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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by cma on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:48PM (#16118939)
What sucks is there is no way to fix Spectre without going the battery throttled version.
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by eridius on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @03:50PM (#16118955)
Yeah there is. Get your battery replaced. Apple will replace your battery for $29 (as long as there's sufficient wear, but if you're seeing throttling, you're well past the cutoff).
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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by Anechoic on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @04:47PM (#16119420)
>as long as there's sufficient wear,

That policy has changed, they will replace your battery upon request for $29 no matter what their diagnostic tests say.

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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by eridius on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @04:59PM (#16119528)
What's your source on that? Apple's message¹ said

> Apple is reducing the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement by $50 — from $79 to $29 — for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replaced, available worldwide through December 2018.

The "whose battery needs to be replaced" sure implies they're still going to actually test it.

¹https://www.apple.com/iphone-battery-and-performance/

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Re:iPhone update for Meltdown-Spectre: before/after performa... by johntb86 on Wednesday January 10, 2018 @05:52PM (#16119901)
https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/2/16840400/apple-iphone-batt...
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