if your iPhone 7 today was nice and fast. and then next month, suddenly it was taking 3-4x as long to launch the same Apps, with no explanation of why from Apple? Would suck wouldn't it?
Happened to me, store refused to swap the battery because their test passed, and even though the phone was shutting down at 40% charge constantly.
I think a user changeable battery should be similar simple process such as changing the batteries in a flashlight or a smoke detector.
Yeah, it doesn’t seem like all phones shutdown due to battery issue, but it does seem like all 6/6s/7 phones on 11.2+ are throttled as the battery ages and discharges.
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iPhone 6 64 GB.
if only batteries were that simple to replace. Think form factor. Size. Complexities. Alkaline vs Lithium Ion. It's not gonna be the same thing. Not saying impossible, just saying what's practical and what's not.
People have complained about all sorts of problems with every single iPhone, iPad, MacBook, iMac, etc. I personally have never had trouble with any of them. Most people who buy these products have little technical knowledge. I always see these people asking for help from the "Geniuses" every time I walk into an Apple store. I went to the Genius Bar exactly one time when the mute switch on my iPhone 3G snapped off. They swapped the phone for me within minutes and that was the end of it.
umm good for you?
but you're still playing the "it's not happening to me so it's not a problem" mindset.
Which is laughable. Enjoy your devices. They're great devices. unfortunately, that doesn't mean they don't have problems.
Buy Apple products, use them, love them, and get on with their everyday lives. Very few people spend any time on Internet forums.
Yesssss. This. I am finished updating anything else ever. Done. Still using iPod touch 4 every day. Original iPad running bird cams. And the new iPad with apps that will not work w ios11 so NOT doing it any more.
Many people use twitter and Facebook and this story is big on there right now.
Most ethical companies take the PR hit and issue a recall or admit fault.
If this wasn't found out, they would continue throttling your CPUs without your knowledge.
They are acting in the best interest of themselves and not you by not TELLING YOU. GET IT??