My iPhone 6S -- before the update -- would suddenly die when using taxing apps like Google Maps when the battery was kinda low (20-30%) and especially when outside in extreme temperatures. After the update, it stopped suddenly dying and would just get slow sometimes. I appreciated the phone not suddenly dying when I was on a phone call or trying to navigate somewhere. But yeah, I would have appreciated the update more if it had come with the full battery health features we got later in Settings.
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UK Lawsuit Over 'Throttled' iPhones Moves Forward
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I bet you there is an email communication somewhere between 2 or a number of Apple employees warning Apple if they do not tell their users what they are doing, the users would be of the opinion that something has gone wrong with their iphone and thus look to get a new iphone. The warning would have mentioned that this practice was not only morally wrong but also a deceptive business practice which would probably be illegal, illegal as in giving the user the impression their iphone is faulty thus going out and buying a new iphone which would mean Apple getting more money than they should have because the fix would have been a replacement battery, a lot cheaper than buying a new iphone.
Apple say's the law suit is baseless. No it is not in my opinion. They clearly mislead the owners of iphones that the update affected, with some having bought replacement iphones no doubt and it was only due to the persistence of tech reviewers that indicated something was not quite right with the update and how it was affecting iphones did then Apple come out with the real reason why the iphones were throttling. It was too late by then because as reported not only in MR but other forums, affected iphone owners went out and bought replacement iphones when all they needed to do was get a new battery fitted.
Apple are in the wrong here, they were deceitful and they think all it will take is an apology to get them out of trouble. No it will not.
Apple say's the law suit is baseless. No it is not in my opinion. They clearly mislead the owners of iphones that the update affected, with some having bought replacement iphones no doubt and it was only due to the persistence of tech reviewers that indicated something was not quite right with the update and how it was affecting iphones did then Apple come out with the real reason why the iphones were throttling. It was too late by then because as reported not only in MR but other forums, affected iphone owners went out and bought replacement iphones when all they needed to do was get a new battery fitted.
Apple are in the wrong here, they were deceitful and they think all it will take is an apology to get them out of trouble. No it will not.
We will all have to grab the popcorn and see how this will end up. We don't know what is in email and what may have been spoken about at the time.
However, whatever it is not morally wrong, and Apple thinks it's baseless and you don't. We'll see how this ends up in a few years.
My guess there will be a settlement, but not for the full amount of the lawsuit.
But this is not just an EU or UK thing. Apple was sued over this in the U.S. too.
I had a similar experience with my 6S. It would shutdown when trying to take a photo or using Google Maps when the battery ~20% or lower, particualrly when cold outside. Even though it supposedly had battery life left it would only turn back on if power was plugged in. The batteries/battery management in the 6S was poor. I paid for two battery replacements, the second not much more than a year after the first given it had degraded so much and kept crashing. I'm sure mine continued to crash after the update, although less frequently.
Correct. They settled without any admission of wrong-doing. I expect the same here.
Reading what the member wrote that you responded to, based on what they wrote, US people must hate their own kind then due to the fact as you rightly point out the US sued Apple over the exact same thing as well.
Do any other manufactures phones indicate the battery has chemically aged? or do they just hang all the time and you have to work it out yourself.
I know Samsung gives battery deterioration notifications. I’m sure others do as well.
Also, even if they didn’t, two wrongs doesn’t make a right.
iPhone does, others do now... of course. Is there an option to avoid shutdowns on those or continue?
How do we know they are not forcing an end of life, why are they not investigated.