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MacPro said:

bcubed1979 said:

It would be great if the camera didn’t freeze up on this phone. I have the latest update and that seems to have caused the issue. 

Are you sure you don't own an Android phone? . Seriously not heard of that before.

I have an iPhone 7, so I can’t speak to either of these phones but you have to admit, Apple has lost a couple steps in its software reliability in recent years.

thanx_al said:

Those high Microsoft standards they apply to their software are similarly applied to their hardware. Left that buggy, inside-out backward OS years ago. Certainly not interested in their hardware.

As an Apple and Microsoft person, I can't say that I like Windows 10, mainly because its always doing stuff I tell it not to do and I will probably avoid the Surface Pro; however, my experience with Apple has been far from perfect. This one reminds me, most notably, of the mid-2012 Macbook Retina screen ghosting on LG panels. After a 2 hour conversation with an Apple specialist discussing the issue, I decided to purchase the computer, in September '12, 15 months after purchase, I ended up paying 368$ for a new panel. 

It wasn't reassuring when I looked at 5 display Macbook pros, mid-2012 models, at various stores, and they all had ghosting, all of them. Out of my experience, that is 6/6 were affected. Granted my experience my vary from others but the only other time I have seen and recreated HW issues that easily on multiple, relatively new devices, are the OLED screens on the Samsung phones. 

Just saying, Apple has its issues too, not to mention the iPhone 4 antenna and iPhone 6 series bending in pockets.

Not sure why this thing is worth $350

Better speakers out there for much less and Siri really isn’t that useful. 

Not sure what this thing does that’s worth $350 USD

jb510 said:

Where do I sign on?  

When my iPhome 6 was 18 months old and still under AppleCare it started spontaneously dying when the battery remaining was 40% and I did something like shoot a video.  Apple wouldn’t replace the battery because I wasn’t on the current OS and because the battery did not “test” out of spec according to the Genius Bar. Sure enough months later when I finally gave up my jailbreak and updated iOS the sudden shutdowns stopped too, but now the phone was slow as heck....  so... I replaced it.  

This is the key thing people are missing. Is this isn’t just 4 year old phones. Let’s talk about what an old battery is...  in my case it should have been a manufactures defect under warranty replacement at 18 months and wasn’t because the software crippled it instead.  .

Phones should operate normally, full power, for at least their warranty duration, don’t you think?

So my thought on your last question is: my car doesn’t throttle my engine when I am low on gas. To my knowledge, my MacBook doesn’t throttle my chips as the battery is aging. What makes the iPhone so special?

I bought a device that is expected to produce a certain level of preformance, I expect it to continue that level at all times unless otherwise told. Why cover up a failing battery? If it’s a serious problem, I will replace it, as most consumers would once it’s condition is poor. There is no defending Apple on this one. 

Not sure how big of a deal this is but the iOS versions here lately have been horrid on my iPhone 7. So bad, I am restarting or hard restarting my phone at least once per day, often multiple times per day. It’s like using a beta iOS or a Samsung. Really annoying. Generally it happens when using built in Apple apps too. Anyone else having a similar experience?