iPhone X Why buy X or 8 when it will slow down by 60% like 7?

[Abs_p]

I had a 4s with a battery that degraded to nearly unusable levels. That phone never shut off during peak CPU demand. And it didn't deteriorate instantaneously. It progressed over time.

I'd rather have a phone that shuts off randomly. Because by the time that actually starts to happen I'm likely aware that the battery is very poor and I'd have replaced it already. In the meantime I would have had full performance, too.

With iPhone 6S/7/8/X, a throttled phone would still be faster than the iPhone 6. The max throttling we have seen on the iPhone 6S has been 34-35%(1500), that puts it's Geekbench 4 at a bit above iPhone 6(1400). iPhone 7 being throttled at 30%(~2400-2500 on geekbench 4,iPhone 7 at full speed is 3600) would be a bit faster than iPhone 6S at full speed (2400).

My point is your "In the meantime I would have had full performance, too." would basically be redundant with these newer processors because of how fast they are because even a throttled iPhone 6S/7 would still be faster than the previous gen iPhone and that would mean that your day to day usage wont be really different. What makes the iPhone 6 so slow in general is that it was just a small bump in speed over 5S(lowest jump) and more so the 1GB ram. Newer iOS can't run properly on 1GB ram and it slows the phone down.

Having said that I would prefer a reliable phone over one that shuts down intermittently but this wont affect me because I never keep phones for that long.

 

[Jimmy James]

With iPhone 6S/7/8/X, a throttled phone would still be faster than the iPhone 6. The max throttling we have seen on the iPhone 6S has been 34-35%(1500), that puts it's Geekbench 4 at a bit above iPhone 6(1400). iPhone 7 being throttled at 30%(~2400-2500 on geekbench 4,iPhone 7 at full speed is 3600) would be a bit faster than iPhone 6S at full speed (2400).

My point is your "In the meantime I would have had full performance, too." would basically be redundant with these newer processors because of how fast they are because even a throttled iPhone 6S/7 would still be faster than the previous gen iPhone and that would mean that your day to day usage wont be really different. What makes the iPhone 6 so slow in general is that it was just a small bump in speed over 5S(lowest jump) and more so the 1GB ram. Newer iOS can't run properly on 1GB ram and it slows the phone down.

Having said that I would prefer a reliable phone over one that shuts down intermittently but this wont affect me because I never keep phones for that long.

Your post only makes some sense if one considers that you're necessarily upgrading. I'm not.

In keeping my 6s the relative performance of 100% vs 40% is entirely relevant. The throttling is even more of an issue on an older device.

Comparing different generations either at throttled or unthrottled speeds is obviously going to generate similar percentage gaps.

Send me $$ for an upgrade and your argument makes more sense. Since that's not happening it doesnt.

 

[newellj]

Lol. This is not even a blip on their radar.

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/30/apple-government-investigation-power-management/

So today the news is that the federal government is investigating this situation. I called this right. Regardless of how it pans out, it's going to cost a lot of money (not a big deal for Apple) and time (management distraction is a bigger deal).

 

[DNichter]

https://www.macrumors.com/2018/01/30/apple-government-investigation-power-management/

So today the news is that the federal government is investigating this situation. I called this right. Regardless of how it pans out, it's going to cost a lot of money (not a big deal for Apple) and time (management distraction is a bigger deal).

Not really, the government has done this before with a bunch of "issues" revolving around Apple. Apple could send them their press release regarding the power management feature. They are just going to say that over and over and in so many ways to the government. That's all they'll get.

 

[newellj]

Not really, the government has done this before with a bunch of "issues" revolving around Apple. Apple could send them their press release regarding the power management feature. They are just going to say that over and over and in so many ways to the government. That's all they'll get.

I don't actually think that the US federal government has much of a hook here, but you can't just send press releases to the DOJ and the SEC in response to investigations.

I still think we will see state AGs wade into this circus ring, and it's possible to string together a pretty good complaint based on consumer fraud and protection laws.

One of the odd features of contemporary US legal culture is that it can be tricky to fix a problem without admitting wrong-doing. With Apple's resources, you would expect them to be able to navigate that, but rational behavior is not a characteristic of state government elected officials, especially state AGs.

 

[DNichter]

I don't actually think that the US federal government has much of a hook here, but you can't just send press releases to the DOJ and the SEC in response to investigations.

I still think we will see state AGs wade into this circus ring, and it's possible to string together a pretty good complaint based on consumer fraud and protection laws.

One of the odd features of contemporary US legal culture is that it can be tricky to fix a problem without admitting wrong-doing. With Apple's resources, you would expect them to be able to navigate that, but rational behavior is not a characteristic of state government elected officials, especially state AGs.

Correct

 

[ZEEN0j]

Never saw anyone reported randomly shut off and this new "function"solve it.

Anecdotal. My mom complained her iPhone 6 was crashing randomly at 20-40% battery etc. A couple of updates later she said it stopped crashing. Still no issues. A few days later this whole throttle thing exploded on the news and I kinda figured what helped.