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Apple is taking heat for a discovery about old iPhones: As their batteries age, Apple's software slows them down.
The phenomenon, discovered by Reddit members and acknowledged Wednesday by Apple, throws gasoline onto a long-standing conspiracy theory that iPhones slow to crawl as a sly way to convince us to buy new ones.
Replacing your phone's battery might make a huge difference. Repair site iFixit, which sells replacement batteries and other parts, says it's seen performance boosts of 100 percent in old iPhones given battery transplants.
Apple admits it deliberately slows your iPhone down.
But replacing a battery can be expensive: Apple wants $US80 to do it in a store. There's no charge if you paid upfront for AppleCare Plus coverage and have a battery Apple thinks warrants replacing.
You can buy a new iPhone 6 battery for as little as $US20, if you're willing to do surgery on your phone. (Warning: it's not easy.) Or some mom-and-pop shops will do it for far less than Apple. Taking either approach would void Apple's warranty.
Why not design phones in a modular way, so owners could just slide in new batteries? As recently as 2014, Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 phone came with an easily swappable battery. That style went out of favor as phone makers moved toward thinner, water-resistant, and more durable designs.
The battery replacement problem is an example why a growing community of gadget lovers are calling for laws to ensure consumers have a legal "right to repair" their own electronics. Laws proposed in a handful of states would help prevent tech companies from locking down devices with software and make repair manuals available to the public.
Guess who has lobbied against those laws? Tech companies, including Apple.
The Apple spokeswoman didn't respond to questions about replacing batteries or its view on right to repair legislation.
The Washington Post
http://www.theage.com.au/technology...s-the-battery-gets-older-20171221-h08zfn.html
The phenomenon, discovered by Reddit members and acknowledged Wednesday by Apple, throws gasoline onto a long-standing conspiracy theory that iPhones slow to crawl as a sly way to convince us to buy new ones.
Replacing your phone's battery might make a huge difference. Repair site iFixit, which sells replacement batteries and other parts, says it's seen performance boosts of 100 percent in old iPhones given battery transplants.
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Apple admits it deliberately slows your iPhone down.
But replacing a battery can be expensive: Apple wants $US80 to do it in a store. There's no charge if you paid upfront for AppleCare Plus coverage and have a battery Apple thinks warrants replacing.
You can buy a new iPhone 6 battery for as little as $US20, if you're willing to do surgery on your phone. (Warning: it's not easy.) Or some mom-and-pop shops will do it for far less than Apple. Taking either approach would void Apple's warranty.
Why not design phones in a modular way, so owners could just slide in new batteries? As recently as 2014, Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 phone came with an easily swappable battery. That style went out of favor as phone makers moved toward thinner, water-resistant, and more durable designs.
The battery replacement problem is an example why a growing community of gadget lovers are calling for laws to ensure consumers have a legal "right to repair" their own electronics. Laws proposed in a handful of states would help prevent tech companies from locking down devices with software and make repair manuals available to the public.
Guess who has lobbied against those laws? Tech companies, including Apple.
The Apple spokeswoman didn't respond to questions about replacing batteries or its view on right to repair legislation.
The Washington Post
http://www.theage.com.au/technology...s-the-battery-gets-older-20171221-h08zfn.html