And by the way, this problem did not start with a reddit user, it was on apple support forums a year or so ago and apple deleted it
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Geekbench Results Visualize Possible Link Between iPhone Slowdowns and Degraded Batteries
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I don’t see anymore reason why Apple is doing this other than to get away from fixing, especially those who bought an extended warranty and force upgrade. Because you don’t bring your iPhone for battery fix if the phone lasted all day. I know people already thinking of upgrading because they feel how sluggish their iPhone 6S.
Totally agree with your points, although as you also mentioned, I don't agree with the policy whatever reason it is.
No, not across the board.
Posters in this previous article have various results after replacing battery:
Apple's Alleged Throttling of Older iPhones With Degraded Batteries Causes Controversy
From the post I read the general consensus is there is an improvement in performance overall but you may not get out of the box speed (unless you stayed on out of the box OS).
One thing I am wondering is why is Apple still silent on this issue? Knowing more and more "anger" is going to brew which could make customers do something they would rather not i.e lawsuit.
I don’t doubt you have had issues, I guess it may of not been replicable in the warm Apple store!
If there’s proof it’s a defective or faulty battery then Apple should absolutely be replacing them.
if I had to guess, I would say that they are still consulting with legal team to decide if they will address it and what they will say. Or they just don't care and hope it gets swept under rug soon.
Well, the question was posed as to what Apple copies and calls innovation. Seems like some examples that were brought up in response like antenna lines don't fit in with that.
And while the idea of using a finger to unlock the device might not be something that is new, the Touch ID implementation of it certainly was in the sense of how simple and essentially reliable it was compared to what was out there like the Atrix. The industry didn't really jump on adopting biometric security of that type after the Atrix, but it certainly did after Touch ID.
In any case though, seems like this is rather off topic for this thread.
No company is too big for failure.
If they keep getting caught up in problems like this, more people are bound to notice. A few lawsuits and lower product demand, you're bound to see a change. Right now they don't see an issue, doesn't mean that it'll stay this way forever.
I agree that more honestly would be beyond value.
I am about as old as a Mac user can be. We go back to the SE in 1987, which is (wow) 30 years ago. I still remember the day that damned computer ate our checkbook. I think we were using Quicken, even back then. Had no paper records of the checkbook. Took several months to get the checkbook balanced again because we just had to wait for them to clear.
Anyway, I've seen a lot of different Apples, and I'm pretty sure Tim Cook's Apple won't be the last. Here's hoping.a new battery will restore the CPU in the 6s to its rated clock speed, how well that rated speed/cpu runs iOS 11 is subjective
Of course, Apple didn't actually think of it right? So what I said stands correct. They just made it an industry standard by improving on it. They did not come up with it.
Innovation to me is being a pioneer in new technology. Not just slapping your own style on it with a logo and patting yourself on the back for it.
Sorry off topic.
At any rate, this battery issue is a serious one. You think the conspiracies about planned obsolescence was bad before? This has a whole new level of implications to come.
All tech stocks are climbing up today... it’s more because of the recent tax reduce policies in the US. AAPL doesn’t really outpace the overall stock market in general.
Why doesn't Apple just provide more clarity to a user that their battery is not performing as it once did and indicate that it should be replaced? Other than preventing the phone from crashing before a replacement battery can be procured, how is hiding the state of the battery by by slowing the phone down a better solution?
An idea and its implementation are related but different things. The idea part is often enough more invention than innovation, the implementation is more innovation in comparison. Apple also didn't invent a music player or a mobile phone, but it certainly innovated in those areas.
this was right around the iPhone X announcement. my iPhone 6 couldn't last until noon after iOS 11.
Nope, tax polices and outpacing overall stock market has nothing to do with why the image was shown.
It was more like they monopolized it by putting a software no one else can use on it. Sure they've got part of it down, using new methods. I want to see new ideas.
Well it would certainly be more obvious that the problem should be fixed in a more transparent manner.