Apple has acknowledged that performance of old iphones will be reduced when battery is worn out. The processor was n throttled to reduce peak power consumption, group shared.
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The most recent reports were triggered by different values for iphone stress tests before and after a battery change. They showed that with iphone with old battery peak performance of processor was throttled as it returned to normal level with new battery. Apple did not dispute measured values. At same time, group did not provide any information on what exactly measures for managing electricity consumption are.
“In cold, low battery charge, or over time, lithium-ion batteries are less able to deliver peak current loads, which can cause device to shut down unexpectedly to protect its electronic components,” It was said at Apple.
Does Apple do this on purpose to sell new iphones?
It was already known that group last year in OS 10.2.1 iOS. Measures against sudden shutdown of iphone models 6, 6s and SE introduced. With iOS 11.2 This has recently been extended to iphone 7 as well. What would be new is that solutions also included throttling of processor power.
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It remains unclear how often processor throttling is noticeable in actual daily routine: The benchmark tests with different load levels are automatically dissolved in tip. According to Apple, function only intervenes in case of cold, low battery level or worn batteries.
The speculation that Apple is intentionally braking older iphones so that customers buy new devices regularly emerges when users notice that ir phones are slowing down. Apple has always rejected this – and industry observers also think it is unlikely that group would take risk of sacrificing long-term trust of its customers with rapid profits. In addition to wear and tear of batteries, reason for this is that newer versions of operating systems require more processing power.
