Apple to pay up to $500M to settle U.S. lawsuit over slow iPhones

Re:Apple to pay up to $500M to settle U.S. lawsuit over slow... by clairity on Monday March 02, 2020 @02:32PM (#22467926)

my experience contradicts the notion that random shutdowns are directly correlated to battery degradation.

just over a year ago, the then 3-year-old battery on my 6s was experiencing very occasional instant shutdowns, usually when the battery indicator was under 10%.

so i got a new (presumably undegraded) battery through the free replacement program, thinking it would improve things, but random shutdowns are worse and now my battery indicator goes to 1% for hours at a time.

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Re:Apple to pay up to $500M to settle U.S. lawsuit over slow... by mark13 on Monday March 02, 2020 @04:39PM (#22469335)

This was my experience too with a 6s. Even with a brand new battery I'd get maybe 3 hours of use out of my phone (and I'm a pretty light user) and furthermore it would often shut down registering as much as 30% remaining. I bit the bullet and upgraded to a new iPhone 11 a few months ago, and I now regularly end the day with 70% battery life, with no change to my phone habits.

So, at least anecdotally, there's more to the story here....

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