Apple Apologizes for Not saying Customers It Was Slowing drop Old iPhones

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That long-unacknowledged feature, that Apple told was in reality intended to extend a device's useful life, had fueled conspiracy theories about planned obsolescence. Specifically, people had speculated that the firm was degrading old phones' performance via Programming upgrade in order to prod them to purchas new ones. Apple added that it's working on an Apple iOS Programming upgrade that going to offer iPhone owners further insight into the health of their batteries. AdvertisementThe note goes on to explain the slowdown feature in depth, something Apple had not done before now. With the update, Apple iOS dynamically manages the maximum performance of some system components the time needed to protect a shutdown.

Apple Apologizes for Slowing drop iPhones

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Lawsuits Mount As Apple Manages Fallout From Revelation Of Slowed iPhones

as mentioned in Lawsuits Mount As Apple Manages Fallout From Revelation Of Slowed iPhonesEnlarge this image toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Eric Risberg/APApple had a message for its customers this past week: "We apologize." Apple is facing a number of lawsuits over the issue from iPhone owners in states involving California, New York and Illinois. "You changed my smartphone in a harmful way [and] didn't say me you were doing that," Rory Van Loo tells NPR's Lauren Frayer. Van Loo is a law professor at Boston University who focuses on tech and regulation. Though these lawsuits face a bit of an uphill battle, Van Loo tells Apple ought be nervous.

Apple addresses why people are telling their iPhones with older batteries are running 'slower'

Instead, Apple is focusing attention on smoothing out the extremely high and quick peaks of power draw which could cause crises with older batteries. Basically, iPhones were hitting peaks of processor power which the battery was unable to power and the phones were shutting off. Some users who have had older batteries replaced too told they've seen got best benchmarks after replacing their batteries. "I think users who trial significant slowdowns because of battery wear would need Apple to be further transparent about this issue," tells Poole. It's clear which people just didn't understand which protecting an iPhone with an older battery was going to directly affect performance.