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Apple's iPhone Throttling Will Reinvigorate the Push for Right To Repair Laws (vice.com)
Jason Koebler, writing for Motherboard: The news that Apple throttles iPhones that have old batteries will reinvigorate the right to repair debate as the movement enters a crucial year. Third party repair shops say they've already seen an uptick in customers asking for battery replacements to speed up their slow phones, and right to repair activists who are pushing for state legislation that will make third party and self repair more accessible say Apple's secrecy about this behavior will give them a powerful rallying message. "If Apple were serious about battery life, they'd market battery replacements," Gay Gordon-Byrne, executive director of Repair.org, told me in an email. "Apple clearly has a big financial benefit when people decide their phones are too slow and head to the Apple Store for a new phone." Repair.org is a right to repair advocacy group that is made up largely of small, third party repair shops, which is spearheading the effort to get states to consider legislation that will make it easier to repair electronic devices.
I'm sorry, but you are just making excuses...and incorrect ones at that.
The iPhone battery capacity is around 1900mAh (src) at 1.2V.
At 10W the battery will discharge entirely in 10 minutes.
I can't imagine any system designer ever allowing a mobile device to run to peak power consumption that would do this, especially since there is no guarantee that the system will come out of its peak state. Sure, you can do it, but it's a stupid design choice.
So what power does the iPhone run at?
Doing a little bit of research, iPhone (and most other computer phones) uses around 1 to 1.5W (src).
I'm sick of reading Apple themed threads on Slashdot because of the sheer number of mindless apologists that just ruin the discussion with their allegiance/belief in the mighty Apple corporation. It's crazy! Can't we all just stick to the facts? The fact being, in this case, Apple is a slimy corporation that has implemented policies that go against the interests of their customers, and employ an elite PR department who are working hard (but very effectively) to put some spin on it.