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The rigt thing would have been a model recall changing the battery with something that has enough voltage margin to keep the cpu running after the usual degrada
by LoSboccacc 9y ago
The rigt thing would have been a model recall changing the battery with something that has enough voltage margin to keep the cpu running after the usual degradation for at least the 500 cycles it’s rated for
This is an engineering issue on evaluating margins properly repackaged as “we’re improving battery life” to hide stability issue caused by bad assumptions on cpu stability across voltage ranges.
- pishpash 9y agoExactly, this does nothing to prevent Apple from shoving a dinky battery in future phones and selling $99 annual battery replacements (after 2018). Battery itself costs nothing. $29 may be at-cost for labor. $99 is a large margin.
- tigershark 9y ago3.3 years on the iPhone 6 charging it once a day is 1000 cycles, well above 500..
- LoSboccacc 9y agoBecause you’re being throttled, duh
- tigershark 9y agoBetter being throttled than having to endure boot loops, daily crashes and a battery dead at 5 pm honestly..
- LoSboccacc 9y agoBetter having faulty hardware replaced tbh. Especially expensive hardware.
- goialoq 9y agoCycles are floats, not integers. It's only a full cycle if the battery is discharged very deeply. http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_li...
- freedomben 9y agoFascinating. Some tidbits to save others time: > The worst situation is keeping a fully charged battery at elevated temperatures. > Avoid so-called ultra-fast chargers that claim to fully charge Li-ion in less than one hour.