Didn't they provide battery health in previous OS versions but do not now? More fodder for conspiracy
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Apple Being Sued for 'Purposefully Slowing Down Older iPhone Models' [Updated]
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Yeah, I agree mostly, but I feel like there's something wrong with their throttling method. My iPhone 6 is horribly, horribly slow now, but the battery isn't that bad. I can't imagine it would be this slow if they were doing it properly. Other problem is I have no idea whether it's doing it properly since it's all behind the scenes, as it should be.
The engineering behind it is none of my business. All that matters at the end of the day is whether I can type without the key animations getting stuck. My old iPhone 5 never had any of these problems, even after iOS updates.
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Alright, fair enough. Just so that I am clear, they force you to update, downloads file silently without your consent, cannot restore to current version--automatic update to newest version and then decides to slow down and degrade your iPhone. Clearly, they are doing everything right here.
More like Apple don't want to replace my battery while I'm still on warranty. You can defend Apple as much as you want but this is obviously wrong in every level. A dying battery is on its end of life and need to replaced and you don't know that underlying problem if Apple is secretly doing that to your device. You don't go to Apple store asking them to check your battery knowing it's still last all day. Besides they already have records refusing to fix someone's phone despite of them willing to pay. Also when people bring their phone for a fix Apple will just say the battery is fine.
And this post is all people need to read. You hit all the main points. The MAIN PROBLEM here is the sudden loss of performance and/or a slow down WITHOUT any previous mentioning from Uncle Apple letting us know they were simply looking out for us. This is the crux of the matter here. They were obviously not proud about prolonging our battery life with this software, or they would’ve mentioned it. Fact is, they were called out on it and then came to the table with information about software AFTER the fact. And their bull **** battery tests should be re-worked. The iPhone should run at max performance for at least 3 years considering the price tag.
I’ll never hold Apple with the same regard. I do believe the ones in charge of making those decisions need to go.
It’s possible that Apple is being overzealous here with their throttling, and they are still playing around with the numbers to find the best compromise between battery life and performance. The extent of this could well change with future updates based on user feedback.
Well... None of my Android phone nor my laptop shutdown periodically. Apple made the battery can't last more than 2 year of usages and trying to use software update hide the defect. Apple deserve to be sued.
Apple should stop be big brother and design a 1000 dollar plus phone usable after two years. Not this stupid stuff
If you have proof that they intentionally degrade performance after they sell the device then yes I agree with you.
Do you have proof that they do this?
I believe that Samsung was intentionally overclocking their CPU's when it detected someone was running benchmarking software. It was dishonest for them to do it and when they were discovered they stopped it.
So, after producing the phones for ten year Apple learned that batteries degrade and this requires throttling. Interesting. Other companies put special chips and capacitors to deal with power consumption spikes but genious Apple engineers came up with better solution - just throttle the processor all the time!
Shouldn't they at least let you know the battery has degraded? I think you can tell with your Nike's. C'mon now.
It’s about seeing what you want to see. If a person is conditioned to always assume the worst of Apple, then every move they make will never be acceptable and there will always be fault to be found with it, regardless of their actual intentions.
Apple says “we do this to extend the life of your phone”, and every other news outlet prints “Apple enforces forced obsolescence to make you upgrade your devices sooner”, which is practically the opposite of what Apple just said.
And which do you think is the more clickbaity and sensationalist headline that will garner more views and clicks?
You can't just go to Apple Store and get a new battery. Their test should show that your iPhone needs has a bad or degraded battery. Then only you can get a new battery.
That 'something' should be a recall naturally, rather than a software change to the ECM that limits the RPM to 3,000 without the driver's knowledge.
No. I am not interest with the software will slow down my phone.
People are paying premium for their crappy battery and overpriced hardware. iOS is no where to be premium and it every update slows the phone.
So I am not interested with software updates that makes my phone unusable.
My issue is my 6 Plus slowed way down. I still had two days battery usage as I don't use it to the same level as many folks do. No complaints at all. Until an update that crippled it. Then even with my less then demanding usage, it became intolerable to use. I had no idea why. So in a sense, Apple is saying a $100 battery replacement was all I needed rather then going out and blowing a thousand bucks on an 8 Plus? They wouldn't tell me this?? My 6 Plus went to Gazelle, so now I can't even get a battery and keep going. This "helpful", secret "benefit" cost me a lot of money I didn't need to spend.
Spin it any way you want. I know how I feel about it, and it's not good.
Spin it any way you want. I know how I feel about it, and it's not good.
Then the massive legal team at Apple will point to the Terms & Conditions that everyone “reads” and agrees to, and chuckle.
You weren't trying out a Pixel if you went to the AT&T store. You were probably using a Samsung, which is far from stock Android. Android isn't laggy out of the box. My old phone, a OnePlus 5, is the smoothest phone I've ever used. iPhone's included
My old 5S on iOS 8 (with a bad battery) did have random shutdowns at 20%, and was solved with a new battery while still on iOS 8. So my personal experience does align to what they're saying. However, my 6 Plus's battery is only 1 year old.
Having the software force that "feature" on phones that doesn't require the slow down is poop. It literally went from a phone that could last another two years, to instant freezing overnight, like a lot of 6 Plus users have said.
Having the software force that "feature" on phones that doesn't require the slow down is poop. It literally went from a phone that could last another two years, to instant freezing overnight, like a lot of 6 Plus users have said.
