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Apple Apologizes For iPhone Slowdown Drama, Will Offer $29 Battery Replacements (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Apple just published a letter to customers apologizing for the "misunderstanding" around older iPhones being slowed down, following its recent admission that it was, in fact, slowing down older phones in order to compensate for degrading batteries. "We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down," says the company. "We apologize." Apple says in its letter that batteries are "consumable components," and is offering anyone with an iPhone 6 or later a battery replacement for $29 starting in late January through December 2018 -- a discount of $50 from the usual replacement cost. Apple's also promising to add features to iOS that provide more information about the battery health in early 2018, so that users are aware of when their batteries are no longer capable of supporting maximum phone performance.
Except that they're lying
so that users are aware of when their batteries are no longer capable of supporting maximum phone performance
Bullshit. Even a severely degraded battery is capable of supporting maximum phone performance. No other phone on the market slows down no matter how bad the battery gets. This is a bullshit scam on their part. If they want to provide users the OPTION of favoring full-day battery over performance, then give then the OPTION. But apple doesn't like options. They like to decide for you, and part of that is deciding that if you don't like a slow phone you must either pay them for a new battery or you pay them for a new phone. One way or the other, you WILL pay them and you WILL like it.