87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone to be their next phone

Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by RockRobotRock on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:45PM (#33183921)

This is a nice headline, but doesn't match reality. I really hate how much of an Apple fanboy I'm coming off in this thread, but if you're just going to spout straight lies, it's hard to ignore.

It's true that overtime iOS has become way more bloated, but they have released major updates which actually sped up older devices because they were focused on bug fixes and improvements, rather than something that's flashy and looks good in a commercial.

Is it a useful tactic to sell more phones? Absolutely. It also means that iOS completely destroys Android's statistics on % of users who run the latest version of their OS.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by lostmsu on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @05:57PM (#33184093)

He is referring to the degrading battery fallout in 2016: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/11/apple-settles-wi...

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by RockRobotRock on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:00PM (#33184137)

Yeah, good point, if I remember they did give you the option to override the battery safety feature and preserve your clock speed. Still, I think it is fair to say that iOS did over time start to feel more sluggish as they were adding more ambitious features which an aging chip couldn't handle.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by lostmsu on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @10:16PM (#33186367)

It was certainly after the backlash, perhaps even after they lost the lawsuit.

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Re:87% of American teens own an iPhone; 88% expect an iPhone... by RockRobotRock on Thursday October 13, 2022 @01:55AM (#33187729)

oh damn, that's worse than i thought it was.

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