So which is which now? Are we angry at Apple for slowing down our devices, not informing us of this, or just angry?
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So which is which now? Are we angry at Apple for slowing down our devices, not informing us of this, or just angry?
I stopped going to Johns site and listening to his podcast full of non-challenging friends and very little critical thinking. He is too close to the VP's in the company and won't dare fracture that relationship and it impacts his product.
I agree wholly with your other points, they crossed a line with this and the biggest one is the lack of transparency. If they have an issue with a 1 year old phone degrading to the point that it can't supply enough power to run at full spec that is a recallable issue. Especially when they spec the battery at 80% after 500 full charge cycles.
Batteries “naturally” getting older is not the problem here.
Aghh, come on, as said many times in here, it’s their hidden fraudy method of hidding their well known battery design flaw on cost of their customers by not notifying of virtual permanent systemwide throttling, and for rejecting replacements of faulty batteries that leads these throttles. When the sole of your shoes wear out, you actually can see it at the latest when your toes come out. Thats a natural notification. Nobody here is asking for a sole that holds a lifetime.
Probably a good idea, but Apple is not about giving their users options. They definitely should’ve been upfront about this throttling.
It doesn’t matter if we know or not. The result is the same. If you are having performance issues, it is insanely easy to have a diagnostic ran. You can do that in your pajamas watching tv. If the battery is bad, they will schedule an appt to have it replaced. How is this complex?
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There is no design flaw here. Period.
And if the battery isn’t bad they still throttle you and slow down the device. How difficult is it to understand that?
I’m on the informing side. Who knows, man... we all know Macrumors is a soup of people from highly dysfunctional to extremely functional. I’m just sticking up for the upper crust.
The inconsistency is when you go to Apple Store and they tell you that your battery is absolutely fine after all the diagnostic tests.
"Our phones have lightning fast processors...for 6 months".
It hasn't and it won't because Apple has all the media in its pockets. Nobody dares talk bad about Apple.
Their problem in the first solution for basically the rest of the world where a two year warranty exists is that battery replacement is a warranty claim. I would even say even those with AppleCare it is a cost that Apple could mitigate if they can drag the issue beyond the expiry date. In my mind Apple knew is exactly what they were doing. Their official explanation is serendipitous at best. This is the modern, greedy deceitful Apple.
And nothing will happen. Unless they have enough money to almost buy the company they won’t win.
Apple doesn’t change your battery unless it’s degraded past 80%. Why heavy throttling after a year and far away from 80%? Some get it at 93%. Also the actual use of the phone is affected too. It’s not like it is as fast as it was initially advertised either.
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There are more reasons for performance issues than bad battery. If your battery is fine, the issues are related to other factors
last time i checked they only published their excuse the other day after being forced to do so and there is no way to downgrade which the EU should have deemed illegal years ago anyway
If Toyota throttled my Camry so that it doesn't go over 30mph I imagine it would prolong the life of my car.
There is not a magic time frame (one year) where it kicks in. That’s ridiculous.
Thinking before posting is a lost art.
You know what I would do is my phone was randomly shutting off? I would KNOW there's a problem and take it in to get repaired or replaced. I think that's what anyone who's not a complete moron would do as well. Maybe that's not something you would think of doing and instead just look at the phone and say "welp, this darn thing" and just keep turning it back on, but please stop making the mistake of thinking everyone is as simple minded.
Oh my dear sir, but it is. You see, my battery is perfect, but still it's draining so fast with iOS 11 that I HAVE to charge it more often. Charging more often will destroy it faster and in no time, i'll end up complaining that my phone is slow. Most people would have already bought a new phone by now, but after these news, there will be change. Or at least, i hope so.
