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Apple to Offer $29 iPhone Battery Replacements, More Battery Health Info in iOS
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Did you upgrade because your old phone needed to stay on life support?
No?
Then stop it.
There were some issues with faulty batteries not too long ago, affecting the 6s. A lot of signs pointed to the 6s Plus being plagued by the same issue, but Apple would only admit to the problem being present on the 6s (and only a limited number thereof), for which they launched a replacement program. I have a 6s Plus, and its battery behavior was always extremely weird compared to all other iOS devices I ever owned.
Given that 95% of all interesting details about battery info magically disappeared in the first major iOS update a few months after the release of 6s/6s Plus, I have a sneaking suspicion that the purpose was to make it impossible for 6s/6s Plus users to compare battery data and arrive at some collective Eureka moment that would force Apple to expand the replacement program to every 6s/6s Plus out there.
A lot of people were running to the geniuses with “this app says my battery is messed up” when it wasn’t.
You got to be kidding me. Apple was a total sh*t about doing this the way they did. Solution they selected was right, the invisibility of slowing a CPU without telling the user is something low enough that Samsung would do it. I know two people who directly bought new iPhones because they thought their phones were too old to run the current iOS properly
Maybe this is a not causes of an issue, but "someone" thought it was because they refused to replace old battery, and decide to start a case against it.
You get that because Apple doesn't provide enough info by itself, or what users want to see. so they think third party apps oversee the company's own better measurements.
You get that because Apple doesn't provide enough info by itself, or what users want to see. so they think third party apps oversee the company's own better measurements.
Tell me all about how the phone would shut down randomly while plugged in, seeing as it still throttles.
That's quite a revelation. There is no reason to throttle when plugged in unless Apple wishes to conceal what is being done. Apple's reasoning to protect the device from this horrible shutdown simply doesn't jive.
I had thousands of gadgets shut down from dead batteries and not one has died. I had pulled the cord on operating tvs, stereos, stbs, controllers, gameboy, printers in the middle of printing, laptop dying in the middle of gaming, etc... and not one has died. Apple is really pulling something out of their ass about electronics damage from a dying battery.
Exactly..... Either mine was fooling me that it was working fine, with really good battery life and a battery meter that accurately let me manage the bad? battery down to the last drop of use; or their supposed deception that started with IOS 11 is somehow actually making the battery performance look worse (when it is supposed to make it look either neutral or better) so that I will stumble out and buy a new iPhone.
So if I buy a new iPhone 6 series or 7 series, will Apple tell me I'm using it wrong or "didn't 'upgrade enough'" if the performance on IOS 11 isn't also suitable?
Bad, bad, bad....
Even when plugged in it draws power from the battery. When plugged in, if the battery cannot supply the required instantaneous current, the device would should down.
So you are wrong.
This issue has been blown out of proportion by the media and Apple. There really is no issue here!
It was implemented in response to a battery/power management issue. It wasnt there before and was never intended to force people to upgrade. Quite the opposite
In fact this has been used by other companies that have critical systems running on battery power. It’s a sensible measure in response to an industry wide occurance.
It was implemented in response to a battery/power management issue. It wasnt there before and was never intended to force people to upgrade. Quite the opposite
In fact this has been used by other companies that have critical systems running on battery power. It’s a sensible measure in response to an industry wide occurance.
You DO know how technology the requires a battery works right? You do know how any tech (including cars) performance changes if the battery can no longer supply the same power as it did when it was new?
Forget phones. Do this.... go swap out the Health battery in your car for an old one that cannot supply the same power on demand... see what happens.
ANY tech the needs a battery suffers performance when it gets old.
Period
There are plenty of people who say they did, on this thread and others.
It's nice to know you care nothing for them. Sounds like you own some stock.
I thought that was a pretty classy letter — and a more-than-generous battery replacement offer.
The difference is you can tell when your battery needs replacement in your car or other products by observing battery performance.
Nobody suspected their phones were slow when their batteries not only seemed fine, but report as "Healthy" status by Apple's diagnostics.
they had nothing to stand on anyway. there are terms in the T&C that allow for Apple making the kind of changes they did, so not sorry that folks don't bother to read those Terms. Plus the claim that Apple was forcing folks to upgrade to a new iPhone was utter bull. they have been doing battery replacements for years.
“For years”? iOS 10.2.1 was released on Jan 23 2917 and only affected the iPhone 6 and 6S. Before that, your dying device was your own issue only. The iPhone 7 was added to the same feature recently.
Given the above, please explain how this has been happening for years?
Having said that, Apple have messed up handling this one as people just see “slowing down old device” and make stupid assumptions. Given that battery health information is available in the OS (third party apps can access it), that information should have been visible ages ago, the throttling should be optional and a dirty great message should have been displayed at the time.
It wasn't just the 6S and never was. Apple knew this - all versions past the 6 were defective. Including the 7-8 and even the X. They tried to cover it up with a software implementation that also just conveniently helped their sales while saving face with the public.
They will lose billions of dollars, and the settlement will be one of the largest of all-time. Cook is out as CEO (not yet - that would look bad for the lawsuits). About a year or so, maybe.
With the throttling issue independent from that of remaining battery capacity, does the 80% rule still apply to the battery replacement price reduction?
Most users won't even know about their sub-par batteries until Apple puts the info in the next iOS version next year, which leaves only a few months remaining of 2018 for the only less-than-a-year price reduction. Most users are easily pleased with a few dollars thrown their way. Apple would behave the same next time.
Most users won't even know about their sub-par batteries until Apple puts the info in the next iOS version next year, which leaves only a few months remaining of 2018 for the only less-than-a-year price reduction. Most users are easily pleased with a few dollars thrown their way. Apple would behave the same next time.
because slow performance isn't just about a bad battery. corrupt software etc can also cause slow downs which is why doing a 'reset all settings' or factory restore of your device can change performance, sometimes massively
How would anyone have know to replace their battery when the battery seemed fine and Apple techs reported as "Healthy"?