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Got to be Apple slowing down older iPhones to mask battery degradation, and hoping no one would notice.
Android does this by just bloating the software out and reinstalling games I uninstalled. It's gotten to the point that I'm not sure if its actually dialing out or not when I make a call.
I've refused to buy another Apple product after the slow down basically disabled my iPhone 4. I was even looking at a new iPhone, but it left such a bad taste in my mouth I've been android ever since.
Not only that, but also silently removing contacts when you didn't update and connected it up to iTunes. That same day I bought my first android.
Not come across that one, maybe it didn’t affect iOS 16, so us iPhone X users are safe?
It is funny that all the responses so far have been about phones.
This was around ios 6 or 7. The Iphone 4 was my last iPhone.
This is one of the worst companies. They are about saving the planet with recycling their products. They don't. Its all ends in landfills. Its all a grift.
I love to shit on companies for doing evil shit (like Apple removing Targeted Display Mode from their iMacs), but Apple did the right thing here, but communicated it in the worst way possible.
I had an old iPhone that would randomly shut down when it drew too much power for the old battery to provide. If they hadn't done the fix, I would have had to get a new phone; it just wasn't reliable anymore. With the fix, things were slow, but they worked. Honestly, this is the opposite of planned obsolescence.
I’m going to respectfully disagree; had the phone kept shutting down you would have gone to Apple or a 3rd party repairer and got a new battery for 30-80£€$.
By masking the real issue and just giving you a poor experience, you wonder if it was always like that, or if there is something wrong at all, maybe you compare it with a snappy new phone and decide to upgrade for 1000£€$
$30 to $80 is half the price of a new (used) phone.
Where are you getting an iPhone for less than $160 that still gets security updates??
I can replace my iPX for about $200 for a refurbished one, but not get an 11 which will only have 9 more months of updates. I can probably get a used 11 with an already trashed (<70%) battery for $160.
I don't know. I usually buy used pixel devices, but that's a good point. If you are trying to plan the replacement costs for an iPhone and you can repair the battery for $30-80, that's a steal.
Half the price isn't bad to get more longevity out of a phone. And a different used phone will probably have to have its battery replaced fairly soon enough, too
At that point my phone is usually cracked and worth upgrading, but with each phone I go through I try to take better care of it. But so far I've never liked a phone so much that it was worth replacing the battery. But I have bought the exact same model of phone 2-3 times as replacements (esp when I broke one by dropping it)
This may be the difference here, I have never broken a phone, my iPhone 6 became my dads and is still going, and my current phone is the iPX I bought over 8 years ago.
You probably need to take better care of your stuff. 😀
Story of my life lol
Apple pisses me off. I have a 2012 MacBook Pro that could have continued to be supported, Apple just decided it wasn't in their best interest to continue supporting it and if I want to continue I'll just have to buy a new one!
My MacBook is on MacOS 13 thanks to open core legacy.
Mine is on Debian 13; I love my little 13" 2012 MBP!
My 15” 2012 is on Debian 13 also.
Linux learning experience of a lifetime trying to fully get the graphics working properly, but got there in the end!
It's funny, because if they just made this a "battery preserve" option, it would probably be hailed as genius and put in every single phone on the planet by now.
It is an option though.