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Re:IPhones start slowing down after a year by slededit on Thursday December 21, 2017 @12:49PM (#15980994)
Imagine you sold a thousand of those and after realizing the mistake shipped a bios update that underclocked the CPU instead.
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Re:IPhones start slowing down after a year by fiddlerwoaroof on Thursday December 21, 2017 @08:22PM (#15984544)
Except, in this case, batteries lose their ability to deliver power as part of normal wear and tear.
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Re:IPhones start slowing down after a year by slededit on Thursday December 21, 2017 @08:36PM (#15984613)
Which wouldn't be a problem if apple didn't decide the design life of the iphone was only 1 year. Otherwise they would have correctly accounted for the internal resistance of the battery increasing.
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