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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TechWriter wrote:Ductape wrote:
When my old Samsung began to need charging before a full day's use I knew it was time to buy a battery. They didn't surreptitiously slow the processor to conceal evidence of battery degradation.
Right. Samsung didn't slow down its phones . . . they just burst into flames.
The flaming battery problem, and the aging/slowing issue, are two separate and unrelated problems. Samsung doesn't intentionally slow their phones because their worried about the phone "crashing". I would cut Apple more slack on this, but their even doing it to the Iphone 6, which is only 3 years old. That period to period Iphone activation's are down(only 1%),compared to last year, does not help buttress their argument. I have both Apple and Android phones in the family. I like them both. Same with computers.
