It's a shame that this is gonna take till at least late March, which is when iOS x.3 versions typically come out...
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iOS 11.3 Will Allow iPhone Users to View Battery Health and Disable Apple's Power Management This Spring
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Like a few other comments on whether this is actual battery health, and not Apple in store diagnostics battery health will be good to see. Obviously plugging in a known defective battery and checking for instance CoconutBattery and comparing those results to the on phone diags will be a good way to tell, but here's hoping Apple do the right and honest thing from the start without trying to cover something else up.
I just hope it shows the Cycle Count like System Info on the Mac does. Why i have to use a 3rd party app and plug my phone in to see that info i have never understood.
Because consumers might be too well informed and demand replacements which is against Apples profits
You know, if I happened to have a device with a faulty battery, I might be inclined to get a $29 replacement done rather than wait for a software update to tell me my battery is defective. Just sayin.
There's been plenty of public outcry about this feature. Attributing the change in policy to the few dozen class action lawsuits is giving the ambulance chasers far too much credit.
Funny how Apple can push out a .1.1 update anytime a jailbreak exploit is found but will take months for this update.....
Wait, you’d rather Apple delay updates that patch security exploits in favor of a feature?
Would you prefer them to delay security updates?
People will ask why Apple is so incompetent and can't design a phone that "just works".
Built in battery diagnostic is good for the customer, but will reduce upgrade profits for Apple. (which is why it wasn't there previously)
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There’s an old saying: Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
Lots of posters here are always hoping for something bad to happen to Apple without realizing this is going to spread to all the Android OEMs as well.
Unexpected shutdowns affect a lot of people on both OSes. Now Apple has a feature to diagnose your battery and identify the cause. Android doesn’t. So they are faced with two possible decisions, and neither are good.
If they don’t implement this feature they’re going to face the same public outcry and legal action as Apple (though legal action would be limited to the top few OEMs).
If they do implement this feature, you’re going to have a lot of consumers realizing they have defective batteries as well. Which the top OEMs are going to have to deal with. “Apple is replacing batteries for $29. How come you’re not doing the same?” More outcry and legal action.
People want a phone that actually works as advertised and and a phone that can do what the paid for. How many people would have bought a phone if they where told it would be crippled in a few months. Anyone defending Apple on this issue should be ashamed of their blind loyalty.
Ridiculous.
"crippled in a few months"
Outright lie. Why do you have to fabricate things to try and make a point? The issue isn't people defending Apple, it's people coming up with lies like this to try and make Apple look bad without any proof or evidence whatsoever.