Users file lawsuits against Apple for slowing down old iPhones
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Nash, 02 Jan 2018Nothing new here..in the car industry they do it all the ti... morewell your point is not really fit here!
cause when you buy car it has let's say about 190mph and for example company say there is an update to ECU of car and after updating you find out your car can go up to 170 because of what? protection of engine? or less fuel consumption?
what you say is different and mostly fanboish!
have you ever see that companies like Microsoft and HP and other reduces cpu speed because of make battery last longer?
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- 07 Jan 2018
Anonymous, 30 Dec 2017Stating that Apple makes good products and provides good su... morei think it is you who couldn't afford it and hardly trying to say others can't!
other point i must say is that there are much much more expensive phones than apple iphones like BlackBerry Porsche Design series or the vertue things!
so continue to show that you can't afford an iphone by saying others can't afford it!
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- Anonymous
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- 07 Jan 2018
Anonymous, 07 Jan 2018"2. you will be required to upgrade iOS, if not some of you... moreFalse again. You made your own meaning fo what they saud and only took a portion of what they said and passed it off as basically being the only or main part of what they said.
So yet again false and nice try.
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- Anonymous
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- 07 Jan 2018
Anonymous, 07 Jan 2018 false. But nice try"2. you will be required to upgrade iOS, if not some of your apps can no longer be updated or run properly with updates.
3. you won't feel that you own the device due to these restrictions and limitations unless you're using the phone the way Apple wants you to use it."
Truth. And proof.
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- Anonymous
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- 07 Jan 2018
Anonymous, 04 Jan 2018S/He said that apps don't work properly unless you update y... more false. But nice try
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- Anonymous
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- 07 Jan 2018
How can I join the law suit?
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- Anonymous
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- 04 Jan 2018
Anonymous, 04 Jan 2018You're the only one using flawed logic. You must be an appl... moreS/He said that apps don't work properly unless you update your OS. And that he/she doesn't like that.
Updated apps that take advantage of new OS core features and strive for improved security will always need an up-to-date OS. That's why Windows XP is not supported anymore by a great number of software developers.
Same with phones.
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- Anonymous
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- 04 Jan 2018
AnonD-535259, 02 Jan 2018Aside from batteries, what about the modem ?
Apple is prov... moreThe loyal fans can and will be fooled for the most part soon.
We see this as them being caught. But sadly in actuality is just a minor set back
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- Anonymous
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- 04 Jan 2018
Dodo, 01 Jan 2018Apple certainly does not use "cheap" batteries. All batteri... moreYeah no. That's bogus and they do use cheap batteries
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- 04 Jan 2018
Anonymous, 03 Jan 2018So if you, say, decided to stick with Windows 95 to this da... moreYou're the only one using flawed logic. You must be an apple fan to twist what they said into a bad thing
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- 03 Jan 2018
Xander Ford, 01 Jan 2018This is the main reason why I immediately switched to andro... moreSo if you, say, decided to stick with Windows 95 to this day - because you don't want to upgrade or get a decrease in performance - would you expect today's programs and games to run on your computer?
Nice logic you got there mate.
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- 03 Jan 2018
Nash, 02 Jan 2018Nothing new here..in the car industry they do it all the ti... moreCar manufaturers dont release update every year to decrease the engine speed , let us know which one does it. They cap the top speed but it will be way higher than legal speed limits
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- 03 Jan 2018
Dodo, 02 Jan 2018As a buyer of virtually all Android phones except for Googl... moreYou are mistaken, I've used iphone 4, 5, se and 6s.
My current phone is 6s and it started freezing after ios11 update . Apple provided replacement after 10 months of use as it was under warranty. But what will happen if these issues are seen after my warranty expires. I think i will start seeing the same issue once battery wear increases as Apple has admitted they are capping the cpu frequency
All my corporate mails are continously syncing and is heavily used during my travel. I dont play games at all.
I'm part of this discussion https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8073489
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- Nash
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- 02 Jan 2018
Nothing new here..in the car industry they do it all the time. They limit the speed a car can get so as to protect the longevity of the engine. This is common practice. Not everybody knows it but no one is suing either as it will get nowhere. So apple is doing the same thing. If you don't like it, don't buy Apple.
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- 02 Jan 2018
In the end , People would still stand 2 days queue to buy there new device. Apple Fans LOL!
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AnonD-535259, 02 Jan 2018Aside from batteries, what about the modem ?
Apple is prov... moreAs a buyer of virtually all Android phones except for Google's own, you should expect two years or less of support from your brand. Plus, you should expect that your phone's OS version will be a few months to a year behind Google's releases.
Apple supports their devices much, much longer: 5 years is common, give or take. The reason for the imperceptible slowing down (under heavy load only) is most likely perfectly valid, as the alternative would have been that some older devices would shut down under heavy load.
Perhaps Apple should have made their decision public, but I have a few older iPhones (down to iPhone 5) which work perfectly well. Something I can't say for a Galaxy 4 which doesn't boot up any longer.
It's amazing to see all these posts from people who probably have had limited exposure to Apple products, at best...
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- 02 Jan 2018
Aside from batteries, what about the modem ?
Apple is providing inferior modem from Intel on latest flagships . even after paying ridiculously high prices , Apple throttled the modem speed from QCOM to match Intels one
http://www.zdnet.com/article/iphone-7-throttling-qualcomm-says-apple-gag-stopped-it-revealing-speed-squeeze/
We as buyers think that we are getting a top performance product which will last for few years. Apple is hiding its motive as they think loyal fans can be fooled easily
Android manufactures , please bring back removable batteries
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Jan 2018
Dodo, 01 Jan 2018Apple certainly does not use "cheap" batteries. All batteri... moreIt's not that they are cheap,that factor was never the case .It's the small capacity they came with.Why they are slowing down the phones OTA or through itunes updates is a huge mystery and a VERY FIRST in this industry.Have you EVER heard of ANY phone company doing this??Well.....Have you?No warning,no nothing.I like Iphones mostly for the hardware designs and great displays(still hardware)but the software and overall UI is not for me.Weird move on Apple's part.Again,has nothing to do w/ the quality of the batteries but the size.
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Vegetaholic, 31 Dec 2017It is 100% defect, to put cheap ass batteries in their flag... moreApple certainly does not use "cheap" batteries. All batteries degrade over time and lose charging capacity, which is what Apple sought to address.
Apple updates models which can be as old as 5 years, and it has to do something to ensure that the old hardware works with the latest OS. Name another phone maker which updates the OS of 5 year old models.
The slowing down happens under very high load conditions and it's imperceptible to most people.
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- Xander Ford
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- 01 Jan 2018
This is the main reason why I immediately switched to android after my iPhone 4s. We're the owner of our phones so we should be able to do whatever we wants with it. Here are some reasons why I'm not switching back to iDevices.
1. the inability to downgrade firmware unless you're device is jailbroken and with backed up blobs
2. you will be required to upgrade iOS, if not some of your apps can no longer be updated or run properly with updates.
3. you won't feel that you own the device due to these restrictions and limitations unless you're using the phone the way Apple wants you to use it.