If this were indeed a feature why not mention it in the keynote? I mean, I am sure they could spin it towards longevity .. but they don't. Makes you wonder...
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Apple Addresses Alleged Throttling of iPhones With Degraded Batteries
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It's already ruined for many, set aside the cash mountain and what's left, "great pipeline products?"
If you won't read your and Apple's legal obligation and agreement of such when you install, don't go complaining about the results of Apple exercising its rights under the self-same agreement you are too lazy to read.
One of the most deceptive acts of corporate greed ever.
I wouldn't be surprised. Plenty of greedy consumers and lawyers looking for money they think they are entitled to just because.I smell a class action suit.
don't forget to include corporations in that statement as well
Ok, trust is broken and we won’t buy. Microsoft or anyone will not help them this time. Their choice.
False paradigm of 2 choices is either let iPhone discharge faster with full speed or prolong battery life with speed cut.
There is a third option.
Allow people to pay to replace battery NO MATTER IF IT PASSES THEIR TEST OR NOT. But they don’t.
There is also a fourth option.
Allow user to choose battery over performance or vice versa. But they don’t.
People are too busy questioning and arguing over the false choices that Apple presents to them without questioning the very false paradigm those choices are created from.
There is also a fifth choice. Redesign the iPhone to include user replaceable batteries.
But ... but ... but ...
Gotcha. Again, a lot of you think this isn’t even a reasonable option because you have accepted the false paradigm that Apple Obviously doesn’t have replaceable batteries.
But they could....
Well, I decided to bite the bullet and call Apple about getting a battery replacement. It was a pretty cool procedure actually: I've never had Apple want to share my iPhone screen before (and so weird to see a mouse icon flitting around on the display). They did, and they had me run a diagnostic which the support person then reviewed. I had complained that the phone often shut down completely for no reason, and the amount of charge was all over the place. After looking at the diagnostics she said it was on the verge of just shutting down completely for good - the battery was that bad. So...after a complete backup, I'm heading to the Apple store to get it replaced. It's an iPhone 6+, and as it's off of AppleCare, the replacement will cost me $99 Canadian.
No, my wife and her friends that wouldn't know Geekbench from a hole in the ground have been complaining about cold weather performance and how slow their iP6+'s have become. At least now, thanks to other's digging, I know I can just get the battery replaced to solve the problem. Which is good, she has some kind of weird attachment to that phone and doesn't like it when I suggest an upgrade -shrug-
How many other iPhone models have had systemic issues of shutting down unexpectedly when running on a degraded-capacity battery?
I experienced this back in earlier iPhones. Things were fine..5-20% battery life remaining. I'd play a song or record a video and the phone would just shut down without any notice. I guess this was their answer to this.
Wait... let me get this straight. Everyone thinks this is an Apple ploy to make people upgrade to a newer iPhone. When what the feature does is slightly maybe unoticbly slow the phone down rather than turning itself off.
I don’t know, but I feel the turning off would far more effective at making people with old out of warranty phones upgrade.
Just a thought...
I don’t know, but I feel the turning off would far more effective at making people with old out of warranty phones upgrade.
Just a thought...
I've never had an issue , owned iPhones since 2008. We have 4 iPhone users in the household, never an issue with shutdowns. We do live in a warm climate though.