Sure, fewer shutdowns -- on phones with "Healthy" batteries, though.
Why should a phone still under warranty and with a "Healthy" battery need to be heavily throttled based on having a "bad" battery? Apple wouldn't even replace it if you wanted them to, didn't disclose any of it, and even removed access to battery health info.
Their excuse makes it sound like they're prolonging life of genuinely older phones, but they aren't even doing that. People would replace their batteries if they had signs of a battery issue. Instead, battery issues were masked and instead there was a performance issue (which means you need a new phone).
You do know there was a problem where some 6 and 6S were shutting down unexpectedly, right?
So replace/fix the batteries -- the actual problem.
Instead, they masked the issue so the batteries appeared fine but the phones were mysteriously slow. Apple let everyone assume iOS updates just made their phones slow (as the permanent updates always have), leaving the only solution to be a new phone.
They secretly kneecapped people's devices to avoid having to address the underlying issue. Sleazy at best.
You honestly believe updates have always slowed down the phones? Really? Planned Obsolescence isn’t real, get over it.
You mean that new software not optimized for older devices isn’t as fast as a new device with software that’s optimized for it?
*grin* Sometimes people claim the opposite. "Is it snappier now?"
However, you yourself just posted this reasoning as to why updates slow down older phones:
All of us with Apple products KNOW FOR A FACT that updates often screw up older devices. In my case, to the point that I had to buy new iPads.
(It kills me when people talk about Apple being able to optimize since they control both the hardware and software. If so, then they sure are often bad at doing it.)
I think it's more like they rolled out a blanket solution to fix a problem that only some people had. For example my 6s did have issues with randomly shutting down, but it was within the list of serial numbers that qualified for a free battery replacement under the 6s battery replacement program. With the new battery (installed before the "battery management/throttling feature" was rolled out) my phone no longer randomly shut down, but yet was still subjected to throttling once Apple rolled out that "feature". At least iOS 11.3 fixes this by turning off throttling by default and then only turning it on after a random shut down, while still giving users the option to turn it off at their discretion.So replace/fix the batteries -- the actual problem.
Instead, they masked the issue so the batteries appeared fine but the phones were mysteriously slow. Apple let everyone assume iOS updates just made their phones slow (as the permanent updates always have), leaving the only solution to be a new phone.
They secretly kneecapped people's devices to avoid having to address the underlying issue. Sleazy at best.
What? That’s not planned obsolescence. Planned Obsolescence is an action taken to make a phone slower. What I said isn’t an action, it’s a lack of action. It’s literally doing nothing.
Oh, I didn't say anything about planned obsolescence, just the idea that updates don't slow down older devices. They often do.
I agree with you that the throttling code wasn't intended to force people to upgrade. It just turned out that way, partly because even Apple store employees didn't know what was really going on.
You honestly believe updates have always slowed down the phones? Really? Planned Obsolescence isn’t real, get over it.
This was just applying the fix that they got, not everyone can get their battery replaced, to everyone.
I think it's more like they rolled out a blanket solution to fix a problem that only some people had. For example my 6s did have issues with randomly shutting down, but it was within the list of serial numbers that qualified for a free battery replacement under the 6s battery replacement program. With the new battery (installed before the "battery management/throttling feature" was rolled out) my phone no longer randomly shut down, but yet was still subjected to throttling once Apple rolled out that "feature". At least iOS 11.3 fixes this by turning off throttling by default and then only turning it on after a random shut down, while still giving users the option to turn it off at their discretion.
Tim Cook is repeating the same corrupt values that Steve Jobs warned about.
It’s called:”do as I say, not as I do”.Apple still makes great computers, though.
Edit: Not to mention Steve Jobs is talking about going for market share? Really? The guy who priced the Air at 1500$? The guy who priced the iPhone so high that there had to be a price cut in less than half a year? He was full of it.