Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
by lxgr on Monday June 09, 2025 @07:44PM
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> Apple loves their battery life numbers
For devices currently being sold, primarily.
Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
by Gigachad on Monday June 09, 2025 @09:15PM
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Maybe in the past, but my iPhone 13 still has pretty good battery life considering the battery has physically degraded over the years. No update felt like it killed the battery.
Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
by usefulcat on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @12:00AM
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Eh, I use an iPhone 11 that's 5.5 years old, with the original battery and to this day the battery life is not noticeably different from when it was new.
It's the first iPhone I bought and has lasted longer than any of the three Android phones I had before it.
Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
by wooger on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @06:24AM
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Literally impossible for your battery life not to have degraded in 5.5 years, battery tech just degrades - my 14 Pro was noticably worse in less than a year.
Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
by usefulcat on Tuesday June 10, 2025 @08:39AM
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Hence the use of 'noticeably', as opposed to 'measurably'. There's no point in arguing about subjective experience.
Re:Apple introduces a universal design across platforms
by Cthulhu_ on Wednesday June 11, 2025 @05:28AM
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> Apple loves their battery life numbers
...under pressure of consumer protection and e-waste laws. As it should be, I hope the other phone manufacturers are experiencing the same pressure.
I don't know how long you've been following Apple but with previous "high cost on old hardware" features they just disabled them for old hardware.
Apple loves their battery life numbers, they won't purposefully ship a UI feature that meaningfully reduces them. Now bugs that drop framerates and cause hangs, they love shipping those.