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When people took their now slower iPhones to the Apple Genius and complained that their phone was now slow what do you think they typically said? Buy a new phon

When people took their now slower iPhones to the Apple Genius and complained that their phone was now slow what do you think they typically said? Buy a new phone. Not replace the battery for ~$100 and it will be as fast as before, not we slowed it to make the battery life longer. Apple didn't tell Geniuses about this "feature" or anybody for that matter. Maybe some people would have been happier plugging in twice per day with a still fast phone instead of a slow one? Or would have just had the battery replaced instead of buying a whole new phone? It's not detecting counterfeit parts. As I said, you can swap the screen from two brand new iPhones and it will warn you about these parts being non-geniune. This is to scare users to use Apple or Apple affiliates for repairs.

zepto 5y ago
> … have just had the battery replaced instead of buying a whole new phone? iPhones still slow down when the battery is old. The only difference is in the documentation and UI, which was easily fixed. There is no conspiracy here. > It's not detecting counterfeit parts. As I said, you can swap the screen from two brand new iPhones and it will warn you about these parts being non-geniune. I personally bought a genuine battery and replaced it in my iPhone 3GS. The replacement was worse than the one I took out because it had been sitting on a shelf for years. Similarly, ‘genuine’ parts can be ones that didn’t pass QC, etc. > This is to scare users to use Apple or Apple affiliates for repairs. Why would it scare someone who trusts the repair shop? My car warns me about all kinds of things, but I trust my mechanic who I have used for more than a decade to tell me what matters. If you don’t trust your repair shop then the message is a useful warning and you would be better off going to Apple.
- salamandersauce 5y ago
  The difference is they NOW tell you and it's a toggle between performance and battery life so users can choose and understand why their phone is slower and what to do about it. This was because of the outcome of a class action lawsuit and not the goodness of Apple's heart. They were hiding that they do this before. If it was so great why hide it? It scares someone into not trusting the repair shop! That's the whole point. Would you have kept going to your mechanic for 10 years if on the second visit when you turned the car on the speaker blared about a potentially harmful non-genuine part being installed? Or would you have gone to the dealership?
  - zepto 5y ago
    > This was because of the outcome of a class action lawsuit and not the goodness of Apple's heart. They were hiding that they do this before. If it was so great why hide it? Because it wasn’t relevant. Lots of features aren’t publicized. > It scares someone into not trusting the repair shop! That's the whole point. Would you have kept going to your mechanic for 10 years if on the second visit when you turned the car on the speaker blared about a potentially harmful non-genuine part being installed? Nobody is blaring anything from a speaker. Why would you even say that except to exaggerate? It’s just a message. > Or would you have gone to the dealership? If I trusted the repair shop to explain what the message meant and why their part was ok, then why would I go the dealership?
    - salamandersauce 5y ago
      Do you work for Apple? Or can they just do no wrong in your eyes? I think slowing down my phone is pretty relevant and worth telling the user. That's why they got punished for it in the class action lawsuit. If the repair shop tells you they used a genuine screen, and your phone tells you it can't tell it's genuine or not who do you expect most people are going to trust? I think a good portion of people are going to feel lied to that they didn't put in a genuine screen when they actually did.

zepto 5y ago

> … have just had the battery replaced instead of buying a whole new phone? iPhones still slow down when the battery is old. The only difference is in the documentation and UI, which was easily fixed. There is no conspiracy here. > It's not detecting counterfeit parts. As I said, you can swap the screen from two brand new iPhones and it will warn you about these parts being non-geniune. I personally bought a genuine battery and replaced it in my iPhone 3GS. The replacement was worse than the one I took out because it had been sitting on a shelf for years. Similarly, ‘genuine’ parts can be ones that didn’t pass QC, etc. > This is to scare users to use Apple or Apple affiliates for repairs. Why would it scare someone who trusts the repair shop? My car warns me about all kinds of things, but I trust my mechanic who I have used for more than a decade to tell me what matters. If you don’t trust your repair shop then the message is a useful warning and you would be better off going to Apple.

salamandersauce 5y ago
The difference is they NOW tell you and it's a toggle between performance and battery life so users can choose and understand why their phone is slower and what to do about it. This was because of the outcome of a class action lawsuit and not the goodness of Apple's heart. They were hiding that they do this before. If it was so great why hide it? It scares someone into not trusting the repair shop! That's the whole point. Would you have kept going to your mechanic for 10 years if on the second visit when you turned the car on the speaker blared about a potentially harmful non-genuine part being installed? Or would you have gone to the dealership?
- zepto 5y ago
  > This was because of the outcome of a class action lawsuit and not the goodness of Apple's heart. They were hiding that they do this before. If it was so great why hide it? Because it wasn’t relevant. Lots of features aren’t publicized. > It scares someone into not trusting the repair shop! That's the whole point. Would you have kept going to your mechanic for 10 years if on the second visit when you turned the car on the speaker blared about a potentially harmful non-genuine part being installed? Nobody is blaring anything from a speaker. Why would you even say that except to exaggerate? It’s just a message. > Or would you have gone to the dealership? If I trusted the repair shop to explain what the message meant and why their part was ok, then why would I go the dealership?
  - salamandersauce 5y ago
    Do you work for Apple? Or can they just do no wrong in your eyes? I think slowing down my phone is pretty relevant and worth telling the user. That's why they got punished for it in the class action lawsuit. If the repair shop tells you they used a genuine screen, and your phone tells you it can't tell it's genuine or not who do you expect most people are going to trust? I think a good portion of people are going to feel lied to that they didn't put in a genuine screen when they actually did.