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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by labster on Thursday December 21, 2017 @02:58PM (#15982280)
Feature list: * 4.7-inch retina display * 12MP camera * Phone will get slower over time

No, not seeing that advertisement working.

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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by Tloewald on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:15PM (#15982388)
Well it's not like Android phones advertise "comes with malware direct from Google Play store" and "malware can run your phone so hard it will deform, catch fire, or explode"
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by notatoad on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:57PM (#15983173)
no, but that's also not true so it's not really a valid comparison.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by labster on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:38PM (#15982531)
Actually the second one sounds like a selling point to me, in a Mythbusters sort of way.
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by calciphus on Thursday December 21, 2017 @06:39PM (#15983948)
[citation needed]
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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by Tloewald on Thursday December 21, 2017 @08:15PM (#15984513)
Use google.

https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/260789-new-android-malwar...

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Re:Apple Says It Slows Older iPhones to Save Their Battery Life by calibas on Thursday December 21, 2017 @03:06PM (#15982337)
If anybody could sell it as a good thing, it's Apple. "Phone performance adjusts automatically to preserve battery life"
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