How is slowing down a device forcing anyone to upgrade? Apple is not putting a gun to your head making you buy a new phone.
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Err, a classic case of a lack of critical thinking?
Yet someone would upgrade their device while the only thing that they had to do was replace the battery... a well kept secret by Apple that they got forced to admit
Forgive me for being an average consumer that doesn’t follow every single thing Apple says.
Fixed if it's just individual cases. Recall if millions are impacted by the same issue. Judging from the responses from related threads, millions were impacted.
It wasn’t a secret. It was reported quite some time ago by Rene Ritchie. And it has only been going on a short time so “finally” is a bit hyperbolic.
There's a saying that goes: "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by ignorance".
Except Apple engineers aren't ignorant or stupid. They knew why the devices were shutting down unexpectedly, hence the fix. The problem is the lack of transparency, and that can easily be attributed to malice -- which is a fair assessment given that Apple has shiny devices to sell and they want you to upgrade as much as possible.
£29 for only 1 year? and then back to £79?
Since their replacement battery lasts about 300 cycles or 6 months, I will make sure to take the advantage of $29 replacement at least twice next year and then it will be someone else's problem.
Those people are still within their right to feel violated and disappointed by Apple's deception.
It isn't "Something bad could have happened", but rather, "You tried to fool me."
So are you saying that the average user was aware of this “report”? Wouldn’t the honest thing be to prompt the user about this and urge him to replace the battery (instead of possibly the whole device)?
I agree. Most people don't understand that we license the software on the devices. Though there is a little gray area in how that affects the hardware that we own. But as for Apple doing this across multiple models to encourage upgrades (for people who are likely to upgrade anyway) was always going to be a difficult, if not impossible, thing to prove.
Uh, not all corporations. Say, not Google, they are evil so it's understood. Apple? Who'd a thought!
Feel free to switch to another manufacturer or OEM that replaces their phone’s battery for free if you’re not satisfied.
Of wait, they don’t exist.
It was addressed because it was called out publicly. It is a big deal because the performance of millions of phones was degraded without any notification to the user.
That is a big deal because many, many consumers remedied this by simply buying a new, "faster" iPhone, netting Apple untold millions in sales.
Spare us your freelance PR work.
Uninformed is the issue but NOT in the way you're claiming. Apple should have notified users their device would be slowed due to the battery doing something it naturally does. The fact they hid this from users IS THE ENTIRE ISSUE. This is apples own fault and they have nobody to blame but themselves.
Apple released a patch to fix "80%" of unexpected shutdown. If it weren't a widespread issue Apple wouldn't release the patch.
I still wonder what happened to the 20%? Are they left cold?
Of course the throttling only started in iOS 10. Battery technology hasn’t changed, I can access baartery status info on older devices and see the issues those devices have.
Claiming some grand conspiracy is just spreading FUD.
Huh? They did it because of bad press and because it’s the right thing to do. Not because it affected tens of millions of people. That’s just a stupid argument.
Then everyone will actually know what's wrong with their phones.
Of course, it would be awkward when they take it to the Apple store and are told their battery is "Healthy" and above 80% thus cannot be replaced.