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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by modeless on Sunday December 10, 2017 @01:06AM (#15890208)
I feel like Apple (and any other manufacturers that do this) may be vulnerable to a class action here. If the article is true and performance tanks over 40% in 2 years, then planned obsolescence isn't just a conspiracy theory anymore. It's real and they have never disclosed it.
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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by ComputerGuru on Sunday December 10, 2017 @10:36AM (#15891833)
It’s done in a deviously clever way, though. It’s not “planned obsolescence” if it’s “performance scaling for battery life optimization” combined with “you can always buy a new battery.”
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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by sametmax on Monday December 11, 2017 @12:21AM (#15895310)
Only consumers are not made aware they can. Nobody knew the battery was the cause of the slow down, and apple certainly did nothing to let you know.
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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by lostmsu on Monday December 11, 2017 @11:29AM (#15898063)
The court will have their own opinion, and probably would not agree with Apple.
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