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Apple Now Faces 26+ Lawsuits for 'Purposefully' or 'Secretly' Slowing Down Older iPhones
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That’s true. And it would be largely pointless to make that argument in court (with all of the class action lawsuits going on). But Apple nonetheless did a disservice to its customers by not saying anything about it to begin with. I replaced my 6s with a 6s Plus because it was so slow. And my iPhone 6s wasn’t even 2 years old. And now my 6s Plus is laggy. It is a pain.
But to be honest, it is Apple’s fault for not even informing its customers about that. They got themselves to blame. And many people did think that there phones just got slower because of updates over time. Why Apple never bothered mentioning it is unknown but sales could be a factor
Not as many as one would expect.Here we go again, 1000's of posts before we know it.
Once again, what does Apple owe you? A big fat NOTHING.Wow, way to completely avoid the issue by replacing it with a non-existent one.
News flash: iPhones (excluding the X) cost as much as their competitors. The only thing stopping Apple from placing higher quality batteries in their devices is to satisfy profit margins, aka greed.
Also, thanks for LITERALLY proving your original quoted post as nothing more than mere apology; you admitted higher quality batteries exist.
Curious, you have an iPhone? Apple products? I think we both know the answer that....
News Flash: Apple is a publicly traded for profit company. Their purpose is to MAKE MONEY.
Great news and I hope we continue to see more. Their damage control by offering a cheaper replacement battery for ONE year was ridiculous. In doing so they just are going to make more money. Nobody should be shocked by any of this from smug Apple. Yet apologists will defend Apple purposely gimping their devices.
.Thats not the issue, nice try though. No one is OK with a fairly new phone going from 40% to shutting off. Also, no one is OK slipping code to adjust the performance all the while keeping it quiet and denying there was a battery/electroinics problem. That is the issue. They have done something different with the batteries or the hardware controlling/monitoring them, or the processors that they created just pull way too much current. Pick your poison but hiding these 'fixes' and problems from the customer is what they are ultimately going to pay for. Not under clocking the processor when they had to.
Don't use the app then and, instead, use the browser which I happen to do. There are also alternative light apps for accessing FB.
Nobody is saying it “DIDN’T HAPPEN;” obviously it DID HAPPEN. What people are saying is that Apple is not slowing down phones to force upgrades. As has been said many many many times, Apple implemented the throttling to prevent unexpected shutdowns. Now you can argue that they should use bigger batteries or should have been more transparent, and that’s fine. But what you can’t do is claim that those who have been pushing the “planned obsolescence” theory are correct; none of the evidence supports that.
exactly. they didn't want to have to contradict their "limited serial range" mentioned here https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/
Theses comments are great! When losing an argument, refer to old "you don't really own apple products do you?" post. LOL
It's not the battery quality, it's the size. The 6 is a much larger phone with a larger more power hungry screen and a powerful power hungry CPU, yet the battery is a tiny bit bigger, and the 6s battery is smaller than the 6.
All rechargeable batteries degrade with age; Apple chose batteries with no overhead to continue to power the phone when the battery was slightly degraded but still healthy by the normal standards.
It's not a problem with the battery itself, it's that Apple has a major design flaw where they used the wrong battery for the phone.
They deserve each and every one and I hope they lose them all
The difference is that the 5s has an older slower processor, which thus requires less power output from the battery to run at typical performance level, as well as needed less frequent recharge cycles, thus extending the life of the battery.
They aren’t going to be paying for anything, at least not via these ridiculous lawsuits. The onus is on the plaintiffs to prove that Apple deliberately slowed down phones to force upgrades, and that the throttling led directly to people buying new phones. Even if either/both were true, proving it is nearly impossible.
And whether or not Apple loses the lawsuit, batteries will continue to degrade and either performance will decrease or it will shut down. Ask Nexus 6P owners about the shutdowns and if they’d rather have a slower phone.
Can’t be. I’m told the issue is Apple cheating out in batteries in the 6 and up. /s
Do you have the stats to prove this? I have no idea whether or not these issues were present before the iPhone 6, and neither do you. For all we know it may have been worse for the 4/4s/5/5s.
Where is the other topic(s) saying the same thing? I get it, we aren't allowed to mention the throttling and it all must fall under the same topic and under the carpet.....
Explain to me why you’re not smart enough to replace the $20 battery so you don’t have to charge it 2x a day??