Which is why I’m never updating iOS until it’s been well-and-truly performance tested by the community, even .01 updates.
No more blind updating. Apple broke that trust.
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Which is why I’m never updating iOS until it’s been well-and-truly performance tested by the community, even .01 updates.
No more blind updating. Apple broke that trust.
This is question probably not applicable for annual or bi-annual upgraders. They probably do not care about the price tag, and they would be willing to pay even $2500 for iPhones every year.
But those who are using the iPhones for quite longer period of time, those many millions who are not Gadget freaks otherwise more conservative in spending money on such things, would be misdirected towards upgrade, especially, if they own 6,6 Plus with throttled devices.
Most often than NOT, they hate shelling out $1000, at anytime for a Mobile Phone.
They have a new trick, after many days wait for apt, they take your phone like their going to change the battery, when you come back they say the moisture sensor has been triggered and they refuse to change the battery and try to cell you a new phone and this was in Dec and I was happy to pay $79. I have tried a second time, over the phone, and this time they refuse to give you apt that is convenient for you I asked for a week out and gave them two different stores I would travel to. Time for Cook to fire his customer service VP. I have owned MAC since 1984 ($4000.00 for 128) and I am sure not feeling the luv
No reasonable person is contesting that batteries shouldn’t degrade over time. But if that is a root cause of compromised performance, then Apple is the one guilty of dismissing that fact by trying to disguise the battery’s degradation and, more seriously, deceivng customers by “passing” a battery with a self-serving diagnostic standard.
As for iOS upgrades, Apple is not as conservative as they are with MacOS upgrades. Apple pushes OS upgrades to less capable hardware with the former. They aren’t doing anyone any favors. An older phone with an older OS is more useful than an older phone with an upgrade it can’t power.
And how is this mindset that a two year old $600+ tool is a disposable product? I can’t think of a similarly priced consumer product where that attitude would be reasonable.
Not really. People are going to upgrade reguardless. I plan on upgrading this year from a 7 and keeping it for backup.
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Take it to Apple. They will be able to tell you if you dropped it too much causing the problem
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I feel like the same is happening with my 2 ipad Air I's. : one runs great on 10.3.3 and the other one i foolishly DFU'd to ios 11. The ios11 device is super sluggish, stutters, and is almost unusable. I remember well the ip4 era os updates that were horrendous. I'd love to spend a small amount for a battery replacement on one of my Airs.
I can see it. Needing a new battery is what helped push me to just doing a full upgrade. Love my new phone but the 6s Plus was treating me fine otherwise. Ah well. Live and learn I guess. Expensive lesson. And if I am honest with myself, even paying the original replacement price ould have been the smarter move, financially.
And how many Android users do you think with 3+ year old phones also upgraded? People act as if only Apple users upgrade their phones.
My sister's Android phone became dog slow in 1-2 years.
You completely missed the point. Yes people will continue to buy phones, that is not the point .
When your computer gets slow....that is the first indicator of an upgrade for most
How can that be when we're forever told Androids don't get updates?
Besides, it's completely irrelevant because you can revert back to faster previous versions with Android devices.
How can that be when we're forever told Androids don't get updates?
Besides, it's completely irrelevant because you can revert back to faster previous versions with Android devices.
My sister actively complained how slow her Galaxy S4 was and it wasn't even 2 years old. Another coworker with the same phone complained about it too.
Apple has become the company of deceit and greed
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they aren't fans.
they are damage control companies hired by Apple who post in forums and social media positive feedback
then there are people who have economic interest in the Apple eco chamber like bloggers, IOS developers, hardware, accessories producers etc.
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they aren't fans.
they are damage control companies hired by Apple who post in forums and social media positive feedback
then there are people who have economic interest in the Apple eco chamber like bloggers, IOS developers, hardware, accessories producers etc.
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It's possible to complain and continue being a customer. Viola! I'm doing it now.
What, playing the viola?
Anyway, for my tuppence worth on this topic, Apple have had something like this coming for a long time, and I think we, the customers, may see some lasting benefit. FWIW I decided after much deliberation to upgrade my 6 to a X about a month ago. I quite like the X, but am not dancing in the streets with delight about it. It has pros and cons. Had all this news broken a month ago, I may well have decided to change the battery and give the 6 another year or two.
You didn't address either of my points.
If it was slow, they could have reverted back.
With iOS, if it's slow, the device is permanently done for.
This is well deserved, but the shareholders will put pressure on tim cook, and they are going to do something else because you have to keep thoses number up, that's what the economy wants
Where are all the people that kept making fun out of others that said "Apple is doomed". This is nothing unexpected under Tim Cook, anyone with more than 50 IQ could see that he's a bad CEO and is going to drive apple into the ground.
People go on about Apple's great after-sales service, but my experience is the opposite.
The first time I had a problem with something, I booked an appointment then went to the Apple store for the booked time. I stood there and stood there. Waited and waited. Watched while loads of 12-year-old kids talked to the staff about the latest phone/iPad they wouldn't buy anyway.
Eventually I got to a member of staff who told me I was too late and had missed my slot! I was livid.
I have my 6s and it's the first time I'm not upgrading. My brother has the 6, my girlfriend the 6s+. We'll all be changing our batteries out and keeping our phones.
There are 0 new features to us (other than a better camera) in the last 3 years, so why change if we can just "patch" up our current devices and keep them.
There are 0 new features to us (other than a better camera) in the last 3 years, so why change if we can just "patch" up our current devices and keep them.
I did. Twice. I replaced my iPhone 4 after the iOS 7 update clobbered its performance. Same thing with my iPhone 5s after I made the mistake of updating it to iOS 11. (Both were fresh installs from iTunes and set up as new)
Newer iOS updates aren't too kind to older hardware. So for some, its either new iOS and slow phone, or a new phone..
You must be the kind of person that drops 1K and upgrades the millisecond a new iPhone released every year. While nice, not everyone has that luxury, especially for those like me that cannot buy it on installment plans and have to pay the cost upfront. I tend to keep my phones for 3-4 years and I expect my devices to last at least that long if I'm dropping that much money on a phone