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Geekbench Results Visualize Possible Link Between iPhone Slowdowns and Degraded Batteries
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Nah, it was far from obvious when you use terms like We, Our and Us.
Seems like this affects older phones.
I'm on the upgrade every year.
Until it stands up in court all you have is hypothesis.
Only you can answer that.
The more worrying problem is, the faulty batteries tends to pass Apple's diagnostic tests on which ground Apple can deny exchanging your battery. Pre 10.2.1, my mother's iPhone 6 was shutting down at around 30/40% but after plug in the charger it would boot right up and display the battery to be 80-90%. Post 10.2.1, the shutting down at 30/40% issue was indeed gone but it also became excruciatingly slow. I brought it in for service and was told all was in good working order, the geniuses placed the cause for the slow speeds on everything from aged flash memory, to non optimized software etc... It boggled my mind they would even refuse installing a new battery when I offered to pay for it. Suppose my phone is in absolutely great working order without any issues whatsoever, and I just want to install a new battery every 2 years for any reasons at all, apparently you are only "allowed" to do so on Apple devices with Apple's permission.
What this proves is that apple doesn't want phones to shut off unexpectedly.
I don’t think it’s all an degraded battery issue though. I had a 6 month old iPhone 6s that had the shutdown issue especially during cool weather (10 Celsius). Went to the Apple store a few times and they said the battery was fine after running diagnostics. I had to record a video of the shutdown happening to show to the Apple tech. They reluctantly replaced the phone with a new one. The new one also had the shutdown issue but eventually it went away probably due to the 10.2.1 upgrade. Wish I still had the phone to run Geekbench on it.
Well...
Phablets came to Apple last.
AMOLED is now on the iPhone, years later.
Minimal bezel? Just add a notch! It's still not a new concept all together.
Antenna lines on the iPhone 6?
HTC already had those prior.
I'm just going off the top of my head.
I think all companies copy each other. It's just funny when Apple calls removing something innovation, like yeah... They can now sell you something else!
Like having to buy extra cables to connect your iPhone to your Mac? Who thought that was a good idea?
I don't hate Apple but they aren't immune to trends or making decisions that financially benefit them greatly.
Edit:
Tim Cook:
Said during his commencement speech at George Washington University in 2015
"Some people see innovation as change, but we have never really seen it like that. It’s making things better."
Better for who exactly?
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That would be a slippery slope basically. We wouldn't be able to use, do, or even face most things in life if that type of approach was always applied to things.
In fairness, they didn't. GeekBench/Primate Labs posted a blog article, that was picked up by 9to5Mac and then by Mac Rumors. The credit goes to Primate Labs, though without the boost from 9to5Mac and MR and the pile of others who will pick this story up, it might have stayed in the limelight.
I have an old backup iphone 5s on ios 8 and it's reasonably fast. My friend has an iphone 5s on ios 11 and it's almost unusable it's so slow. Apple's silence on this is inexcusable.
Why would I ever trust Apple again?
The answer is: why did you ever trust Apple in the first place? It's a business, not Mother Theresa (who, by the way, is reputed to have been a very sharp, testy and generally salty human being in real life).
Do your research, examine your expectations, and move forward accordingly.
The answer is: why did you ever trust Apple in the first place? It's a business, not Mother Theresa (who, by the way, is reputed to have been a very sharp, testy and generally salty human being in real life).
Do your research, examine your expectations, and move forward accordingly.
actually credit goes to the reddit user who posted his findings last weekend, thats what got ball rolling on further investigations. MacRumors may have had first article on it.
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...egraded-batteries-causes-controversy.2094362/
Nope. Apple will not replace your battery if it passes their test. Call any Apple Store and see for yourself.
To be clear, I am not agreeing with Apple not replacing if you are willing to pay.
This is just a suggested reason why they may not replace if you are willing to pay:
1: Could be conceived as admission to fault
2: Once they open to replace or swap out phone, it opens them to further complaints like:
a: after you replaced my batter so and so is not occurring. It because you replaced my battery
b: after you swapped out my phone for battery issue, I am have a new issue with this replacement phone
c: when I got my phone back after it was replaced, the back was scratched
etc. etc.
Again I do not agree with the policy but the above may be some the reasons they just don't let you pay for battery replacement.
My expectations are that Apple would acknowledge this issue and not hide in silence. They essentially forced an update on iphone users without addressing how they "fixed it". Going forward I would expect Apple to have a popup that warns battery health is bad and performance will be throttled accordingly. This is just bad business practice and transparency is key.
I think Macrumors need to report this to the Mass Media. That will light a fire under Apple's A$$.
Yes back to brand new out of the box speeds.
Wow -50%? If that’s true then that’s terrible.When your phone is slowed down by more than 50% then see how you like it
But dont say anything about it , Just give Apple $999 plus tax and keep repeating the same
You are their favorite customer(Sheep)
You had to ruin it with the sheep comment though
I've ordered an ifixit battery (as Apple refuses to replace mine) and if I break the phone so be it lol I'll simply pick up a pixel until this issue gets sorted
Oops double post.
Actually, you're right, the people at PL were motivated by the reddit thread.
I was on the computer when 9to5Mac published the story and it hadn't been posted on MR yet (fwiw, which isn't a lot).
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I agree with that.
I second that. My device went from 911 to 1848 mhz. I have seen a friends go from 600 to 1848 mhz.
To be fair, I think we all "trusted" Apple to make great products that are the best options on the market, it's the reason we shell out a premium for Apple products. What disappoints me about the new Apple vs the Old, is even in Job's failures (cube, mobileme, ping, "you are holding it wrong" etc), you still sense he puts an honest effort and passion into each project he oversaw, even if they don't turn out perfect we can still appreciate his attention to detail and perfectionism. It's the recent trend of sacrificing quality and purely chasing after profits that leaves a bitter taste in many of us old timer Apple fans.
In the case of faulty batteries, I never would've blamed Apple for them. Batteries are disposable parts and the fine balance between capacity/physical dimension/longevity have always been tricky. Apple should have been honest with the consumers about the cause of unexpected behaviors and allowed consumers to exchange old batteries at their discretion, instead of being sneaky about it, then pretend nothing is wrong.
I'm saying that not everything Apple calls innovation is truly such. Touch ID was an improvement over technology already here. Remember the Motorola Atrix?Antenna lines were touted as "innovation"?
I'm saying Apple sees something, improves on it, then calls it innovation.
I'm not saying they always do this.