Other Has the throttling issue been blown out of proportion?

[einmusiker]

Apple made it right for me. For 30 bucks I had a new battery put in my 6s plus and it works like a new phone again

 

[boltjames]

Apple made it right for me. For 30 bucks I had a new battery put in my 6s plus and it works like a new phone again

Impossible. Don’t you want Tim Cook to come to your front door on bloody knees apologizing for tricking you into buying a new iPhone and offering to paint your house?

 

[UnifiedMelody]

It was way too blown out of proportion imo for me. Because im usually on contract for iPhones i always get a brand new phone every two years so by then i usually can have the fastest without forkikg out a 100$ extra fee to restart plan (thats what they do in Aus)

Its more of an issue for those who buy iPhones for >2+++++ years outright and expect to hold it for long imo but thats about it.

Imo as a poweruser who has a battery pack on standby 99.95% of the time everywhere i go the only thing i wish for i guess in future is for powerusers can they have option to NOT throttle phone since they have ample amounts of backup battery to keep them chugging across the day . I know some might disagree with this but has people looked at it in this perspective of their view? For a change i guess

 

[bopajuice]

Most iPhone batteries go to 80% after 2 years which is certainly "old" in smartphone years.

The throttle only affects phones in certain situations, and two of the most prevalent situations are 1) old battery, 2) cold temperature. Being near 80% and it being winter can be a trigger.

The main issue is not that anything was 'kept secret'. The main issue is that people's expectations of a 2 year old smartphone with a 2 year old battery running a brand new OS designed for a smartphone that's 2 years newer are out of whack. It's no 'secret' that the newest iPhones are launched with much hoopla around the central point that they are faster than older models and have sexy new processors, anyone who has owned a few iPhone's know that updating the OS is going to have a tradeoff to performance. Add to that an older battery, it's a recipe for the throttle.

Apple was trying to protect you from a shutdown because your phone is old and your battery is tired. Their thought, which anyone would agree with, is that it's better to have a slightly slowed phone than no phone at all.

You continue to throw out these statistics without much to back them up. Please provide a source for your 80% assumption.

The main issue is not that anything was 'kept secret'.

A teenager discovered phones were being throttled. An apology followed, then several lawsuits, and then investigations here in the US and abroad. This is an issue.

Apple was trying to protect you from a shutdown because your phone is old and your battery is tired.

Again, your opinion and an assumption on your part. I'd like to see what happens during the discovery phase when these lawsuits are heard. Until then, your posts and just opinions, and really a smokescreen for the bigger issue.

 

[44267547]

Apple made it right for me. For 30 bucks I had a new battery put in my 6s plus and it works like a new phone again

Once Apple actually manufactures more batteries in the next few months, things should go more smoothly for those who are in need of a battery replacement that have been delayed.

 

[jav6454]

This whole battery debacle has been blown out of proportion thanks to those conspiracy theories of planned obsolescence.

 

[LovingTeddy]

This whole battery debacle has been blown out of proportion thanks to those conspiracy theories of planned obsolescence.

But iPhone gets slower and slower every update and Apple has every incentive for pushing people buying new devices. I do not think Apple is innocent at all. This is just one of the way Apple push people to get new phones.

Couple things:

1. Apple did not disclose this information to general public. Even their Apple store employee is out of loop. I think Apple is not letting people know this throttling in order to preserve their image and pushing people for new phones.

2. Apple Store employee told people their battery is fine and selling new phone to people. There are report you can find in MacRumors.

3. This is not the first time Apple got taught on planned obsolescence. iPad 3 was out of the market half years after its release. Apple release iPhone 6 with 1GB RAM knowing that it would be pretty much obsolete very soon. The whole Mac being not able to upgrade internal component. Everything Apple does are centered around planned obsolescence.

I don't think this is blown out of proportion, in the opposite, i think it is not harsh enough toward Apple.

 

[Phonephreak]

Once Apple actually manufactures more batteries in the next few months, things should go more smoothly for those who are in need of a battery replacement that have been delayed.

So we are all limited to a crippled phone for more months? Nice job Apple

 

[Samuel79]

So we are all limited to a crippled phone for more months? Nice job Apple

The show will go on and a new scandle will be here before we know it


It will be interesting to see how many cases are settled out or court not from a money from the plantiff but from apple trying to sweep info under the carpet and this not letting it get public

 

[boltjames]

This whole battery debacle has been blown out of proportion thanks to those conspiracy theories of planned obsolescence.

Exactly.

And it's not planned obsolescence. It's actual obsolescence.
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So we are all limited to a crippled phone for more months? Nice job Apple

Sorry, but Throttlegate is sooo three weeks ago. No one cares anymore. The angry mob is onto something else now.