I wouldn’t buy another either I would get the iPhone X plus or iPhone Xs or whatever is next
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Apple to Offer $29 iPhone Battery Replacements, More Battery Health Info in iOS
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I wouldn’t buy another either I would get the iPhone X plus or iPhone Xs or whatever is next
Because it makes sense-
A battery shouldn't effect performance, it should effect longevity.
It especially shouldn't effect performance to a point where a consumer buys a new phone.
It shouldn't effect performance to a point where the device functions at a speed that's less than what it was advertised as.
Simply, they can't go from shouting from every media outlet every September about how fast their new phones are, and then in a really short amount of time reduce that speed, just because a user bought and used the device and by doing so, degraded the battery.
That's the usual way it's done. No other device in my memory has throttled performance to around 50% on a nominally full battery and external power due to system health data the user of that device can't check.
If Apple wanted to change the accepted conventions at least make it a user selectable option. Which they are doing. Belatedly. After getting caught out.
One month is still under warranty. Again why should Apple provide free batteries out of warranty? I’ve owned a 4S, 5, 5S, 6, 6S, 7 and now an X and have never had battery issues. My mother is using a hand me down iPhone 6 from me and has no battery issues. But if she did I wouldn’t expect Apple to replace it for free as the phone is no longer under warranty.
That’s a lot of “should.” For a lot of people, they’d prefer that they can keep making calls and using the device all day, even if it means less performance playing games or launching apps.
Agreed; My 6 has been working just fine...Not so much concerned about the battery. installed 11 os clean installed...Phone doesn't support basic functions; find a contact, create an email, create a text, select voicemail, dial a number. Completely crapped 11 OS. Apple is blaming battery? Never before have they done this. This is a complete SHAM and SCAM on lazy software coding to drive sales...We can't even trade our phones in now with any value...Apple has screwed the entire Apple EcoSystem...Lazy over compensated, overly policitical and don't have their focus on the ball. Steve is turning in his grave and would fire all of them. what does it matter that Apple has 200B in the bank if they screw over their customers?
Sorry, Not Good Enough.
They should allow the rollback to the last "fit for purpose" version of an OS for a particular phone. It's not just a matter of a battery's performance, it's a matter of making otherwise good phone PREMATURELY no longer usable as advertised.
They should allow the rollback to the last "fit for purpose" version of an OS for a particular phone. It's not just a matter of a battery's performance, it's a matter of making otherwise good phone PREMATURELY no longer usable as advertised.
What does that have to do with Apple providing free batteries out of warranty?
Interesting competitors response
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That's inaccurate characterization. It's a dispute between Apple shareholders like you and consumers. While I am sorry that you are going to lose a few bucks on your investment, please stop telling the consumers how great your company is when they screw up.
What if you needed that performance to do your job and were ok with the expectation of having to have a charger close by anyway? It's not like these batteries were great to begin with.
It's not up to Apple to make that choice, they can't sell me one thing one day, push bits that degrade performance, and then ask me for $29 to make it all better, temporarily.
They should at least let me pick to burn through the battery if I'd like.
I presume you’ll enjoy your speedy home button responsiveness when bugs in the old version of the OS result in all your data being pwnd by some guy in Belarus.
Why would Apple replace your battery if your battery is fine?
Apple is throttling devices that their own diagnostics report as "Healthy" (>80%).
Apple are still making a bit of coin selling for 29 bucks. Nothing wrong with being charged a fairer price for something so simple and intrinsic to the fair use of an item you have bought
Well... Now we know iPhone does that too.
Good for a thousand dollar product that being obsolete 2 years in.
Happy with my Android phone.
They denied by telling people it wasn't the battery as the cause of slow downs. There have been plenty of examples in these forums alone.
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Are people not aware that batteries degrade overtime? Apple tries to implement a "fix" to INCREASE usage of your personal device and somehow people interpret it as Apple being devious.
What seems to be the chief complaint in most of these posts, is Apple's failure to be transparent on the issue(which i agree with). With all of what the iphone is capable of, we have to assume there is a considerable amount of strain on the battery.
I wonder how much of Apple's obsession with making things thinner coupled with increased features play into the batteries longevity.
What seems to be the chief complaint in most of these posts, is Apple's failure to be transparent on the issue(which i agree with). With all of what the iphone is capable of, we have to assume there is a considerable amount of strain on the battery.
I wonder how much of Apple's obsession with making things thinner coupled with increased features play into the batteries longevity.
But that is ********. My iPhone 6 plus is nearly brand new. Its battery is on 79 of 500 cycles. Still the performance is REALLY piss poor with the iOS 11 update. So Apple should stop the lies about "phones with old batteries". This is obviously them wanting me to buy a new iPhone.
This is the only move they could make, and it's the right one. Also good that they'll show battery health in iOS. That should have been there already.
Yes the public, the people who worked part of their life away for money, and then chose to use that money (representing a portion of their life on earth) to buy a phone from Apple, are now terrorists, forcing Apple to cede something to them, when really Papa Apple knows what's best for them. Unbelievable.
Of course it’s up to Apple to make that choice. That’s why Enginering is. Choosing. They choose a battery size that’s a trade off between longevity and weight and thickness. They choose a screen resolution that’s a trade off. They choose how many speakers to put in and how big to make them. They choose what buttons to put on the device. They choose a clock rate for the cpu.
Warranty is not the only document regulating device replacements. There are laws like Lemon Law. Those apply beyond the warranty. And perhaps Apple should be forced to recall these lemon phones.
Apple has been doing this from the beginning of iPhone. Yes, I am talking about the original iPhone. If they don't slow down for battery-related reason, they slow down for other reasons.
iOS 11 was simply too naked.
Good job, Apple. You brought this to yourself.