Apple slows your iPhone on purpose. (1 Viewer)

[Goatman Saint]

AH cool I didn’t know.
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[St.Fury]

Slight rant here.

One thing about switching to Android was that I immediately had 10x the ability to customize and have access to tweaks I use everyday that I had forgotten existed while on iOS. It does disappoint me that the Pixel got rid of the headphone jack, but it's not a dealbreaker.

While admittedly both Android and iOS borrow ideas from the other, it just becomes so annoying to live with Apple feeding you boring scraps every iteration instead of exploring every feature to add from the start. No apple, nobody GAF if you can airdrop if it isn't more easily accessible or send payments between iPhones or your damned satisfying blue messages. Yeah, security is quite important and I understand the walled garden mindset, but it comes at the price of stagnation--which i'd argue is more and more how people view Apple.

Build a damn iPhone Active. 6.2" edge to edge screen, stylus..Military grade waterproof,dust,snow,dirt,grime,fish slime, etc etc. with the ability to add homescreen widgets (yeah i know, probably never),FAST CHARGING, a battery you can't kill, keep improving a great camera, unlimited photo storage, a Siri that can access every app and perform any command or just doesn't suck so badly, 128 gb standard entry level storage at SAME PRICE as 64gb...And DON'T slow down older iterations of software.

Oh hell..I just described an Android device. Ha!

People would buy the hell out of a pie in the sky device like this. I'm sure it could eist. But it likely won't ever. And because of that reason (apple's hesitation to give you the features you need, not more fluff), more folks who want more out of their devices will easily go android.

My favorite phone to this day was my old HTC Evo 4G. The last Android OS i remember running on it was Jelly Bean. Interchangeable battery/back faceplates, good camera for the times, kickstand and speakers.

You described exactly why I switched from iPhone to android phones 6 years ago. I’ve never looked back.

 

[daMixter]

WTH does this have anything to do with that? Apple has been doing this long before the Net Neutrality act was put in place. Please keep your politics to the "liberals only allowed to post" politics board.

LOVETHISOVETHISLOVETHISLOVETHIS. et.al.

 

[IntenseSaint]

Ain't the Net Neutrality repeal great? They can mess with your batteries now too!

 

[donato]

So, people are going crazy about Apple improving stability on older phones when the battery needs to be replaced at the expense of (speed) performance, and that decrease in performance is restored when the battery is replaced (and now at a significantly reduced cost). I don't get the outrage.

 

[crosswatt]

So, people are going crazy about Apple improving stability on older phones when the battery needs to be replaced at the expense of (speed) performance, and that decrease in performance is restored when the battery is replaced (and now at a significantly reduced cost). I don't get the outrage.

Because they did so without telling anyone that they were doing it and iirc, denied doing so. Once they were exposed, they explained why, but it seems very convenient.

If you're going to do this and claim it's not in an effort to make people buy a new phone, or at the very least a new battery, then why not inform people of the feature, and provide ways for the consumer to actually see the health of their battery?

 

[zeetes]

I dunno, I'd still be using my Note 2 if the power button hadn't died. Note 5 is still running fine. I've run out of reasons to care to root, but easiest way to fix those suspicions or realities is to install an independent version.

note 2 is still my favorite phone to date. i traded my note 5 for an iphone 8, but not entirely by choice; it was inevitable that work would force me to, eventually. sigh. to be honest, it feels exactly like the iphone 6 loaner i was using while waiting on a new phone, but a tad quicker.

my personal phone is a nexus 6, still running strong, though i hardly use it.

 

[2009ring]

If some oil company had done something like this instead of Apple, you'd have politicians everywhere clamoring for some kind of sanctions and relief etc etc but because it's the golden child Apple nothing will come of it.

 

[donato]

If some oil company had done something like this instead of Apple, you'd have politicians everywhere clamoring for some kind of sanctions.

Not under this administration.

 

[2009ring]

Not under this administration.

Originally Posted by Merl View Post
WTH does this have anything to do with that? Apple has been doing this long before the Net Neutrality act was put in place. Please keep your politics to the "liberals only allowed to post" politics board.

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[RetroMcBananaFace]

Because they did so without telling anyone that they were doing it and iirc, denied doing so. Once they were exposed, they explained why, but it seems very convenient.

If you're going to do this and claim it's not in an effort to make people buy a new phone, or at the very least a new battery, then why not inform people of the feature, and provide ways for the consumer to actually see the health of their battery?

Apple's entire business model depends on making you buy a new $500 (at least) phone every year or two. Oh, my phone's slowing down, must be time for a new one, right? They basically need people to be dumb and helpless. If average iPhone user could replace their own battery Apple would probably sell 30% fewer new phones. That's what frustrates me about that company. They're not only insidious, they cynically target their own end users.

Contrast: I have a Yamaha stereo receiver built in I believe 1991. Top of the line then, still better than most anything you can buy now under $3000 at least. The LCD display went out. I called their customer service line, expecting bupkus. But they not only located the part, they mailed it to me FOR FREE, along with a schematic and the instructions for replacing it. That's a company that gives a **** about its products and its customers.

 

[donato]

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You make a political comment and you don't think others should have the ability to respond? Cool...

 

[SebaSaint]

Apple's entire business model depends on making you buy a new $500 (at least) phone every year or two. Oh, my phone's slowing down, must be time for a new one, right? They basically need people to be dumb and helpless. If average iPhone user could replace their own battery Apple would probably sell 30% fewer new phones. That's what frustrates me about that company. They're not only insidious, they cynically target their own end users.

Contrast: I have a Yamaha stereo receiver built in I believe 1991. Top of the line then, still better than most anything you can buy now under $3000 at least. The LCD display went out. I called their customer service line, expecting bupkus. But they not only located the part, they mailed it to me FOR FREE, along with a schematic and the instructions for replacing it. That's a company that gives a **** about its products and its customers.

You haven't been to the apple store with an older iphone and received a free replacement before. You haven't had Apple replace your Houston flooded iPhone for free before. You're overlooking new iOS releases supported on phones that are 4 years old... No one else does this.