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This is total bullshit. I would bet real money that a grand total of ZERO users "thought their phone was just old and slow and bought a new one" as a result of
by Bud 7y ago
This is total bullshit. I would bet real money that a grand total of ZERO users "thought their phone was just old and slow and bought a new one" as a result of this issue.
Zero.
- jonplackett 7y agoI literally nearly did. It's what you normally do when the new phone comes out. I did it with my iPhone 3G when they put the new iOS on it. It became barely usable and i got an iPhone 4. That was real. The 3G was SLOW. This time it was not real.
- exacube 7y agoI upgraded an iPhone 6S for this reason. I wouldn't so arrogantly claim to know how consumers spend their money on technology.
- sequoia 7y agoI would very gladly take you up on this bet. You name the stakes. What do you think the average user thinks when their older phone performs worse after an OS update? "Aha, I bet the vendor is throttling the performance to preserve battery life, which I can fix by replacing with a new battery, a repair process which the vendor makes clear and easy!" This has not been my experience. I'm a technical iPhone user and I don't even research it this much, I just think "%#&* they updated the OS again and now my phone is slow again"
- overgard 7y agoI have an iphone 7, and knowing this now I'll definitely replace the battery before I replace the phone. It probably added another year or two to its life for me.
- escardin 7y agoMy wife replaced her 6 plus with an 8 because it was crashing a lot before this feature was implemented.