Apple's Alleged Throttling of Older iPhones With Degraded Batteries Causes Controversy (macrumors.com)

Posted by msmash on Tuesday December 12, 2017 @02:01AM from the what's-happening? dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: A Reddit post over the weekend has drawn a flurry of interest after an iPhone 6s owner reported that a battery replacement significantly increased the device's performance running iOS 11. The ensuing discussion thread, also picked up by readers in the MacRumors forum, has led to speculation that Apple intentionally slows down older phones to retain a full day's charge if the battery has degraded over time. According to TeckFire, the author of the original Reddit post, their iPhone had been very slow after updating to iOS 11, especially compared to their brother's iPhone 6 Plus, so they decided to do some research with GeekBench and battery life apps, and ended up replacing the battery.

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Car Companies Do This All The Time by Anonymous Coward · 2017-12-12 02:19 · Score: 0, Troll

Vehicle manufacturers routinely detune engines as they age, reducing their maximum power output and relaxing the timing to reduce detonation.
Most drivers don't notice it because it is incremental. Volvo has been doing this for a couple of decades now with the 5 cylinder turbo - pushing new timing and fuel maps in 30,000km increments as the cars age. Of course you have to get your service done at the dealer pretty routinely to get these updates, but still..