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Lots of people saying that Apple only had two options - make old handsets slower, or have them randomly shutdown. Might be a reflection of the culture those co
by Jedd 9y ago
Lots of people saying that Apple only had two options - make old handsets slower, or have them randomly shutdown.
Might be a reflection of the culture those commenters are from, but it's disingenuous to assert.
Other options existed -- notably to advise the user, as part of the update, via mail-out, etc, that this choice had been made from them, and (optionally) what they could do about it.
- cooper12 9y agoWhat are they gonna do about it, "Yes I do want my phone to shut down immediately instead of continuing to be able use it"?
- dingo_bat 9y agoThis is not realistic. The actual options are a) slow the phone down b) make the battery percentage accurate so that people will know when the battery is empty I have used Samsung phones for a long time (since Galaxy S4), and I've never had a phone turn off on me when the battery percentage was anything other than 0%. Are we supposed to believe that the maker of the "world's most advanced smartphone" (their words) cannot figure out how to prevent random shutdowns without slowing down the whole phone?
- cooper12 9y agoYou know, you shouldn't comment if you haven't even bothered to read the article or don't understand the issue being discussed right? HN really does turn into a low-effort circlejerk any time Apple comes up.
- asendra 9y agoStating that a battery replacement will fix it instead of letting them suffer and increasingly slow phone or buying a new one unnecessarily.
- igravious 9y agoAgreed. The comments here apologising for Apple are so disheartening. Inform the user that the battery has degraded or failing that at least allow the batteries to be user or third-party serviceable. I know car analogies are overused but … I would be classed as literally insane if I replaced my car because the battery had become degraded. When this happens you get a mechanic to replace the battery. (Or, if the owner is very competent they replace it themselves.) If we do it for cars, why not for phones? I would absolutely love if this issue got regulated across the board the same way the charging cable connection (everything has to be usb-micro or usb-C) got regulated. Though somehow Apple didn't comply and didn't get penalised.