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boltsfan17 said:

The problem for Apple is there are too many morons out there who will think Apple is doing this to get you to buy a new phone. Any explanation from Apple isn't going to change their opinion.

The irony is that using power management on iPhones with failing batteries allows the users to use their iPhones WITHOUT unexpected and premature shutdowns/restarts. It is the unexpected shutdowns (without the power management that Apple included in iOS) that is MORE LIKELY to cause frustrated users to feel the need to go out and buy a new phone.

NOT having premature shutdowns/restarts means that the iPhone owner will NOT be encouraged to buy a new phone.

Apple provides notice to the user, in Settings>Battery, when the internal rechargeable battery is failing, and directs them to replace the battery. Once the failing battery is replaced with a new one, the power management routine is no longer needed, and the iPhone runs at full speed again. Replacing the battery and getting unhindered operation again, is another reason why the iPhone owner is LESS LIKELY to want to buy a new phone.

And Apple has been excellent at supporting older phones (up to 5 years old) by maintaining iOS updates for them... Something that you don't see to the same extent in Android phones!

If anything, Apple has done everything possible to avoid the appearance of "planned obsolescence", by making older iPhones useful and productive for a very long time.

"... the idea this year that various older iPhone models are slowing down as their batteries wear out--despite this being a purposeful step to extend their usable life prior to a battery replacement, and was announced by Apple itself, rather than being discovered as a mistake by outsiders."

The question here is not that Apple did anything wrong in making iPhones with failing batteries last longer on a charge, and avoid unexpected shutdowns due to the failing battery's low current. The question is why Apple didn't inform people that it was making a change to improve the user experience, by avoiding unexpected shutdowns on iPhones with failing batteries by slowing the processor to accommodate the inadequate current provided by the failing battery.

But that question should be followed up by asking how many times has any operating system updates, from ANY developer (including Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, etc.) included a special notice to the user of EVERY code change made to improve the user experience.

The answer is that this is NOT a common action, and that users would be inundated with a deluge of information if any developer made a point of notifying the user of ALL code changes with each update, and the effect each would have to improve their user experience.

Unless someone prefers to have their iPhone with a failing battery shut down unexpectedly, and NOT be useable for a longer time (which no sensible person really wants), then this whole issue (and some people's "indignation") is totally senseless.

Other than specific cases of irrational negativity towards Apple, as with Jesus Diaz, in which bloggers have a chip on their shoulders about Apple because they were rebuffed for doing brain-dead or illegal things (like paying for a stolen iPhone 4 prototype, and trying to use it to blackmail Apple into revealing unreleased information about the product), there is a general malaise suffered by some people when it comes to Apple, its products, and users of its products.

In the comments sections of some blogs and articles dealing specifically with Apple's iPhone, or other Apple products, there are disparaging remarks from, almost exclusively, Android users/fans.

The reactive, aggressive, and often juvenile comments that attempt to denigrate Apple, its products, and its users, come from insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of a high quality product and ecosystem that is different (and in many ways objectively better) than the one they chose for themselves.

Alternatively, it's not that often (if at all) that you will come across iPhone users going out of their way to waste their time writing insulting comments attacking Android phones and users on Android blogs and articles. When you are happy with the product you have chosen for yourself, there is no need to defend your ego by attacking others. In the few cases you might find, those iPhone users may be just hitting back after reading derogatory comments about them from Android fans.

But those Android fans, feeling uncertainty (and probably also regret) about the alternative they have chosen for themselves, try to build up their own egos by attacking others who have chosen differently, and who are very happy with the Apple product they have chosen.

Those negative reactions are one of the strongest indications (in addition to Apple's financial success, the huge numbers of products the company sells, and the highest customer satisfaction ratings from its users) that Apple has developed and introduced another highly successful product.

In a way, iPhone users should take comfort in the reinforcement that these irrational insults represent.

Other than specific cases of irrational negativity towards Apple, as with Jesus Diaz, in which bloggers have a chip on their shoulders about Apple because they were rebuffed for doing brain-dead or illegal things (like paying for a stolen iPhone 4 prototype, and trying to use it to blackmail Apple into revealing unreleased information about the product), there is a general malaise suffered by some people when it comes to Apple, its products, and users of its products. In the comments sections of some blogs and articles dealing specifically with Apple's iPhone, or other Apple products, there are disparaging remarks from, almost exclusively, Android users/fans. The reactive, aggressive, and often juvenile comments that attempt to denigrate Apple, its products, and its users, come from insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of a high quality product and ecosystem that is different (and in many ways objectively better) than the one they chose for themselves. Alternatively, it's not that often (if at all) that you will come across iPhone users going out of their way to waste their time writing insulting comments attacking Android phones and users on Android blogs and articles. In the few cases you might find, those iPhone users may be just hitting back after reading derogatory comments about them from Android fans. But those Android fans, feeling uncertainty (and probably also regret) about the alternative they have chosen for themselves, try to build up their own egos by attacking others who have chosen differently, and who are very happy with the Apple product they have chosen. Those negative reactions are one of the strongest indications (in addition to Apple's financial success, the huge numbers of products the company sells, and the highest customer satisfaction ratings from its users) that Apple has developed and introduced another highly successful product. In a way, iPhone users should take comfort in the reinforcement that these irrational insults represent. 😉

Other than specific cases of irrational negativity towards Apple, as with Jesus Diaz, in which bloggers have a chip on their shoulders about Apple because they were rebuffed for doing brain-dead or illegal things (like paying for a stolen iPhone 4 prototype, and trying to use it to blackmail Apple into revealing unreleased information about the product), there is a general malaise suffered by some people when it comes to Apple, its products, and users of its products. In the comments sections of some blogs and articles dealing specifically with Apple's iPhone, or other Apple products, there are disparaging remarks from, almost exclusively, Android users/fans. The reactive, aggressive, and often juvenile comments that attempt to denigrate Apple, its products, and its users, come from insecure people who feel threatened by the existence of a high quality product and ecosystem that is different (and in many ways objectively better) than the one they chose for themselves. Alternatively, it's not that often (if at all) that you will come across iPhone users going out of their way to waste their time writing insulting comments attacking Android phones and users on Android blogs and articles. In the few cases you might find, those iPhone users may be just hitting back after reading derogatory comments about them from Android fans. But those Android fans, feeling uncertainty (and probably also regret) about the alternative they have chosen for themselves, try to build up their own egos by attacking others who have chosen differently, and who are very happy with the Apple product they have chosen. Those negative reactions are one of the strongest indications (in addition to Apple's financial success, the huge numbers of products the company sells, and the highest customer satisfaction ratings from its users) that Apple has developed and introduced another highly successful product. In a way, iPhone users should take comfort in the reinforcement that these irrational insults represent.😉