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This is a strange rumor because it is about a conspiracy by Apple (to slow down the iPhone 6 which were upgraded to 10.2.1 or later).
(I own an iPhone 6 on 10.3.3) 
- I suggest, instead of going by anecdotal evidence, hopefully iPhone 6s, which have pre 10.2.1, can be found and tested with benchmarks and some real world app use situations. Then that performance can be compared with iPhone 6s which have 10.2.1 or later. 

Without that more objective measurement, proof of a conspiracy by Apple cannot be determined.
  
I'm sorry that some users have iPhone 6s which are malfunctioning.
But any phone model can have problems due to wear and tear.
Fortunately as stated in the article, Apple can do an iPhone battery replacement.  

rogifan_new said:

racerhomie said:

razorpit said:

Seems like a steal compared to the Beats purchase.

Apple is still making Money from Beats. I only bought the BeatsX thanks to the W1 chip & lightning charging 

Still doesn’t make sense to me. Apple has the smarts to make its own headphones (see Air Pods) and probably better ones than Beats (no audiophile recommends Beats). Iovine, Dre and Reznor were not worth $3B. But because $3B is pocket change for Apple nobody cares.

A business acquisition doesn't have to make sense to everyone.
What I believe is that Tim Cook is very good at managing the money side of a company.
Apple looked at the value of Beats not only in terms of tech but also with the value of celebrities using Beats products which is not only free advertising but also links Apple with customers in a younger demographic.
I'm sure Apple considered all of that before making the Beats deal. 

cgWerks said:

Are people getting used to it? Yes, but that's besides the point. People can get used to a really horrible UI. Apple's principal on UI, though, was always that it should be as usable as possible to a brand new user, while still being powerful for the advanced user. They've been breaking that in tons of ways, from visual to operation to inconsistency.

What is missed here imo is that the alternatives to Apple's UI is what is commercially available.
- With iOS iPhones/iPads, it's still true that they can be picked up, and a new user can quickly know where they are and use the device. The iOS grid is simple/consistent. The most important icons have a standard shape and design. 
- This UI philosophy of consistency goes back to the Lisa and the early Mac. It is a desirable feature as IS staff I worked with wanted standard/limited home page customization on Windows 7 on work PCs.   
* In debates the common criticism of the iOS UI is that it is boring, too simple, too basic.
All those "criticisms" are a strength of iOS.  

* The competition to iOS;
- Windows 8/10, the phone and finger touch tablet mode; The UI approach with finger touch is customization of tile size/color location. The UI shape in finger touch Windows looks like Legos spread across the screen. This riot of color/size/location/design in finger touch Windows applies to the key concept of consistency.
A stranger can pick up a touch Windows device and not know where they are. 

* Android, Samsung and Pixel; 
- Samsung Galaxy; Samsung adds several apps which do the same task. So, the app draw is flooded with apps.
- Carriers can add their own set of apps on top of the ones put in by the OEM. 
- Pixel; is more "Apple like". Yet, by its very nature Android allows each phone's home page to look completely different.
- Stock Android and OEM Android can have different shapes / colors with the icon for the same task.   
Of course someone familiar with Android would know to get to the app drawer but in my experience, Android phones don't have the almost immediate recognition/understanding by a stranger compared with iPhones.

* While someone can compare the iOS UI with an imagined perfect UI, to me the choice depends on what's commercially available.
iOS remains the most intuitive UI compared with the finger touch OS competition.

I've seen what the competition can do with Windows 10/phone and the Pixel/Pixel 2/the PixelBook2+pen.

As for Apple going downhill, for the last 17 years, in the Jony Ive era, the haters have said that Apple was supposed to be going out of business, every year. 
- And yet the reality is that Apple is bigger than ever due to great products, ecosystem, superior support, ease of use and not having to use all my data to send me more ads. 

Welcome back Jony.

Autocorrect even with iOS 10 has its quirks.
Predictive text often doesn't want me to capitalize words for instance. I have to continually pay attention for autocorrect mistakes like this.