I just noticed that my iPhone 4S has split open due to the battery swelling. Might be time to part ways.
I don't think it's as impossible as you imply, especially nowadays. The 2016 SE and 6s are blazing fast on their 6th and 7th iOS versions compared to the 4S with iOS 9 which was only its 5th.I have no idea if this case truly had merit (although I’ll just take the ruling on its face). While this might not deter Apple from ‘purposely’ slowing down older devices, it will most likely deter them from even trying to support the updates on older devices.
People complain both ways. Either the updates make the device slow, or the updates aren’t available on the same device. In both cases it is called planned obsolescence.
In a sue happy environment, I’d just stop trying.
The iPhone 4S was pre battery throttle. This is about general poor performance regardless of battery. The thing you're talking about was introduced on iPhone 6.You can easily find the info online, but it was to prevent iPhones with older batteries from experiencing shutdowns from overloading. If you didn't like it, the option was always there to upgrade to a newer iPhone and keep up with the times. Or of course the other option was to act entitled and petty and seek a class-action lawsuit.
What do you think Apple was “trying to do”? They were trying to extend the hardware to new features.One reason is to discourage the offending company and/or other companies from trying to do something similar in the future. The $20 million is essentially like a fine for breaking the law. How much of a deterrent these things are will vary depending size of settlement and wealth of company.
I never meant to imply that it was impossible. But why bother if there is some level of degradation and people will use that as an opportunity to sue.I don't think it's as impossible as you imply, especially nowadays. The 2016 SE and 6s are blazing fast on their 6th and 7th iOS versions compared to the 4S with iOS 9 which was only its 5th.
Nope, time to sue.I just noticed that my iPhone 4S has split open due to the battery swelling. Might be time to part ways.
I have no idea if this case truly had merit (although I’ll just take the ruling on its face). While this might not deter Apple from ‘purposely’ slowing down older devices, it will most likely deter them from even trying to support the updates on older devices.
What do you think Apple was “trying to do”? They were trying to extend the hardware to new features.
The lesson most companies would take from this is…don’t update old hardware.
So if you bought a new iPhone today and three years from now Apple pushes on you an iOS update that bricks your phone you would be OK with that? Just C’est la vie.Nope. The phones were "slowed down" for good reasons. People need to find better things to do with their time than suing companies for petty things like this.
Or they could just let you downgrade back to the iOS version that worked.What do you think Apple was “trying to do”? They were trying to extend the hardware to new features.
The lesson most companies would take from this is…don’t update old hardware.
So if you bought a new iPhone today and three years from now Apple pushes on you an iOS update that bricks your phone you would be OK with that? Just C’est la vie.
Yeah I got like $6 back in 2018 if you are referring to the 6S lawsuit.whatever happened to the battery class action suit? I never got paid for it. Did payouts ever go out?
The slowdown was a byproduct of a more advanced operating system with more advanced features that wasn't optimized for the hardware of the 4S. So yeah, old devices are subject to limitations as technology progresses. The alternative is to not service those phones, but then everyone would complain about that. I'd rather have a "slow" phone that has the latest updates (security, features, etc.) than be left behind completely after a couple years. I say this as someone with an almost 5-year old iPhone 8 running the latest and greatest iOS 15 release. Is my phone slower than it used to be. Yes! But I don't see how I'm injured in this scenario. It's unreasonable to expect a phone to be continually supported with updates and also never see any performance loss as new features and technologies are added.The usability of millions of tools was reduced for good reasons?
Which would be?
People were mad because Apple promised something they didn’t deliver and they, the customers, had to life with their unwillingness to develop a better OS or just not ship it to those phones, or more like shoving it down peoples throats.
Not all Weasels are bad. ?"Apple of falsely marketing the iOS 9 update as providing enchanted performance" LOLOLOL
*Boy, I'm always enchanted by Weasel apple*
*weaslin*