iPhones slow over time to preserve battery life, benchmarks suggest

[ArseTechnica]

[url]https://arstechnica.com/?p=1234825[/url]

[Zombinie]

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[LZTYBRN]

it says added in iOS 10.2.1 though, implying the feature is relatively recent. I definitely feel like every iPhone has done this

[Lebofly]

Some people speculated it happened as an incentive to upgrade to the newest phone

[LAMB SAUCE]

It makes sense.

As the battery wears it discharges quicker and is lower on battery more often, making the phone seem like it's slow and shit. Then you hold the new phone at 100% battery and go "wow it's so fast!"

[Durrsly]

[QUOTE=Lebofly;52990824]Some people speculated it happened as an incentive to upgrade to the newest phone[/QUOTE]

I wouldn't be surprised if it's a bit of both. My iPad 2 took a nosedive in performance when updated to iOS8, but after booting it up again recently it's battery life took me by surprise. I don't really use it much anymore so it's not doing much but it's still going after a few weeks without charging, only just now at 11%

[Geel]

The fact that this isn't a choice on the user's end is the problem.

Batteries degrade. Customers should expect that. Degrading a customer's phone's performance to hide the fact that their battery (like every battery in the universe) is degrading -- without notifying them or giving them a choice in the matter -- is just a shitty practice.

[Curls]

[QUOTE=geel9;52991602]The fact that this isn't a choice on the user's end is the problem.

Batteries degrade. Customers should expect that. Degrading a customer's phone's performance to hide the fact that their battery (like every battery in the universe) is degrading -- without notifying them or giving them a choice in the matter -- is just a shitty practice.[/QUOTE]

honestly when it comes to design this is a minor infraction in the history of insane shit apple has done

But still, yet another bad choice.

[Strontboer]

Every phone manufacturer does this. What a fucking surprise