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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by sambe on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:41PM (#15982112)
That quote really hurts. My iPhone 6S has had spontaneous shutdowns since the first winter it was out (and is supposedly not in the replacement program). No previous Apple phones did. This winter it's the same. To me it suggests a more widespread defect that they do not wish to admit.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by abakker on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:55PM (#15982657)
FYI - https://www.apple.com/support/iphone6s-unexpectedshutdown/ that was effected by a recall. You should check your serial number.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by sambe on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:40PM (#15983041)
Like I said, it's not part of the replacement program.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by bastijn on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:36PM (#15983494)
Put in my number for fun, found out it is eligible for a replacement. Good things after 2 years a free new battery :).
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by bastijn on Friday December 22, 2017 @06:52AM (#15986818)
So got my battery replaced today because of this thread. Feels very smooth again but may be between my ears. Only now realize I forgot to do a benchmark test with the old battery still in.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by abakker on Friday December 22, 2017 @12:05PM (#15988967)
Glad it worked out.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by mrep on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @12:25AM (#16013042)
Just got a brand new battery today after 2 years of usage thanks to your comment.

Thank you. You just saved me 80$ from paying to replace it myself.

Now I can justify to myself that it pays to read hacker news ;)

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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by valuearb on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:26PM (#15982460)
Why didn't you replace it the first winter you had it? Would have been free.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by manmal on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:17PM (#15983360)
Had the same problem - they told me I‘d have to wait up to 8 weeks for them to return my phone. I instead chose to pay a local repair shop €50 to swap the battery within 30 minutes. For €80 they would have used an original Apple battery replacement.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by siquick on Thursday December 21, 2017 @05:43PM (#15983555)
This was happening to me, resetting it solved the problem.
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