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  • US DOJ, SEC investigating how Apple handled throttling of aging iPhone batteries

    centerpunchcenterpunch
    Apple did nothing wrong. In fact, they did the right thing. But I'm not surprised that people without technical backgrounds do not understand that.

    The people/media/politicians complaining about this do not understand that Apple did this to make the phones work better, not worse.

    A worn-out battery not only lasts less time per charge, but also has more limited instantaneous power output compared to a new battery.

    As a result, when a phone is used in an extreme power-hungry way (for example, web surfing, screen on full bright, and making a call), the battery could drop below its usable voltage range and the phone could go dead (maybe dropping an important call) with no warning.

    The intentional slight slowdown of the phone is to preserve its ability to perform as the user would expect, even though the battery is performing much worse than a new battery.


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  • New iOS 13 feature uses Siri smarts to thwart spam calls

    centerpunchcenterpunch
    I’ve been using a similar system for months and I love it. 

    1) go to ringtone store and buy a silent ringtone for $1.29

    2) set that silent ringtone as your default. Now when someone calls your phone it won’t ring. 

    3) open each of your contacts (at least, the ones you like) and change their ringtone to a real ringtone. I had less than 100 contacts, so it didn’t take too long. 

    Yes, some spammers will leave a voicemail, but you can delete and/or listen on your schedule, not theirs. 


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