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Yet my iPhone is 7 years old, I use it for hours a day, and works as well as the day I bought it. I feel like this whole ordeal is misrepresented or just exagge

by rabbits_2002 3y ago

Yet my iPhone is 7 years old, I use it for hours a day, and works as well as the day I bought it. I feel like this whole ordeal is misrepresented or just exaggerated.

HenryBemis 3y ago
Perhaps your usage doesn't challenge the throttling, i.e. you use it for calls, imessage, and apps you haven't updated (thus not as much CPU-demanding) for a few years. I have a Philips stereo on which I can plug/dock older iphones (3-4-5), and for that I got a very old 5, with Spotify. The phone is docked (and charging) on the stereo 24/7/365. So no complaint for that. But if I were to use it for other purposes, it would be super painful to have super slow performance or battery dying on me.
acdha 3y ago
There was a legitimate issue - they needed a visible battery health indicator – but you’re right that it’s been substantially exaggerated. There’s a certain amount which is probably explained by “iOS versus Android” but I think most of it comes back to the tech press being funded by ad impressions: mention a top brand in a story like that and you’ll get a lot of clicks with very little effort.
alphabettsy 3y ago
It’s both. They absolutely should’ve been clear about what was happening and should’ve given people the option to turn it off and had more obvious battery health notifications. It’s not a conspiracy to sell more phones imo. If you want someone to blame, the mostly popular apps on the App Stores get more and more bloated every year.
izacus 3y ago
The courts outright have proven that Apple lied and forced them to pay out damages, how can that be "misrepresented and exaggerated"?!
- thebruce87m 3y ago
  That is an incredible claim. Please link to this court judgement.
  - izacus 3y ago
    After appeals were rejected, Apple is making payments to affected customers: https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/ https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/ You can find links to litigation there.
    - thebruce87m 3y ago
      I had a quick scan but I can’t see it. Can you quote the bit where the court said Apple lied? Edit: Document is here: https://angeion-public.s3.amazonaws.com/www.SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com/docs/Class+Notice.pdf https://angeion-public.s3.amazonaws.com/www.SmartphonePerfor... > The Court did not decide the case in favor of Plaintiffs or Apple. This does not support your assertion that the court decided that Apple lied.
      - izacus 3y ago
        Perhaps finish reading the said sentence - the court didn't decide the case because Apple decided to pay out money for their actions. Your assumption that Apple's settlement to avoid guilty verdict somehow means that they didn't do the action (which they agreed to pay damages for) is the wildest instance of corporate boot licking I've seen this week :D If the court decided that plaintiffs didn't have a case, Apple wouldn't settle.
        thebruce87m 3y ago
        I’m not sure how you failing to provide proof of lying makes me a corporate boot licker? Deciding to settle is a business decision which may or may not be related to what they did. This is the difference between a legal system and a justice system.
- 3y ago

Yet my iPhone is 7 years old, I use it for hours a day, and works as well as the day I bought it. I feel like this whole ordeal is misrepresented or just exaggerated.

HenryBemis 3y ago

Perhaps your usage doesn't challenge the throttling, i.e. you use it for calls, imessage, and apps you haven't updated (thus not as much CPU-demanding) for a few years. I have a Philips stereo on which I can plug/dock older iphones (3-4-5), and for that I got a very old 5, with Spotify. The phone is docked (and charging) on the stereo 24/7/365. So no complaint for that. But if I were to use it for other purposes, it would be super painful to have super slow performance or battery dying on me.

acdha 3y ago

There was a legitimate issue - they needed a visible battery health indicator – but you’re right that it’s been substantially exaggerated. There’s a certain amount which is probably explained by “iOS versus Android” but I think most of it comes back to the tech press being funded by ad impressions: mention a top brand in a story like that and you’ll get a lot of clicks with very little effort.

alphabettsy 3y ago

It’s both. They absolutely should’ve been clear about what was happening and should’ve given people the option to turn it off and had more obvious battery health notifications. It’s not a conspiracy to sell more phones imo. If you want someone to blame, the mostly popular apps on the App Stores get more and more bloated every year.

izacus 3y ago

The courts outright have proven that Apple lied and forced them to pay out damages, how can that be "misrepresented and exaggerated"?!

thebruce87m 3y ago
That is an incredible claim. Please link to this court judgement.
- izacus 3y ago
  After appeals were rejected, Apple is making payments to affected customers: https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/ https://www.smartphoneperformancesettlement.com/ You can find links to litigation there.
  - thebruce87m 3y ago
    I had a quick scan but I can’t see it. Can you quote the bit where the court said Apple lied? Edit: Document is here: https://angeion-public.s3.amazonaws.com/www.SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com/docs/Class+Notice.pdf https://angeion-public.s3.amazonaws.com/www.SmartphonePerfor... > The Court did not decide the case in favor of Plaintiffs or Apple. This does not support your assertion that the court decided that Apple lied.
    - izacus 3y ago
      Perhaps finish reading the said sentence - the court didn't decide the case because Apple decided to pay out money for their actions. Your assumption that Apple's settlement to avoid guilty verdict somehow means that they didn't do the action (which they agreed to pay damages for) is the wildest instance of corporate boot licking I've seen this week :D If the court decided that plaintiffs didn't have a case, Apple wouldn't settle.
      - thebruce87m 3y ago
        I’m not sure how you failing to provide proof of lying makes me a corporate boot licker? Deciding to settle is a business decision which may or may not be related to what they did. This is the difference between a legal system and a justice system.
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