Apple issues statement regarding iPhone batteries and performance

29 December 2017
Doubles down against claims of planned obsolescence, reduces prices of battery replacement.

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AnonD-481725, 29 Dec 2017I bet these news is one of Samsung usual games nothing else... moreThis is an almost 5 years old article. It is irrelevant today.

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    • Anonymous
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    • 29 Dec 2017

    AnonD-345001, 29 Dec 2017and they still want you to spend. They are not getting the ... moreThat is a good catch! Kudos

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      • Anonymous
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      • 29 Dec 2017

      Anonymous, 29 Dec 2017Just because your Galaxy phone did not last long it does no... moreForget about battery. Your Samsung is laggy crap compared by Sony which is blazing fast.

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        • Anonymous
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        • 29 Dec 2017

        When someone says "we have never — and would never — do anything to intentionally ... bla bla bla ......" , you know they are guilty as sin. Very cheap piece of theatrical bravado by Apple.

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          Anonymous, 29 Dec 2017You mean the $ 30 that is cheaper than having the battery r... more$79 for a battery is just ridiculous and they only changed it to $29 because they are taking heat. They only stopped overpricing just now and their making it sound like they are doing a big favor. They already made a lot of profit for many years of selling battery replacements at that ridiculous price, stop defending them.

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            • 29 Dec 2017

            ALPHABOY17, 29 Dec 2017Well HTC,GOOGLE and SONY has a better lifespan. Samsung bar... moreJust because your Galaxy phone did not last long it does not mean it applies to everyone. My Note 3 is now 40 months old and it is still works well. I just bought a new battery and armor plus I did a factory reset and now it is as good as new. I think you should take good care of your devices regardless of brand.

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              • 29 Dec 2017

              and they still want you to spend. They are not getting the point.. What consumers want is to get full performance on their phone regardless of battery life degradation. Let the consumers choose whether they want to replace the battery or not. The performance should never be touched. I'm an iPhone 8 plus user, even though I'm not affected, yet but this is simply Apple BS.

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                • 29 Dec 2017

                I bet these news is one of Samsung usual games nothing else.
                http://www.idownloadblog.com/2013/04/17/samsung-fake-web-reviews/

                  Anonymous, 29 Dec 2017OnePlus Building the screen the wrong way round and stealin... moreI forgot to add that . I did have lost interest on OnePlus about that scandal aswell for not being transparency , as OPPO as OnePlus parent should known better than collecting data more than needs as OnePlus is enthusiast company always being controversy and OPPO should know what its subsidiary should do and don't in the first place . One thing please underline it -> " I do like OnePlus and Apple , but when they're not being transparent for a case that was undercover and have a negative effect for their customers or fans , for such times that had to be exposed first by fans/developers/others until they had to do apologize in the end what the part i despise about it and they should know better ."

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                    • 29 Dec 2017

                    I got iphone 6s with changed battery since July and i was checking how is the battery life, it says 87%. Every time i am charging the device from under 5% till 100%? So i don't believe to Apple. And my LG G2 still works good with custom rom after this years and the battery life is even better with the original battery from my iPhone(with new original battery) ? If somebody from Apple can explain this to me will be great. My next phone not gonna be iphone 100%!

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                      • 29 Dec 2017

                      the fact that they can just cut down the price from 80 to 20$ like that is sad :c

                        So first of, i now know the one ho wrote this owns or had own an iphone, second we alllllllll know that most of regular basis Apple users prefer to stick with their devices as regular loyal brand boys than change it for an Android even If that is the better option, they are so blind with the trademark that believes in they totally, third i have i have 4 smartphones and I run benchmarks at any given time and they run as fast as the first day i take them out of the box even the older one that is 3 years old, so before we judge something i guess we should leave stereotypes at home, 'cause at the end of the they, the handsets wich are slowing down -by it's own company- are the Iphones not the Androids.

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                          AnonD-373654, 29 Dec 2017Its true that Apple devices lasts the longest.. Even longer... moreYou talk utter rubbish..
                          I have 11 year old android devices that are as fast now as when brand new, depending on the Rom,some are actually faster than when new !!

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                            MdN8, 29 Dec 2017My S5 is as good as new, nothing slows down. Try cleaning t... moreThank you, s5 is a very good phone 3 half years old still working fine

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                              AnonD-721863, 29 Dec 2017Drop in the iPhoneX sales; and now this battery mess; with ... moreApple is a company on its way down. The Board must look into what management processes broke down that gave us:
                              1) face ID fail, with no fingerprint as backup
                              2) high sierra no-password-root-access bug
                              3) battery-gate

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                                • 29 Dec 2017

                                Anonymous, 29 Dec 2017OnePlus Building the screen the wrong way round and stealin... morePlease share the details of "customer data". What fields were 'stolen'?

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                                  • 29 Dec 2017

                                  Your statement about firms not intentionally owing down devices doesn't apply to crapple,if you have spent ten years with crapple,have everything ,music,photos,data, emails,etc etc stuck behind crapples garden walls,your very likely to just give in and buy another crapple device,you only have three choices,stick with crapple,swap everything over from crapple to Google or just say sod it and lose the lot..
                                  Not many long term crapple users swap over to Google's offerings,and many cannot because their firms insist on crapple hardware and services..

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                                    TheGoldenMellifluous, 29 Dec 2017Ok Apple . I do like some of your products such iPad and iP... moreOnePlus Building the screen the wrong way round and stealing their customers data, that has been ok after 2 weeks. Their constant cheating on benchmarks has also been ok after a few days. But with Apple, no, Apple is the greedy big company everybody hates, this will never be forgotten

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                                      AnonD-373654, 29 Dec 2017Its true that Apple devices lasts the longest.. Even longer... moreYour talking blow .My s5 is 3 half years old and stil works the same as day I brought .Got a galaxy ace which is over 5 years old and still works s6 plus nearly 3 years old stil working and its been dropped 100 of times stil works a dream Any phone can stop working at any time .I work in mobile insurance, iphone has so many problems same as any other device

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                                        • 29 Dec 2017

                                        Eric, 29 Dec 2017This just proves that Apple products have third class hardw... moreThis has nothing to do with anything