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  • iPhone depleted battery throttling controversy investigations expand to Israel

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    vladgeller said:
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    Interesting how the article just glosses over the fact that for all the years we've had iPhones, we didn't need to throttle them down when the batteries get older, until now... Why is that? 
    It's very simple actually. That's because what your're saying doesn't make any sense. You didn't have an iphone or didn't keep it long enough. My first one, the 3GS, after a long service, was shutting down when the battery level reached 60%. That should paint a clearer picture for you. 
    I've had the 4, 5, 6, 6s and now the 8. I guess I didn't keep the long enough, as you say, for them to shut down while there was still a charge. I've never heard of them shutting down unexpectedly until now when Apple started throttling them. Was yours an isolated exception?
    vladgellerairnerd

  • iPhone depleted battery throttling controversy investigations expand to Israel

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    Interesting how the article just glosses over the fact that for all the years we've had iPhones, we didn't need to throttle them down when the batteries get older, until now... Why is that? 
    atomic101feudalistairnerd

  • Judicial panel orders consolidation of 61 iPhone throttling lawsuits, case to be heard in ...

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    lkrupp said:
    I’d love to see a poll of how many users are turning off the battery management feature so their iPhones can just shut down in the middle of a 911 call. I also have read a couple of opinion pieces lately that postulate another nefarious motive in Apple’s new feature, namely that people will start needlessly replacing batteries (to Apple’s profit) when the efficiency rating falls below 100%. A lot of people these days are obsessive about stuff like that. So it’s another case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t brewing.
    if a phone was to unexpectedly shut down during a 911 call (unexpectedly meaning there's still battery life left), that is not normal, not with an old battery, not with a new one, unless there was an engineering defect pairing the CPU with the incorrect battery size/capacity. So, that is what I hope these lawsuits will get to the bottom of: whether there was a cover-up of a recall-worthy defect with a throttling down of CPUs.
    78Bandit

  • First look: Apple's new 9.7-inch iPad with Apple Pencil support

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    mike54 said:
    Not impressed. A more recent CPU, but not the latest. Still has bluetooth 4.2. How much RAM? Apple Pencil and keyboard from Apple still very expensive. And no pointer support. So the only main difference is Apple Pencil support (CPU upgrade is a given). And how about a redesign to make it more rugged for schools? I expect more from this highly profitable company.
    I must say, when you put it in the education perspective, it's still not enough to dislodge the Chromebooks. Those have a real keyboard, and the iPads need even more money for a faux keyboard. As far as the pen, that's too expensive, too. As a normal consumer device, I'm glad the cheapest iPad supports the pen, but I'm not sure this was sufficient for Apple's education efforts.
    muthuk_vanalingam

  • New $329 iPad includes support for the Apple Pencil, A10 Fusion processor

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    Looking at the Apple website, it looks like this one will also support the keyboard, won't it? Isn't that a big deal also? I don't see it mentioned in the article.
    watto_cobra