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Not my experience… I replaced my iPhone 6 because it was slow, not because battery was bad And since 2018 I have iPhone XR, and the battery is fine still. So i

• dainiusse 3y ago
  Do you remember the whole phone throttling issue on a bad battery?
• photonbeam 3y ago
  The software slows the phone down so not create current spikes that the aged battery cant handle
• willcipriano 3y ago
  The battery probably made it slow: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/apple-settles-with-states-for-113m-over-iphone-battery-throttling/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/apple-settles-wi...
• vel0city 3y ago
  > I replaced my iPhone 6 because it was slow, not because battery was bad iPhone slowness can go hand in hand with batteries going bad, especially in the iPhone 6 days. Apple phones will limit peak performance when it detects the battery voltage can't handle it without too much of a voltage drop. From what I understand its now an opt-out setting, but for most of the iPhone 6's life it wasn't an option.
  • astrange 3y ago
    If you opt out of it your phone will suddenly turn off, which is definitely not an improvement over being slow. Having the opt-out is nonsense and an example of bad regulation. This isn't the only reason an old phone would be slow though, batteries are not the only consumable component in a phone.
    • vel0city 3y ago
      For sure. I've had devices slow down from storage wearing out as well.