Why does Apple think it needs to slow down old iphones but other manufacturers do not need to do it to their older smartphines?
Why does Apple think it needs to slow down old iphones but other manufacturers do not need to do it to their older smartphines? - 1
I don't know. Maybe people like only the newer products from Apple. Such as iPhone 10, iPhone 8 etc.
It is not the age of the phone, it's dependent on the state (capacity) of the battery.
If the battery total capacity is low due to age and use, the phone slows down to use less power - helping extend battery life.
Fit a new battery and it returns to full performance.
New batteries cost 10- or less on ebay and are pretty easy to fit.
Apple have admitted what they do and there may be some genuine merit in it other than nudging owners to upgrade "tired" phones which are in reality perfectly good but hobbled by that trick.
But in my experience, I'm absolutely certain that other manufacturers do very much the same and would use the same excuses as Apple.
Other manufacturers haven't said that they do or not, but that doesn't mean that they haven't already & just keeping it quiet. Samsung in particular does more of its questionable decisions quietly, like the time they were caught cheating at benchmarks or during the whole Galaxy Note 7 debacle where they were trying to keep affected customers quiet about it.
My thoughts on the whole Apple/older iPhone thing is, its not as bad as it looks, but Apple should have been more upfront about what is going on.
- Will the IPhone that's gonna be released in 2019 slow down after a few years like all the other Apple products? Ever since the news that Apple has purposefully made it so their devices slowly starts working worse as time goes by I haven't bought another Apple product but I really need a new phone, I wish I could buy another phone like Samsung but I have information on my current phone for school that can't be transferred. So I have been waiting for an Apple phone that won't slow down over time, so I don't have to constantly buy new phones and waste thousands.
- Why does my iPhone sometimes send texts to other iPhones as iMessages then regular texts to iPhones? Like when I send a text to my friend that has an iphone, it usually sends as an iMessage then it will randomly send as just a regular text and it will be green and not blue.
- Why does my iphone 4 keep saying it needs to cool down? My iphone 4 keeps saying that it needs to cool down yet its not even hot.It'll work for about 5 minutes then go back to the temparure screen. Turning it off and on helps but only for about 5 minutes.
- Why does my internet slow down when my iPhone is charging? Whenever me or my family are either charging their phones with the Wi-Fi on or our laptops with the Wi-Fi on, the internet slows down incredibly. What are the causes? Once we take off the Wi-Fi and charge it, the internet is alright.