To be fair, nowhere in that article did Apple outright put on record that they were throttling your phone. At least, it's not so clear cut that "Brand new batteries would not be affected, but as most phone batteries run through charge cycles they get less effective (this is a well-known byproduct of lithium-ion technology and one reason everyone wants to get rid of it as soon as someone figures out something better) and more susceptible to these kinds of triggering spikes." means "we made your phone run slower".
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Apple Being Sued for 'Purposefully Slowing Down Older iPhone Models' [Updated]
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Apple has by no means admitted to any sort of guilt. They clearly stand by what they have done, given that they intend to bring this to subsequent iPhones next year.
There may be something else wrong with her phone.
I just retested an iPhone6s and 7 both running iOS 11.2.1 with my own code, and see no change in single core processor clock speed from 1 to 2 years ago.
ohhh really...
From TechCrunch Apple Interview in Feb 2017
You couldn't understand that? I don't think there is anything anyone could say.
This definitely was an issue on the iPhone 4s. I remember very clearly my iPhone 4s shutdowns at 30% after the second year of owning it (I held on to my 4s until the 6 came out).
@AdonisSMU And how am I supposed to deduce from that statement that Apple's solution to this was to make your phone run more slowly? Based on that line alone, it would not be unreasonable to assume that Apple had found some way of moderating these erratic spikes of activity without having any deleterious impact on the performance of the phone.
How did you know before all this was revealed, that a degrading battery was causing your iPhone to slow down? Common sense is (*was) that your iPhone would work normally just for a shorter duration of time, as battery was getting older. At some point, you knew you had to change the battery. However, with Apple's snitch practice, you were using a gradually slower iPhone which lasted about the same, so you had the wrong impression that your device is getting left behind and at some point you decided to get a new device and not just a new battery. Worth of a class action suit and hopefully a change of policy for Apple.
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Definitely, two ways to look at this. Unfortunately, Apple have a record of making disingenuous statements so I'm skeptical.
They said they introduced the feature for the iPhone 6 and up, but they didn't I believe, say that they have not been doing this for earlier iPhones.
They said they introduced the feature for the iPhone 6 and up, but they didn't I believe, say that they have not been doing this for earlier iPhones.
Its only been an issue since 10.2.1 was released. I was able to get several years out of my iPhone 6+. I was one of those who didn't upgrade to the 6s+ or 7+. It worked just fine. *shrug*
Well, I suppose that if one has already written Apple off as guilty, everything they do (or don't do) will paint them in the worst possible light in that party's eyes.
The battery issue is a red herring. My 2017 iPad is considerably slower since upgrading to iOS 11. The battery is not bad, it’s the developers who can’t deliver a responsive OS. I’ve already complained to Apple. I can see a device a few years old slowing down but I’M USING THE MOST CURRENT IPAD MODEL! They should be ashamed. Meanwhile, I’ve been hearing good things about Microsoft lately. Seems like Apple is fumbling around trying to play catch-up or make lame excuses for the poor quality of the recent user experience on iOS.
The only reason I believe Apple right now is that they came out and said they were doing this last year to solve a specific problem. Then the later in Feb 2017 did an interview with Tech Crunch and gave up some user statistics on their relative success with the shutdown problem.
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I wonder what is going on with that process....I didn't notice any issue w my 2017 iPad Pro and I use it daily... but will def keep my eyes open.
So, something else may be wrong with your 6/6+, my tests show it’s not Apple lowering the processor clock speed on all old devices.
I don't doubt that your three year old devices got sluggish after the latest update. I suspect there are other issues unrelated to this issue...but IDK. I think its the OS update process causing the issues.
What's the benefit of upgrading to a faster iPhone (which is one of the main selling points) if it performs slower than the previous iPhone that you replaced after a year?
Does any other manufacturer of anything incorporating an Li-ion battery do this? Will the Nintendo Switch have a reduced CPU speed after 1 year?
I believe the battery issue is Apple's justification for them slowing down the iPhone.
Does any other manufacturer of anything incorporating an Li-ion battery do this? Will the Nintendo Switch have a reduced CPU speed after 1 year?
I believe the battery issue is Apple's justification for them slowing down the iPhone.
What a bad example!!!
No Apple doesn't offer battery replacements in the way you put it.
We criticize an Apple practice here, and any user's individual experience may feel different. That's why we needed evidence. And that is exactly what we got now.
Your tests, which you keep repeating over and over, are your tests. And yours only. With your own software as you have said. That doesn't make other peoples experiences AND tests less valid. Nobody knows who you are, yet major publications has run tests that clearly shows that devices ARE IN FACT being performance throttled. I'm choosing to believe the majority, as well as my own experiences, over some anonymous person and their own code.
I'm not sure if they do it. I have never run a benchmark test. But from my experience from a Samsung S7 and an S3 both phones are relatively fast and usable. My iphone 6 is as fast as my Samsung S3 in real life use. For example opening the camera! I have restored my iphone 6 to new , pretty much basic apps installed and it's just slow..Very slow!!!!
And what is your point? That iPhones have their battery capacity drop to, eg, 80% after 300 cycles and Teslas only have them drop to 90% after 300 cycles? I'd also contend that most Tesla users don't drain their battery down to 20% every day, while most iPhone uses probably do, meaning iPhones reach a given (complete) cycle count earlier than Teslas.
My point is that:
- Almost nobody publishes a full curve of expected battery capacity over charge cycles (the only thing you usually get is a single data point, eg, 80% after 500 cycles).
- Essentially nobody translates even that figure into actual usage times over time (eg, kilometre range after 500 cycles).
- Graphing battery capacity over cycle count, iPhone batteries don't really perform much different than other batteries.
Screw you Apple! I was experiencing slow apps for a few weeks now and blamed them to the app developers, doing app restarts and iPhone restarts to fix it. It never came to my mind that Apple would slow down my iPhone!
How can I find out if my iPhone is affected by a "degraded" battery?
How can I find out if my iPhone is affected by a "degraded" battery?