the amount of fan boys in this thread is repulsive
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Apple to Offer $29 iPhone Battery Replacements, More Battery Health Info in iOS
- Thread starter MacRumors
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Here's the problem we're not talking about. Personal responsibility.
The executives responsible for the decision.
They use these disingenuous , sneaking, abusive tactics to drive sales. These sales earn them many millions in bonuses for their 'performance.' They profited personally - and hugely - for this malfeasance.
Eventually, despite lies, they are caught. The response is to take cash out of the shareholders' pockets and try to buy off customers. Apple is owned by shareholders, not executives.
I want the cost of the battery replacements to come out of the pockets of the executives who made the battery-gate decision to throttle other people's property.
Otherwise they profit - and everyone else looses. These schmucks are destroying Apple.
The executives responsible for the decision.
They use these disingenuous , sneaking, abusive tactics to drive sales. These sales earn them many millions in bonuses for their 'performance.' They profited personally - and hugely - for this malfeasance.
Eventually, despite lies, they are caught. The response is to take cash out of the shareholders' pockets and try to buy off customers. Apple is owned by shareholders, not executives.
I want the cost of the battery replacements to come out of the pockets of the executives who made the battery-gate decision to throttle other people's property.
Otherwise they profit - and everyone else looses. These schmucks are destroying Apple.
I’m thinking even if Apple decided to be transparent to it’s customers and informed them about performance throttlling, some customers would still complain. There would still be lawsuits because it’s Apple. Best thing they can do is increase the battery capacity or work on a different battery technology.
Again? Wow, Apple fanboys really have a problem with Android. Your post is pathetic, what is crappy is your mind.
Or make battery user-replaceable. What a refreshing idea, no?
If a consumer gets a service battery warning and no CPU slowdown they will be more likely to replace the battery than upgrade to a new iOS device.
If a consumers device is throttled and running slower on a new version of iOS they will be more likely to consider upgrading to the new faster "best iOS device yet".
$79 dollars vs $500+ dollars
Is it really a shock that this "feature" was unannounced?
If a consumers device is throttled and running slower on a new version of iOS they will be more likely to consider upgrading to the new faster "best iOS device yet".
$79 dollars vs $500+ dollars
Is it really a shock that this "feature" was unannounced?
Yes, shareholders share responsibility. Executives are simply working for shareholders.
No no no. That's not how it works AT ALL. The ability of the battery to source high current has to do with many more variables than number of charge cycles (though that is one factor), and since many people would still plug in every night, a bigger battery would have almost no effect on that factor in any case.
Having to recharge your phone more frequently is not the flipside you would experience if your phone was not being slowed down in the way Apple’s battery management works.
Having your phone shut down unexpectedly is the actual flipside. And if that didn’t happen without the battery management in place, then it’s also likely you don’t experience slow downs from the battery management. You might experience other slow downs, of course.
I'm impressed with how much you were able to get so wrong in so few words.
you didnt read the thread. they refused to replace 'peerfectly good batteries' even though they were throttling based on that battery. so sick of uninformed posers posting nonsense.
The assumption is that the software is well written. What if the software was so badly written that it is just sucking the life out of the CPU and the battery cannot handle that. This started to happen after iPhone 6s which means iOS 9 if I am not mistaken. I think Apple needs to evaluate their software rather than implementing a feature that masks the issue.
yeah? why not tell the user the battery neecds replacing instead of makiong htem thibk they need a new phone? Ignorant much?
£29 for only 1 year? and then back to £79?
That’s my very first thought on this! Only one year for be discount. Hopefully it’s for better functioning batteries!!
My second thought, seems partially reflected in the stock going up a blip today ... is the huge revenues Apple will get JUST from massive battery replacements!!
What? Many people have been DENIED batteey replacements even at the cost of the end user willing to PAY Apple for the battery replacement!
Samsung took a hit for their mistake last year, and they did right to earn customers money and faith in their safety.
Apple just screwed over the customer by NOT communicating their changes in the OS which is suspect to consider what else are they doing. How many videos and speeches and interviews between Jobs and Cook alone stating they’ll ASK the customer for changes that will affect them, more than ince in clear description easy language?!??!!
That is where Apple screwed up! The public rightfully so voiced their concern. Apple cannot say their protecting end user experience by essentially limiting their experience in the same token it’s insulting to even say that after being caught. Face it Apple got caught, the public spoke and Apple KNEW this would affect end user confidence and question their motives in the future and potentially affecting sales of products and services current and especially in the future.
This is how consumerism or capitalism works. Get used to it it’s been here for almost 300yrs +
Nah just boring drama queen life driven yuppies or word puzzle douches looking for their own 1min importance in the world would call anything and-gate. This “gate” nonsense has gone on long enough!
No, when it sucks I say it, and when it doesn't I praise Apple. There are greys as well, no just blacks and whites. It's called intelligence, reasoning. Something that lots customers have no clue about, especially in the US. Just fanboys and haters, always this childish dualism. Impressive.
Wrong comparison. The equivalent analogy would be the car shop capping your car speed because it could suddenly stop when you’re driving, which I’m sure you’d be okay with that.
Says a newbie who only has 11 posts. I wonder if she is doing this because, or put her money where her mouth is by shorting AAPL?
I get the response to Apple’s lack of communication up front, but the overly critical and idiotic “I’m switching” or “would you buy another iPhone?” threads seem all the more ridiculous right now. Wait, no they don’t, they were just as ridiculous before this announcement came out. Carry on, people.
This analogy is not equivalent at all. The issue is that instantaneous peaks would cause the device to shutdown unexpectedly. This would happen when the battery becomes unable to provide adequate power to service the CPU’s demands. This is an engineers problem...
This software fix is not an imposed limit to achieve longer battery life but to prevent random shutdowns from your device.
More like how a flashlight doesn’t produce as bright a light as battery capacity diminishes.