This article claims that Apple throttles older iPhones to prevent unexpected shutdowns. I’m willing to believe this may be legit, but I’m curious why this is necessary from a technical perspective? http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-battery-throttling-gives-customers-reason-to-distrust-2017-12
If they don't upgrade the OS in 2 years or older phone, then they don't need to throttle.... Just provide security updates and no OS upgrades.. but that will cut down on ppl upgrading phones.. hence they won't do that..
You do realize security doesn't just exist in a vacuum? Sometimes security is tightly coupled with new features (that might be taxing on old hardware)
Name one
For people who don’t understand that there is an actual lifespan for a rechargeable lithium ion battery, it’s a balance between “my 2 year old battery only lasts half a day now! Planned Obsolescence!” And “my 2 year old phone can’t run the latest and greatest software at full speeds! Throttling Muh Apps!” There is an argument for providing a reasonably priced Apple authorized battery replacement, but you can get a new battery at a mall kiosk for <$100.
Its nothing to do with battery life. I turned on an old iPhone 6 just to test this. It still worked perfectly well on iOS 9. "Upgraded"to iOS 11 and suddenly its slow.
You do realize more demanding software also causes performance issues on devices that it wasn't designed to run on, yes? This shouldn't be news to anyone...also I would want to see benchmarks rather than your anecdotal evidence that "suddenly it's slow", I'm sure you did benchmarking tests before and after your update, right?
I blame it on the UI dictating experience causing the massive GUI load
Two things that are Apple’s fault: 1: make the battery replaceable 2: be transparent with users about throttling.
BUT BUT THE PHONE WON'T BE SUPER THIN! I NEED MY THIN PHONE OR I'LL HAVE A HEART ATTACK yeah...
Phone Neutrality now!!
If I get a repair shop to swap in a brand new battery, do I still get throttled?
Valuing battery life over performance.
Is this true or is it part of the Apple PR BS? I.e. if I purchased a brand new unused iPhone 7, with a brand new unused battery and upgrade it to the latest iOS, I'd still experience lower perf, no?
FWIW, this is not about battery “life”. More like battery performance I guess.