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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by 29083011397778 on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:20PM (#22772437)
I'd assume the solution was introduced with the iPhone 6. The problem was there much earlier, due to the way Li-Po batteries work.

As such, it could even be counted as one of the touches Apple is known for that other OEMs don't bother with. It just needed better communication.

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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by mthoms on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:40PM (#22772675)
Can confirm. My 5s suffered the random shutdown issue and wasn't part of the throttling fix.
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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by schadara on Friday April 03, 2020 @02:36PM (#22772632)
Yes, this was a feature. This feature was so great that they kept it a secret and were subject to lawsuits and forced to pay millions in fines.
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Re:Hardware Microphone Disconnect in Mac and iPad by thebruce87m on Friday April 03, 2020 @03:35PM (#22773183)
They were fined for not telling people about the feature. The feature still exists.
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