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

[Speed Weed]

13 minutes ago, suicidalfranco said:

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!

You will need a screw driver too.

 

[suicidalfranco]

2 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

You will need a screw driver too.

 

ez

[TechGod]

3 hours ago, D13H4RD said:

Lol

 

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

I for one am glad we're finally on glass for most phones. Fuck shitty plastic. 

[D13H4RD]

23 minutes ago, TechGod said:

-snip-

He's not entirely wrong though.

 

Today's phones just aren't as durable as they used to be. In exchange for glass backs, we had to give up removable batteries alongside some extra durability. 

 

While I acknowledge that Gorilla Glass has made strides, I miss the days of phones like the LG V10, which felt nothing like the cheap crappy plastic phones that usually come to mind when we talk about plastic phones. 

 

I mean, there's a reason why my Note8 lives inside a thick Tough Armor 

[Drak3]

Just now, D13H4RD said:

He's not entirely wrong though.

I'm not wrong, period.

 

iPhones were never durable. Most flagships now aren't overly durable.

[dgsddfgdfhgs]

It is already common sense that apple does that for every product, just old news

[D13H4RD]

9 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

iPhones were never durable. Most flagships now aren't overly durable.

Make that not even the slightest bit durable. 

 

I don't think I can trust most phones made today with a simple drop onto anything that isn't carpet or a seat cushion. 

 

I remember how much of a beating my old Galaxy S2 took. It still works to this day. 

[Drak3]

Just now, D13H4RD said:

I don't think I can trust most phones made today with a simple drop onto anything that isn't carpet or a seat cushion. 

The Galaxy S8 definitely can.

[D13H4RD]

2 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

The Galaxy S8 definitely can.

I don't trust any glass phone, even my Note8. 

 

Have never dropped it naked and have almost always kept it in a thick case. 

 

Because I know the moment it falls on something coarse and hard, it's toast without a case. 

[Drak3]

Just now, D13H4RD said:

Because I know the moment it falls on something coarse and hard, it's toast. 

Both of my S8s have dropped onto broken tile from a good 6 feet and both survived.

[D13H4RD]

3 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Both of my S8s have dropped onto broken tile from a good 6 feet and both survived.

I don't think my Note8 would be quite as lucky. 

 

Either way, I'd rather be safe than sorry. Had one of my phones cracked just from being dropped onto a smooth floor from barely 3 feet with a case on. 

 

Bad luck? You bet. 

[aezakmi]

 

Spoiler

it says "classic"

 

[Yoinkerman]

15 hours ago, D13H4RD said:

Actually, I can do one better.

 

When the phone detects that the battery is degraded, it puts a persistent notification that says;

"The battery may require servicing. Functionality may be limited. Tap here for more info"

 

If the user taps it, it brings them to the battery health screen and allows them to turn off the performance throttling.

 

If it sounds familiar to Mac users, that's because they do in fact tell you when the battery requires to be replaced.

How do you know it actually needs replaced?  Because apple says so and they've got a good track record?

[79wjd]

4 hours ago, Drak3 said:

No, it's not.

Yes, it is. Don't treat your things like shit and they'll last without a problem.

42 minutes ago, dgsddfgdfhgs said:

It is already common sense that apple does that for every product, just old news

It's not since they don't; the plus models were never throttled. Even now, the throttling only kicks in after a shutdown due to a degraded battery has occurred.

[Drak3]

1 minute ago, 79wjd said:

Yes, it is.

No, it's not. Designing something for longetivity means designing it to be durable.

[Dabombinable]

The batteries seriously degrade after a year?

[79wjd]

10 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

The batteries seriously degrade after a year?

For the heaviest of users, yes, certainly; play games all day and you'll burn through and degrade any battery. 

[Speed Weed]

20 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

The batteries seriously degrade after a year?

The more you use and charge the faster it will degrade. I heard Fast charging technology is not good for battery. 

[D13H4RD]

2 minutes ago, Speed Weed said:

The more you use and charge the faster it will degrade. I heard Fast charging technology is not good for battery. 

Most aren't due to how they cause excessive heat to be generated. 

56 minutes ago, Yoinkerman said:

How do you know it actually needs replaced?  Because apple says so and they've got a good track record?

You can probably verify it with CoconutBattery or a third party application. 

[Speed Weed]

1 minute ago, D13H4RD said:

Most aren't due to how they cause excessive heat to be generated. 

You can probably verify it with CoconutBattery or a third party application. 

I don't if it is accurate or not..........

[Dabombinable]

54 minutes ago, 79wjd said:

For the heaviest of users, yes, certainly; play games all day and you'll burn through and degrade any battery. 

But within a year? That never used to be the case with any lithium battery.

[D13H4RD]

10 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

But within a year? That never used to be the case with any lithium battery.

Depends on the use case and battery quality. 

 

I know my Moto Z started to have random shutdowns after about a year's worth of use although that used LG batteries, which shouldn't be a problem. 

 

The small iPhone 6-8 seems to be more susceptible to it as they have small capacity batteries for their relative size. 

[mr moose]

20 minutes ago, Dabombinable said:

But within a year? That never used to be the case with any lithium battery.

It still isn't for the most part, manufacturers just have to balance battery size to power requirements. you can run a big powerful phone of a small battery, but it won;t last very long before you have to replace the battery, likewise if you use a huge battery in a small phone it will last for ever. I still have the original HTC desire,  Battery is fine but it is obsolete.   I think what happened with the iPhone is the cheaper version had a slightly smaller battery which meant heavier users actually found that limit.

[D13H4RD]

16 minutes ago, mr moose said:

I think what happened with the iPhone is the cheaper version had a slightly smaller battery which meant heavier users actually found that limit.

That's probably it. 

 

The smaller iPhone 6 to 8 had sub-2000mAh batteries (oftentimes lower with the 6s being the smallest at 1715mAh), which are considered very anemic by recent standards. 

[Canada EH]

17 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

performance throttling enabled to allegedly increase battery lifespan. It is possible to disable this although one has to wonder if non-techies will.

hmmmmmm

so they are spinning it, so before they were draining batteries on purpose.

How will it be disabled?