Wouldn’t a rebooting phone have the same outcome? Why go to the bother of only targeting specific handsets with degraded batteries with this strategy? Why return the phone to full speed when you replaced the battery?
>Wouldn’t a rebooting phone have the same outcome?
Yes it would, but in a way that would have hurt the brand much more.
>Why go to the bother of only targeting specific handsets with degraded batteries with this strategy? Why return the phone to full speed when you replaced the battery?
The iOS patch wasn't all that specific, and it isn't sure it really did target degraded batteries. For all we know, they slowed down old devices without really checking the battery but merely assumed the battery was bad based on age.
But assuming that Apple messaging is true this time, and remembering Apple used to deny the throttling, we can reach the logical conclusion: According to Apple itself, Apple benefited from consumers upgrading iPhones when they could have just upgraded the battery.
It really was that specific. My wife’s phone was throttled and mine wasn’t. You could run a benchmark to find out until they updated the settings for more visibility.
My wife never did get her battery replaced - she was just happy with her phone as it was. If it randomly rebooted she wouldn’t have been happy and would have upgraded.
The feature still exists in iOS by the way, now it just tells you when it’s doing it and you can disable it if you prefer reboots. The feature kicks in when a brownout happens, that’s how its “targeted” at phones with degraded batteries.
