makeintosh

Stop defending deception and fraud.

NO phone battery is should be degraded enough after only one year to slow down the phone.  Apple (Phil Shiller usually) touts performance at EVERY introduction...its 40% faster...80% quicker...etc...etc...etc.  They don't tell you "oh it's only for 1 year, then we slow the damn thing down because it can't perform longer than that".  If iOS and iPhones can't last longer than one year, there's something wrong with Apple's designs.  Actually, perhaps it's the "design" obsession that is the culprit.  Thin thin thin thin. Doesn't matter if it doesn't work, just make it thin.  Don't make the battery itself useful.  And let's slow it down after a year and call it "normal".

I'd like a $1,000 phone to last at least 3-years.  If Apple's can't do that then I be replacing my iPhone 7+ with something else.

bloggerblog said:

People I know are finding little reason to upgrade from their 6 or 7 to the iPhone 8, no matter how much better the camera, speed, and the new taptic feedback are.
I personally don't find the iPhone X to be super expensive, and I think it's a stronger upgrade argument than the 8

Agreed.  I have a 7+ and really really really wanted the X to be something better.  But after looking at the specs and functionality of 8 and X, there's no compelling reason to upgrade.  I do find the cost of the X rather high for what you get.  For the first time in years, I feel zero upgrade lust.

Get a grip guys.  It's not a failure!!!

It's Apple's new curved screen design and the phone's fanless ventilation feature.  Apple's open and transparent design again being misrepresented by the media.

Maybe I've been lucky but have had zero issues with battery life on my iP7+, running iOS11.  It's the same as on iOS10, maybe even a bit better.  Just hope 11.0.1 fixes other bugs from the beta versions that weren't fixed in the 11.0 GM. 

An old iPod nano was not much larger and I was able to repair it a couple of times to extend its life. Not sure I want to try that with a watch but interesting that I potentially can.