- Jan 8, 2011
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My wife surprised me with a new iPhone 7. They are almost as good as the iPhone 8 so she saved a few bucks and grabbed a couple of them. I Love the phone but have some concerns about Apple's willingness to trade in my user experience for an improved bottom line . I have always been skeptical of those constant "ios updates" and their ever increasing CPU requirements forcing people to buy faster phones in order to maintain the same user experience.
Since the battery shens came to light with Apple straight up slowing down people's CPU's as a "favor" to the customer, I am now in full blown cynical mode. Here's my whole thing:
Apple claims they slow your phone down after a certain number of charge cycles. How many cycles? More importantly, what does the phone consider a "charge cycle"? Every time you plug something into the damn phone does that count as a "cycle"? I've never seen this disclosed, and if it has been it wasn't public enough because I haven't seen this information. I'm sure if I REALLY dig deep enough I could come up with it somehow. Instead of all that, Apple should have included a damn piece of paper in the box warning me about battery degradation and its precise effect on my phone's performance over time.
So, what's the deal? I know Apple is planning to gimp the daylights out of my new phone but I would just like to know how long I have before it goes to hell. Any thoughts?
Since the battery shens came to light with Apple straight up slowing down people's CPU's as a "favor" to the customer, I am now in full blown cynical mode. Here's my whole thing:
Apple claims they slow your phone down after a certain number of charge cycles. How many cycles? More importantly, what does the phone consider a "charge cycle"? Every time you plug something into the damn phone does that count as a "cycle"? I've never seen this disclosed, and if it has been it wasn't public enough because I haven't seen this information. I'm sure if I REALLY dig deep enough I could come up with it somehow. Instead of all that, Apple should have included a damn piece of paper in the box warning me about battery degradation and its precise effect on my phone's performance over time.
So, what's the deal? I know Apple is planning to gimp the daylights out of my new phone but I would just like to know how long I have before it goes to hell. Any thoughts?