Indeed! “Group think” at its most ‘dangerous’ is always well on display at MacRumors when it comes to Apple bash threads.
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Apple Being Sued for 'Purposefully Slowing Down Older iPhone Models' [Updated]
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As I have written here before, Norway's authorities have come up with a statement:
"All products are getting worse over time, as usual usage corroses the components. When the manufacturer actively enters the operating system and makes changes in performance, this is something we think the consumer should get information about before it happens"
The consumer should also be able to opt out of the update which results in a poorer performance.
Some consumers may also be entitled to a new battery that ensures that the performance is as you have paid for"
In Norway, a mobile battery is required to work for at least two years.
This means that if Apple reduces the processor speed in the iPhone in this period due to the battery condition, you may require a new battery for free, regardless of whether Apple's own tests say that the battery is better than 80% and OK.
Apple is not above the law i Norway, even if they like to believe it, so if Apple uses this software in 6, 6S, 7, 8 and X, it will cost Apple a lot og money in the coming years
"All products are getting worse over time, as usual usage corroses the components. When the manufacturer actively enters the operating system and makes changes in performance, this is something we think the consumer should get information about before it happens"
The consumer should also be able to opt out of the update which results in a poorer performance.
Some consumers may also be entitled to a new battery that ensures that the performance is as you have paid for"
In Norway, a mobile battery is required to work for at least two years.
This means that if Apple reduces the processor speed in the iPhone in this period due to the battery condition, you may require a new battery for free, regardless of whether Apple's own tests say that the battery is better than 80% and OK.
Apple is not above the law i Norway, even if they like to believe it, so if Apple uses this software in 6, 6S, 7, 8 and X, it will cost Apple a lot og money in the coming years
Lol...no we aren’t. This is merely a blip. Remember antennagate? These consumer driven suits always fizzle out. Resistance is futile.
You underestimate Apple’s power to settle this and overestimate the impact. This isn’t even a one sided argument with clear right and wrong. Apple might even argue their position successfully and pay nothing.
It kind of is. Phone designers get told by Program/product mangers how long a product should preform. Apple now thinks that a year at full speed is about enough time
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A lot of Stockholm syndrome going on with Apple customers.
Planned Obsolescence would be doing nothing and letting the phone start turning itself off. This is actually prolonging the life of the phone.
Edit: Also, a lot of people here haven’t been hit with slowing down with phones older than a year.
As well as an overheating CPU/GPU that may cause a slowdown regardless of battery state.
Yes we should all thank apple because they designed a phone that after a year would shut down, unless the apple gods magically sent down a fix to slow it down.
Did I even say that? Also, let’s not pretend this is Apple alone.
https://android.googlesource.com/ke...mentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/msm/bcl.txt
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Actually more like prolonging the life of the battery while making the phone feel more and more outdated as it slows down.. A phone turning off randomly would most likely result into a visit to Apple store and diagnosis that you need a new battery. A phone getting slower would probably lead most to believe that it is just getting old and can't support the newer software, and buy newer model.
Using this argument, doesn't that also mean you should sue your automaker when your car parts start going out, your tv maker when parts start going out, etc, etc? Good grief.
Really? If every Li-ion battery wears 0.5% in the first few days of use, and your new flashlight is a fraction of a percent less bright, do you get a new flashlight? If not after a few day, maybe after a few weeks when it holds 2% or a couple minutes less charge? When does this law about a battery “working” kick in?
They do if the law requires people in Norway to read the contracts to which they agree. The information is in the T&Cs and Update Release Notes notes.
See https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1893?locale=en_US
Judgment in Norway:
The phone went from fully charged to discharged after 10 minutes
Rassumsen (customer) vs Apple
The committee points out that Apple could only endure such a short lifespan (less than two years) if they had "express reservations" about this, which they think Apple not have done. The committee therefore believes that Apple not can refuse complaints on under two-year-old iPhone's just because they are discharged over 500 times.
That the battery will only last 500 charging cycles when it is not explained what a charging cycle is, and the buyer is not informed that the product has such a limitation, that a central component may fail after a short period of time. "
"The mobile is therefore inadequate" concludes the committee, which requires Apple to deliver a new iPhone to Rasmussen, for free.
Tesla was also sued in Norway by buyers of Tesla Model S P90D. The cars were announced with 700 horsepower, but it was far from what was measured in practice.
Tesla had to pay $ 8000 to each of the owners as compensation
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Cause to give you that amazing battery life even on a older phone.....performance slow down ? No, that's a new feature intro by Apple.
Give me an option in ios 11.3 to choose between CPU Boost or Degraded Battery mode and I am happy 
But at least you can see and probably edit the code because it's open source. Whereas apple tried to hide it and, when exposed, had the courage to call it a "feature".
This throttlegate could be blown out of proportion in these forums like previous issues. It still doesn't make Apple right. Apologists can look at as no big deal all they want. It's a forced upon "problem" to speed up the obsolescence by using the finite life of the battery cycles and then slowing them down.
The iPhone X will probably win some awards for best smartphone of the year but it's like Lance Armstrong's legacy. Tarnished. The X is like The Last Jedi where I waited two years only to come up disappointed. Pixel 2 XL or Note8 should be candidates for best smartphone of the year.
Valued a trillion. Do they even deserve being worth that much? Overpriced good products but no more integrity.
The iPhone X will probably win some awards for best smartphone of the year but it's like Lance Armstrong's legacy. Tarnished. The X is like The Last Jedi where I waited two years only to come up disappointed. Pixel 2 XL or Note8 should be candidates for best smartphone of the year.
Valued a trillion. Do they even deserve being worth that much? Overpriced good products but no more integrity.
Are you honestly expecting normal people to find that and edit the code in a way where it doesn’t break something?
iPhone 7 user here since it launched on latest iOS 11 update no issues. Just because you might have an issue doesn't mean everyone has and issue
I have to agree with this. The culture of absolute secrecy forces this to be an issue instead of expected behavior.
Except the guy using "LOAD" was misusing the term and referring to charge level so no, it's not part of the equation. A degraded battery will cause CPU throttling at any charge level , 100% to 0%.
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