Re:iPhone Performance Degrades as Battery Ages
by alkonaut on Wednesday December 20, 2017 @04:18AM
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Yes, that's a perfectly valid point - if they made it last 150% of a day on release they could ensure it lasts 100% of a day after two years without having to throttle the hardware.
I'm all for that - I do want all the power of the hardware and a full days charge, for the whole lifetime of the phone.
Unfortunately it's very much in the sellers interest to not do this. If they make it last 100% of a dayt on release they can instead make it cheaper/lighter/more powerful, AND if they throttle or make it behave worse some other way after 2 years, they also make it obsolete at just the right point in time.
I'm all for that - I do want all the power of the hardware and a full days charge, for the whole lifetime of the phone.
Unfortunately it's very much in the sellers interest to not do this. If they make it last 100% of a dayt on release they can instead make it cheaper/lighter/more powerful, AND if they throttle or make it behave worse some other way after 2 years, they also make it obsolete at just the right point in time.