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Are you saying that Samsung phone batteries don't go bad over time?

• bparsons 9y ago
  I think the issue here is CPU performance being tied to battery degradation as a method of planned obsolescence, rather than a complaint about iPhone battery life.
  • Retric 9y ago
    It's not really planned obsolescence, they made the trade off of CPU speed instead of battery life when the battery gets old. This is more reasonable than you might think as deep discharges use up batterie life faster. The other option is for the phone to not keep it's charge for nearly as long which would likely be more annoying. In either case it's a ~40$ repair to replace a phones battery and IMO a good idea at ~2-3 years old on all phones. Assuming you keep your phone for 4-5 years.
• fma 9y ago
  I'm saying I've invested a lot of money in a platform that touts itself as the best and user friendly. My recent personal experiences has shown that it is not. Hence, I refuse to pay the luxury tax on an item that does not provide me a good experience. Their tagline is "it just does". Sorry, no, it doesn't. I saved ~$500 when purchasing the flagship phone of another platform, so even if the experience is poor, I have an extra $500 in the bank. Also - the Samsung S8 gives you very fine control on throttling the CPU to save power.