I wonder what else apple is lying about? Could it be their Golden Ticket - privacy?
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Other Question for those who think it’s OK for Apple to throttle old phones w/out the owners consent...
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Apple should have just let the phones with the bad batteries die. Then they would have actually benefited from it. Instead, they prolonged the life of people's phones and now have a bunch of children complaining like Apple owes them something.
At the same time, it's interesting how there are many long complaint threads basically year after year over things like fraction of a second differences in responses to something or a few frames being dropped occasionally in some animation somewhere, yet not much about Low Power Mode causing meaningfully noticeable performance effects when in addition to other things it also similarly throttled the CPU.
Your first question and your responses to everyone are pretty indicative of where you stand. It doesn't matter what my answers are but I'm by no means "throwing out percentages". My iPhone 6 clock is now around 845mhz. It should be somewhere closer to 1500mhz. That's close to 50% (I used the word 'close' in my previous comment on purpose).
Why does it now take ~10 seconds to share a photo to a Message recipient ? It didn't used to. The photos aren't larger. As I get more used to the phone, I'm getting quicker at using it. Well, now I wait on the phone for many things...
It’s not what they are “lying” about because it can’t be proven if they are lying or this has become just another internet meme; it’s what you believe they are lying about.
IMO I think the problem is the deceptive way it was done. If it wasn't leaked trust me apple wouldn't have said anything.. They were hoping that no one would notice and they would sell more devices. Is it right I don't think it is.
Apple should give customers the right to decide what they want to do. Instead of having it in the release notes why not have it pop up on the screen before upgrading or after the update that your performance will be limited due to a decaying battery. Apple doesn't want that because then they lose revenue.. Real shady to say the least..
James
And yup this is exactly what apple is hoping for..
I agree 100%. Would be the same thing if you bought a new MacBook pro and couldn't always plug it in and found out the performance of your $2500 laptop is cut in half.. I'm sure everyone wouldn't have a problem with that right?
James
Probably not. The Apple cultists literally are buying a new iPhones every year or two that has horrible background downloading capability .... and people barely mention it and defend Apple when people like me point it out.
The depths of shilling holds no bounds with some of these people.
You know, I don’t give a rat’s ass what you haters think or what phones you use, but these constant insults directed at half the members here are pissing me off. I really hope mods do something about this, because not a day goes by that I don’t read how anyone who is not ‘deeply disturbed’ by this throttle stuff is a cultist, sheep, idiot, etc.
When people are arguing against evidence that is right in front of their face, (especially since Apple officially admitted it), there's nothing else that can be said. It's understandable that some people have a bias when they really love something, and it can be hard to admit that when they see evidence that is counter to that belief. It's an emotional reaction by the person, and it evokes an emotional response.
If nothing else can be said, as you so kindly point out, then why say it? Quite frankly, it doesn't matter what the topic is, the same dribble is viewed on all threads. It is tiring no matter which side one is on.
my friend is temporarily using my 6s.. (broke his 7)
idk, he hasn't said anything about it feeling slow or throttled.
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is this stuff being based off benchmarks or anecdotal examples?
idk, he hasn't said anything about it feeling slow or throttled.
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is this stuff being based off benchmarks or anecdotal examples?
All of the above. There appear to be big differences in apparent performance between near identical iPhones. The reason could be battery age or number of charge cycles. Could some buggy background process is stuck and slowing things down on only some devices. Or could be something else completely different. People are drawing crazy conclusions from too small a sample set.