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Ask HN: Do you feel Apple throttles phones with OS updates?
I bought iPhone 14 pro max. It was zippy until Jan when Apple started pushing new iOS 16 updates. My suspicion is they have a mechanism to slow down the current model slightly so ever so it feels sluggish than the newest model. These phones have bang on hardware and I can’t believe they are the limiting factor in performance.
- warrenm 4y agoPeople have claimed this off and on for a decade I've yet to have a "throttle" or apparent slowdown ... and I always update the day (or 2) after an update's released Have owned a 4s, 6s+, 8, 11, and 14 Pro Max
- bell-cot 4y agoFWIW - my previous iPhone, bottom-end when brand new, kinda seemed to get slower over the >5 years I used it (and always updated to the latest iOS). Your suspicion seems like it'd be easy to prove, with access to some benchmark programs, developers' tools, & such.
- sp332 4y agoThey got sued for a half-billion dollars for doing this without telling anyone. They only admitted to slowing phones down to extend their battery life, which you can now disable. Under the battery setting, check uner "peak performance" to see if it's being throttled.