An old battery with a full charge in a couple of hours will reach the critical point where the iOS will slow it down to avoid the shut down, but by doing that the phone will become useless. I don't think that's a solution at all because that will give the impression that the problem is the phone an not the battery...
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Apple to Offer $29 iPhone Battery Replacements, More Battery Health Info in iOS
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An old battery with a full charge in a couple of hours will reach the critical point where the iOS will slow it down to avoid the shut down, but by doing that the phone will become useless. I don't think that's a solution at all because that will give the impression that the problem is the phone an not the battery...
Perhaps. Do you know for a fact that the batteries that Apple uses aren't defective or don't meet the specifications that Apple established for those devices?
BTW, it isn't "part of the package" for cell phones that have user replaceable batteries.
My iPod docking station still works the same as it did 6 years ago when I bought it. The music doesn’t ‘slow down’.
Look, the issue isn’t the fact that the battery degrades. Everyone knows that it does. The issue is that the battery degradation affects the performance of the device. This should never happen. And if it does happen, you should know that this is an intention when you are purchasing the device.
By the way, over here in the UK we have something called the ‘sales of goods act’ which in short means products that the consumer buys should work AS INTENDED for 6 years. Yes, 6 years. So ABSOLUTELY the battery replacement should be free if it is affecting the performance of the device.
Its a fact batteries are degrading overtime, why should Apple tell you that, no manufacturer of battery operated tell you the battery degrades.
It is throttled all the time, checked several phones already. Even at home where it's warm. You never see the top performance again.
Well iPhone battery is "user replaceable".
The word you are looking for is removable and no flagship cellphone in 2017 has user replaceable battery.
No, what Apple did was use software to compensate for a battery technology that hasn’t advanced in 30 years so that users phones don’t suddenly drop dead under strenuous conditions.
Go buy a new battery and your problem is solved. This isn’t Apple’s fault. It’s yours.
Sigh. That is not what I am debating. It’s the fact that the battery degradation affects the performance of the device.
I apologise I thought the performance was throttled all the time. I didn’t realise it was just in certain situations.
The phone works “as intended” when you plug it in the wall.
So do that.
Or buy a replacement battery. You know, because batteries die.
That is 80% capacity of current charge , not 80% of the battery capacity? Cause that is a huge difference .
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So, you do believe that Apple was slowing down your iPhone by up 80% to protect your battery? Despite no Geekbench results showing such a large slowdown? Or could it be some piece of hardware that was underperforming? The only way to confirm that the battery was the trigger for the slowdowns is to replace the battery (which will cost you only $29 very shortly). Though, as there have been reports that the battery-related slowdowns are definitely not present when the phone is plugged in, just testing its performance while plugged in could also rule out or confirm that your issue is battery-related.
I like Apple products, but what I don't like is to pay for a product and don't receive what I pay for. Never had problems with Apple products before until recently, with iOS 10 and 11, and macOS High Sierra. I just hope that Apple fix their software, that's the only thing that I ask, the battery I can change that my self and save $25. Just fix the software. I hope that iOS 12 be very stable, I don't want a refund, nothing, I just want what I paid for.
The only thing that people are "locked in" to with rechargeable batteries is the physical laws of the world we live in. Nobody has yet invented battery technology that doesn't degrade over time.
Apple is trying to give you a hint about that with the $29 battery replacement, but I guess it's over your head.
It is throttled all the time... checked several phones already even at home where it's warm.
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My friend's throttles at 83% battery capacity (83% battery health as reported by coconut battery)
Well there you go. Can’t understand how people are defending this. Baffling. I suppose that’s the world we live in now, people just bend over and take whatever is thrown at them.
Thank you. Please post this every five minutes so that perhaps it sticks.
No one is being throttled until their phone is in desperate threat of a shutdown. Then iOS comes to the rescue and power manages another hour for you.
Funny, when Apple created Low Power Mode last year it was praised for stretching battery life. Now the same thing is a scandal.
Apple did nothing wrong. I'm disgusted with the whingers who were on a mission to trash Apple's perfect reputation.