Apple outed for intentionally slowing phones
A tech researcher discovered code that intentionally slows older Iphones. Apple claims it's needed for power consumption for older lithium ion batteries. It affects all Iphones up to the Iphone 7. Mea...
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The reasons for "Throttling" older phones.. There are 3 Only one makes sense
1: IF we throttle the older hardware people will be encuraged to upgrade and we will make more PFOFIT (The Greedy Company Board of Directors reason)
2: The company wishes to be sued into bankruptcy (The customer's reason)
and finally 3, NOTE that this is not really "Throttling" as the phone still performs at the top speed it was designed for.
New technology and new FCC authorizations allow us to use Radios with more bandwidth, but of course the older hardware can not access these new frequencies.
T-mobile suggested I mighjt wish to upgrade my phone because it can not get the latest authorized radio bands. I declined. But the phone's performance has not been reduced at all. it still works as well as it did on day one, better in fact because it was a "Transistion" phone, and T-mible (Well Samsung) put in a pending upgrade, which, has since been activated.
1: IF we throttle the older hardware people will be encuraged to upgrade and we will make more PFOFIT (The Greedy Company Board of Directors reason)
2: The company wishes to be sued into bankruptcy (The customer's reason)
and finally 3, NOTE that this is not really "Throttling" as the phone still performs at the top speed it was designed for.
New technology and new FCC authorizations allow us to use Radios with more bandwidth, but of course the older hardware can not access these new frequencies.
T-mobile suggested I mighjt wish to upgrade my phone because it can not get the latest authorized radio bands. I declined. But the phone's performance has not been reduced at all. it still works as well as it did on day one, better in fact because it was a "Transistion" phone, and T-mible (Well Samsung) put in a pending upgrade, which, has since been activated.
