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Apple deliberately slows old iPhones! A story of good reasons and dumb, dumb messaging

Wotchered

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I read somewhere that some iPhones were crashing at 35% battery strength , and that this slowing down was introduced to stop this happening. It seems a questionable action to me- obviously the batteries are tired and need replacing by Apple at their cost when this occurs, after all it was them that sent these devices out with inadequate battery power to last past their own extended warranties. Instead Apple reduces the functionality of these expensive toys that many have bought because of purported increases of speed.
 

Quis89

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I read somewhere that some iPhones were crashing at 35% battery strength , and that this slowing down was introduced to stop this happening. It seems a questionable action to me- obviously the batteries are tired and need replacing by Apple at their cost when this occurs, after all it was them that sent these devices out with inadequate battery power to last past their own extended warranties. Instead Apple reduces the functionality of these expensive toys that many have bought because of purported increases of speed.

I’m humored by how the majority of Apple users here quite frankly don’t see an issue here. These phones are expensive. Apple users pay for premium equipment. Should the expectations match the price tag? Oh well. At least now the knowledge is out there.
 

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I’m not sure I buy the reasoning given by Apple. I have/had multiple iPhones and since the 4 they have always slowed noticeably on the last update they were scheduled for. Almost planned obsolescence or at least it seemed that way. Just my thoughts on this as I have no proof but their admission will surely fuel the flames of the conspiracy folk. Like catching an employee stealing from the till, its probably not the only time they did something wrong.
 

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