When your battery gets to that point there should be some sort of notification. So that you would know hey it might be a good time to replace that battery because of speed issues. Not oh nothing just my phone slows down and I keep on trying to use the thing until I get annoyed and upgrade. Apple is out for apple this is fact.
On 12/21/17, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > That will never happen and probably is not possible given how much stuff is > packed into such a relatively small device which people by now also expect > to be for the most part waterproof. In any case, I always hated it when I > had the old phpones and the thing dropped and next thing battery cover, > battery and phone went flying all in differewnt directions. If $79 is all > Apple charges for a battery replacement then I consider to be a pretty good > deal, I remember back in the days when one could buy an additional battery > for their cell phone that I'd spend $40 or $50 for just the battery. > > > Regards, > Sieghard > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Mike Arrigo > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2017 6:42 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Apple admits it slows older iPhones -- to prevent battery > issues - CNET > > One reason among others why they should make the battery user replaceable. > Original message: >> Apple admits it slows older iPhones -- to prevent battery issues > >> The company says the practice deals with problems -- like unexpected >> shutdowns -- caused by aging batteries or cold conditions. >> December 20, 2017 1:19 PM PST > >> Apple's iPhone 6 from 2014 includes software that makes it run slower >> but also prevents unexpected shutdowns. >> CNET > >> If you think your older iPhone seems to run slower, you're not crazy. >> Apple on Wednesday said a software feature it released last year makes >> your phone operate more slowly. But the slowdown is designed to help >> offset problems with the aging lithium ion battery in your device. As >> batteries get older, they don't hold their charges as well as newer >> batteries, and have even worse problems when the charge is lower or the >> temperature is colder. > >> The aging battery means your phone could have trouble operating or >> might unexpectedly shut down, like happened to the iPhone 6 and 6S >> last year. The processors in those devices wanted to hit faster >> speeds, but the batteries couldn't handle it, prompting some phones to >> simply switch themselves off. > >> To address that, Apple's iOS software, starting with last year's iOS >> 10.2.1, included better power management capabilities. It will slow >> down your device to prevent it from shutting down, but only in cases >> of cold temperature, a low battery charge or very old batteries. > >> Last year's software applied to the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, 6S and 6S >> Plus and SE. This year's iOS 11.2 extended the feature to the iPhone 7 >> and 7 Plus. It will be applied to other Apple devices in the future. >> Apple said in a statement: >> "Our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which >> includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices. >> Lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current >> demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they >> age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting >> down to protect its electronic components. > >> Last year we released a feature for iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE >> to smooth out the instantaneous peaks only when needed to prevent the >> device from unexpectedly shutting down during these conditions. We've >> now extended that feature to iPhone 7 with iOS 11.2, and plan to add >> support for other products in the future." > >> The comment from Apple came in response to a report from earlier this >> week from Primate Labs, the company behind the Geekbench processor >> benchmarking software. John Poole, founder of the organization, said >> in a blog post that as iPhone batteries get older and lose capacity, >> their processors slow down, decreasing performance. Poole explained >> that users expect their phones to perform the same regardless of how >> old the battery is, but his tests indicated that wasn't the case. > >> iPhone users have long complained about their devices seeming to slow >> down when new models are released. Some even believe that it's an >> effort by Apple (and other tech companies) to purposely slow down or >> otherwise hamper the performance of their products to get users to buy >> new models. 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