Tim Cook says future iOS updates will give users the choice to disable throttling feature

[Quis89]

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Overall it sounds like Apple is finding a compromise on this whole situation. So now that we’ve been given choices, what is your choice? Throttle to preserve your battery? Or utilize all the performance possible with the risk of issues?

I think I would go the performance route until I start noticing issues, personally.

 

[calebt]

For me it would be Full Throttle until it quits .

 

[TripleOne]

Looking forward to it!

 

[krishnansasikumar]

Lol. Where will this saga end? Next, we’ll hear that Apple is deliberately killing off batteries in performance mode.

 

[Wotchered]

Performance,then new battery, the way it should always have been.

 

[tadpoles]

My choice would be performance. If my phone starts shutting down due to battery age then it’s time to get a new battery or new phone. I have a feeling most would choose that option.

 

[Quis89]

My choice would be performance. If my phone starts shutting down due to battery age then it’s time to get a new battery or new phone. I have a feeling most would choose that option.

Performance,then new battery, the way it should always have been.

I'm in the same boat. I'd side with performance and replace the battery as needed.

 

[Annie_M]

I also would choose performance and then a new battery.... unless, of course, I wanted the newest version of iPhone .

 

[Ledsteplin]

Probably performance. Then if I need to slow down the CPU, I can always enable Low Power Mode.
To be honest, for most users on this forum, it's really a moot point. Most here upgrade every year or two, thus would not likely see the slowdown.

 

[ItnStln]

This is how it should have been since the beginning, not apple forcing the customer to a new phone because they throttled the processor.

 

[johnmoore13]

They never forced anyone to upgrade, and most people would never notice being “throttled”

 

[Ledsteplin]

This is how it should have been since the beginning, not apple forcing the customer to a new phone because they throttled the processor.

Who do you know was "forced" to buy a new phone? I don't know anyone who was. I do know many who chose a new phone, rather than buy a new battery. I usually upgrade when my battery gets that degraded.

 

[ItnStln]

They never forced anyone to upgrade, and most people would never notice being “throttled”

I noticed the throttling

 

[ItnStln]

Who do you know was "forced" to buy a new phone? I don't know anyone who was. I do know many who chose a new phone, rather than buy a new battery. I usually upgrade when my battery gets that degraded.

I was. Even at the apple store they said it was the phone. If they told me it was the battery then that would be one thing, but they didn't. I was told it was the phone therefor I was forced to get a new phone.

 

[scruffypig]

I was. Even at the apple store they said it was the phone. If they told me it was the battery then that would be one thing, but they didn't. I was told it was the phone therefor I was forced to get a new phone.

Maybe it was the phone?

 

[ItnStln]

Maybe it was the phone?

The phone was fine until I updated iOS therefor it wasn't the phone.

 

[Just_Me_D]

I was. Even at the apple store they said it was the phone. If they told me it was the battery then that would be one thing, but they didn't. I was told it was the phone therefor I was forced to get a new phone.

I have a problem with “I was forced to get a new phone”. Don’t get me wrong. I understand what you’re saying, but ‘force’ is what I disagree with. Being led to believe a newer phone would solve the problem is not the same as being forced to buy a new phone.

 

[tadpoles]

I have a problem with “I was forced to get a new phone”. Don’t get me wrong. I understand what you’re saying, but ‘force’ is what I disagree with. Being led to believe a newer phone would solve the problem is not the same as being forced to buy a new phone.

True indeed.

 

[scruffypig]

The phone was fine until I updated iOS therefor it wasn't the phone.

Can you be more specific?

 

[anon(5630457)]

I have a problem with “I was forced to get a new phone”. Don’t get me wrong. I understand what you’re saying, but ‘force’ is what I disagree with. Being led to believe a newer phone would solve the problem is not the same as being forced to buy a new phone.

Except that people were forced to get a new phone. They were never given the option from Apple Store employees to fix the battery. They either had to deal with a terribly slow phone or get a new one, and since that nobody wants to use a slow device, they were forced to get a new one.