It’s all in how you phrase the question. Is the phone required to run at full speed when a “consumable” component is degraded? Just like a car may fall back into a “limp home” mode if a spark plug fails, I don’t believe phones are required to run at peek when the battery is failing.
Don’t get me wrong, Apple handled this horribly. Mostly due to poor transparency. And consumer trust in Apple will hurt for a long time. One of Apple’s key benefits in the past was long support for OS upgrades. However the previous sell point and trust has been ruined over this hardware issue. I know several people who passed on upgrading to the iPhone X over this issue and are now considering other brands.
Personally I don’t think Apple will face many legal repercussion once the dust settles, but just like a car company with a reputation for very high maintenance costs, the consumer blowback may be devastating.
Tell us that battery is spoilt. Go replace the battery. Rather than this hidden shady practice of throttling.
Why Apple hides it.
why can’t iOS be upfront about battery health?
Tell us give notification that go replace damn consumable battery.
Can you even think of swapping battery on iPad?
I myself was screwed by royal policy of Apple that mo battery swap on iPad. I had to junk sale my iPad Air 2 and get iPad Pro and I swear on good that I will not update to iOS 12/13 or whatever new feature they come up with.
They need to give us downgrade rights to iOS and also need to make battery swapping real for all I devices.
I hate Apple for this hidden shady practice.
Cost of swapping out of warranty iPad Air 2 was equal to buying new iPad 2017 edition.
How that is consumer friendly?
Apple needs to give up its obsession on thinness of its devices.
I cancelled my plan to buy iPhone 8 or x due to this fracas.