Apple slows down last year's iPhones with IOS 12.1 | iPhone 8 and X customers beware

[D13H4RD]

1 minute ago, Drak3 said:

Man, if only I had used a past tense word like 'were.'

Lol

 

Seriously though, I miss those times. This glass trend just sickens me 

[bcredeur97]

i rather my phone throttle then it shutting off @ 20% thanks to voltage spiking down from an old battery. 

 

just saying. I get why apple did the throttling, and to me it was never that big of a deal because of this ^.

The battery is not that expensive to replace every 2-3 years..

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

rather my phone throttle then it shutting off @ 20% thanks to voltage spiking down from an old battery.

Some of us would rather the phone just come with an appropriately sized battery.

[79wjd]

28 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

No, they don't. They want people to think that. Otherwise, the iPhone would look like a CAT phone. The design choice of the iPhone pursues the "premium" feel over durability and longetivity.

Being designed towards a premium feel over durability is very different than not being designed to last. 

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, 79wjd said:

Being designed towards a premium feel over durability is very different than not being designed to last. 

No, it's not.

[bcredeur97]

2 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Some of us would rather the phone just come with an appropriately sized battery.

no matter what size battery it has, eventually you're going to have issues from age. 

Once it hits 300-400 cycles or so, it's all downhill from there. and you can pretty much get up that high with any phone in 2 years.

 

throttling helps prevent large voltage spikes that make your phone die or reboot instantly due to having an old battery that can't maintain it's voltage under load

[Blademaster91]

4 minutes ago, 79wjd said:

Being designed towards a premium feel over durability is very different than not being designed to last. 

I'd more agree with it's really not, Apple is the one that pushed the glass back as being "premium" over a more durable polycarbonate. I put my phones in a case anyway so I could care less if it has a more premium feeling glass back cover.

[Drak3]

Just now, bcredeur97 said:

eventually you're going to have issues from age. 

Yes, and you'll have those issues significantly sooner with an iPhone than many Android phones.

[D13H4RD]

2 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

no matter what size battery it has, eventually you're going to have issues from age. 

Once it hits 300-400 cycles or so, it's all downhill from there. and you can pretty much get up that high with any phone in 2 years.

Actually, if it's well made, a larger battery can actually last a bit longer in terms of charge cycles, with the effects of degradation being less obvious. 

 

I had Android phones with pathetically small batteries for their size and both ran into shutdowns after about a year's worth of use. 

[Speed Weed]

We need to bring back the removable battery because non-removable battery is stupid for me. 

[ZcanKal]

I knew having a new iOS version for older devices was too good to be true.

[D13H4RD]

1 minute ago, Speed Weed said:

We need to bring back the removable battery because non-removable battery is stupid for me. 

Sadly not coming back because every single manufacturer is going "MUH PREMIUM LOOK AND FEEL". 

 

Like with glass backs. Eugh. 

[Speed Weed]

Just now, D13H4RD said:

Sadly not coming back because every single manufacturer is going "MUH PREMIUM LOOK AND FEEL". 

  

Like with glass backs. Eugh. 

I regret of destroy my Galaxy S5..........Now my S7 battery is shit. Average SOT is 2 hours to 2 hours and 15 minutes. 

[RollTime]

10 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Some of us would rather the phone just come with an appropriately sized battery.

Apple phones are more efficient. Honestly, replacing the battery costs $70. That’s $70 every 2 years. No big deal.

[D13H4RD]

Just now, Speed Weed said:

I regret of destroy my Galaxy S5..........Now my S7 battery is shit. Average SOT is 2 hours to 2 hours and 15 minutes. 

Have you tried to get it replaced? That's what I'm planning for my Note8 after a while. 

[Speed Weed]

Just now, D13H4RD said:

Have you tried to get it replaced? That's what I'm planning for my Note8 after a while. 

Replace my S7 battery? Nope, I haven't bring to the repair shop to have them replace it yet. 

[D13H4RD]

1 minute ago, Speed Weed said:

Replace my S7 battery? Nope, I haven't bring to the repair shop to have them replace it yet. 

Probably might want to quote a replacement at some point. 

[Drak3]

Just now, RollTime said:

Apple phones are more efficient.

By a small margin. Not one that justifies the discrepancy in battery size between an iPhone and most Android flagships, or mid range phones.

 

2 minutes ago, RollTime said:

Honestly, replacing the battery costs $70.

Prior to the S6, Samsung batteries were $30 per.

 

3 minutes ago, RollTime said:

That’s $70 every 2 years.

Whereas it'll be $0 wasted on my S8s after 2 years, and likely $0 for another year or two.

[Speed Weed]

2 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

Probably might want to quote a replacement at some point. 

I will probably do that later. I have enough saving money to get myself a brand new Huawei Mate 9 on Amazon, but I am just waiting for the worst time to spend my saving money. 

 

I know there are guides and videos on the internet show how to replace the battery on S7, but I am too scared to f up my phone with my noodle hands. 

[TetraSky]

No surprise here. Even if they can disable this this "feature", the sheeples won't know any better, think their phone is due to be changed and will just get the latest iPhone, again. Because obviously, a phone couldn't possibly last you more than a year.

[D13H4RD]

5 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Whereas it'll be $0 wasted on my S8s after 2 years, and likely $0 for another year or two.

Getting my N8 battery replaced sometime next year. 

 

Should last another 2 years plus. I'm confident in that because it's held up really well so far, so I'm planning it for the long term. 

[ZacoAttaco]

29 minutes ago, D13H4RD said:

Lol

 

Seriously though, I miss those times. This glass trend just sickens me 

When you step back it's funny, phone manufacturers are like 'We want our device to a durable as possible...let's make 90% of the phone out of one of the most fragile design materials we have..but it's gorilla glass yeah gorilla's are tough yeah'.

[suicidalfranco]

14 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

I regret of destroy my Galaxy S5..........Now my S7 battery is shit. Average SOT is 2 hours to 2 hours and 15 minutes. 

as @DrMacintosh said, it just takes 5 minutes to replace. 

 

No go get that hair drier and a couple of cards out of the drawer!

[Princess Luna]

Assuming people who buy Apple actually can differentiate the performance of it from much cheaper smartphones, you know half the people into Apple is for the brand, bragging rights and what not.

[D13H4RD]

3 hours ago, ZacoAttaco said:

When you step back it's funny, phone manufacturers are like 'We want our device to a durable as possible...let's make 90% of the phone out of one of the most fragile design materials we have..but it's gorilla glass yeah gorilla's are tough yeah'.

What I find funny is that Apple talks about being green and LG talks about durability

 

But their phones are made out of stuff that's just begging to be cracked from an unlucky drop 

 

3 hours ago, Princess Cadence said:

Assuming people who buy Apple actually can differentiate the performance of it from much cheaper smartphones, you know half the people into Apple is for the brand, bragging rights and what not.

To be honest, a lot of people do actually get iPhones because of the Apple brand. 

 

But there are some people who get them either due to preference (provided they understand what they're getting) and there's also some who probably used iPhones for a long time and feel reluctant to leave it due to stuff like iMessage, even if they want to due to the increasing cost of staying in the Apple ecosystem per upgrade.