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Apple Addresses Alleged Throttling of iPhones With Degraded Batteries
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Since you mentioned Jobs...you mean like providing cases for “antenna-gate”? Since you also mentioned visionary seems like this is a “visionary” stealth move. Cook has had 6 years to ruin Apple and the world is still waiting.
Does any company sell a product that doesn't degrade in some way over time? I'm sure Apple outlines what they can do in the EULA. But we don't read them. That's our fault as consumers for not being educated.
Yes? I am well aware of that. That doesn't change the fact that this seems to be a very specific hardware problem with only SOME of the Apple devices - suggesting faulty manufacturing or engineering and NOT that this is just a problem that is happening with any kind of phone due to the batteries...
So no one noticed anything until someone started running Geekbench?
If the phone is connected to a power source, it shouldn't slow down. They should design it like that and not make people think the problem is the phone.
Apple offers a false paradigm and once again, the fanboys eat it up.
My iPhone se battery shouldn’t be jacked 6 months after buying.
My iPhone se battery shouldn’t be jacked 6 months after buying.
Replace battery with third party and Apple will completely refuse to service your phone afterwards. Break screen, sorry, you have third party battery. We can’t replace. We can sell you a new $1000 iPhone.
You doubt that I am aware of the fact that the iPhone 7 is newer than the iPhone 6? That is not very nice of you.
You obviously have never bothered to read the license agreement at purchase or with updates.
How do you know it happens to every phone at the same time? Quash your unearned arrogance.
they replaced mine without even testing it. i complained that the battery percentage jumps randomly and he just went into the backroom to grab a new iPhone 6+ for me.
did I say that? I asked if he would be happy with his phone lasting a few hours at full power
Just because you don't like what Apple said, that doesn't necessarily mean the paradigm is false. It simply means you don't like the response.
If you are trying to make the "fan boys" look foolish, make sure you aren't mirroring that which you appear to detest.
So Apple admitting to slowing phones down, to near uselessness is not a controversy?
I guess not, when you look the other way.
Hints that the long-rumored Apple "slow your phone so you upgrade" conspiracy actually exists. Stop coddling the user and let them decide. Email with hints and technical notes rather than secretly controlling the user's hardware. This an example of the shenanigans that got me to leave iOS after ten years of my faithful obedience to the Apple machine. I took the red pill and could not be happier in my new, liberated ecosystem.
There has been anecdotal evidence of this for a while. The Geekbench results this week have confirmed it and has forced Apple into making a statement about it. The really funny thing is it was only in October that another benchmarking company released a report which they say proved Apple were not slowing phones down, https://www.macrumors.com/2017/10/06/apple-doesnt-deliberately-slow-older-iphones/ I bet they feel silly now.
Give me a break. Who reads that bs. Defend Apple all you want, but I’m really pissed off with this practice.
Why can't Apple just add a notification that the battery is degraded which will give the uninformed consumer knowledge to make better choices? $79 for a battery or $799 for a new phone.... Hmmmm
Apple IS sabotaging older iPhones to make you buy new ones. I have my iPhone 5, the battery started to last like an hour. I got a new battery and basically I get 2 hours, replaced the battery a week later and again... 2 hours.
The people at the shop told me: Apple is doing that with older iPhones, you start to get random problems with hardware and the hardware itself is fine, it is created by the iOS. The same issue with the speaker, microphone, signal and touch screen... they start to show problems all of the sudden and then they are fine and 3 month later again...
The people at the shop told me: Apple is doing that with older iPhones, you start to get random problems with hardware and the hardware itself is fine, it is created by the iOS. The same issue with the speaker, microphone, signal and touch screen... they start to show problems all of the sudden and then they are fine and 3 month later again...