Confirmed: Apple is deliberately slowing down old iPhones
from David Haydl 
on December 29, 2017, 17:51 | Write a comment
You can hear it again and again that iPhone users claim that their device is running slower than before. I have also experienced this a few times with friends using an Apple smartphone. But the whole thing was never more than a rumor. Until now. Now Apple has officially confirmed that they are slowing down iPhones with updates.
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Apple has now confirmed that they are running updates Prothrottle cessors in old iPhones with an old battery. However, this only includes devices that are heavily loaded by their user and are therefore more affected than those that are less loaded. Not all iPhones that have been released up to now are affected, but all from iPhone 6 (S) to iPhone 7 Plus including the iPhone SE, which was presented in spring 2016. After this confirmation, many assumed that the company was taking these measures to encourage users to buy a new iPhone every year. In a official opinion this was however denied.
Reasons for the throttling
Apple's statement gave two completely different reasons. The first reason is actually quite obvious. Batteries age and over time do not have as much capacity as new batteries. Apple wants to use the throttling to make the batteries in the affected iPhones last longer. Because the faster one Proprocessor is the more battery it consumes.
The second reason Apple has given is that they want to prevent hardware crashes. You have to imagine it like this: Depending on the activity of the user, rechargeable batteries conduct different amounts of electricity Proprocessor. If you play a game, he needs Processor a lot of electricity, the iPhone just lies around with the display switched on, that’s how it needs Proprocessor less power. Batteries in new iPhones can do these "jumps" without Promanage problems. Batteries in older iPhones are no longer as good at it. That's why you often hear that older iPhones with around 25% remaining charge simply switch off, which is due to the battery being overloaded due to the jumps just mentioned.
Lawsuits against these measures
Some individuals quickly filed lawsuits against Apple in court. A class action lawsuit was also filed. This is led by a certain Violetta Mailyan. She wants to sue for all iPhone users who are affected by a throttling. In doing so, she accuses Apple of covering up fraud. The claim: $ 999 billion. This sum apparently comes from the fact that every plaintiff bought a new iPhone because of the throttling, since the old one no longer worked as it should.
Among the individual plaintiffs there was also a user of an iPhone 7, which has only been on the market for just over a year. Nevertheless, he is already affected by a throttling. However, he claims that he used his iPhone sparingly and therefore there is actually no reason to slow down. He accuses Apple of taking these measures to encourage users to buy a new iPhone every year. The demands here: compensation payments and an omission of the measures on the part of Apple.
Answer from Apple
In the statement, Apple has also announced measures as it addresses this Prowant to apologize for the problem. First, the company wants to lower the price for swapping batteries. This should fall from 79 dollars to 29 dollars (in our case the price falls from 89 euros to 29 euros, which is a saving of 60 euros). This offer will be valid throughout 2018.
Second, Apple has announced a new iOS update, which will be released early next year. This should then make it possible to see exactly how the battery of your own iPhone is in the settings.
