Time Cook explains latest correction to iPhone development.
Posted on 01/18/2018 7:48:38 AM PST by fireman15
Upset that Apple has been slowing down older iPhones to prevent battery degradation? The company will let you disable this sort of throttling with an upcoming iOS update.
But that doesn't mean you should.
In an interview published last night (Jan. 17) by ABC News, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that a developer beta of iOS coming next month will provide users with more information on their states of their battery — and will ultimately throttle CPU performance if things are going awry. It will be released to the public soon after.
The feature has caught the ire of those who say Apple shouldn't throttle performance, even spurring multiple lawsuits. In an attempt to address those concerns, Cook said during the interview that users will be able to turn off the feature. There's still a chance, however, that the handset could suffer from unexpected shutdowns because the feature will be disabled.
Cook's comment on the issue comes after Apple acknowledged that it was throttling iPhone performance when a handset's battery began to malfunction. The feature ensured that the iPhone would remain operational instead of randomly shutting down, but would also throttle CPU performance, causing a slower user experience.
Apple has already apologized for not making the feature apparent to users and has made it easier for anyone who fears iPhone battery problems to get a replacement for just $29. But the apology also came with Apple saying that it will make the CPU throttling feature available on all iPhones, including the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, in a future update.
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This is how it SHOULD work.
Apple screwed the pooch on this.
Stupid move by an arrogant company that treats its own customers like dirt
Driving the “new” sales by crippling the old devices.
This business plan may have a problem.....bad taste.
Perhaps even restore balance to the Continuim?!
Saw this this morning old friend, and assumed that you would be interested.
Time Cook explains latest correction to iPhone development.
How is it I can buy a 60$ Chinese 5.5” phone that works beautifully and has an easily REPLACEABLE battery that cost about 10$!?
Batteries that you can’t change yourself for little $ are a scam.
I can see a whole lotta users enthusiastically & loudly turning off the throttling, only to grudgingly turn it back on and not really telling anyone.
In a whole lotta industries (from smartphones to guns) I’ve learned over the decades to go with the manufacturer’s decisions - they know more about the product than anyone, and while some of the decisions seem puzzling or lame, they’re usually right in the long run.
I expect your definition of “works beautifully” is considerably more ... forgiving ... than mine.
A line from a restaurant ad has stuck with me for many years: “sure you can buy a burger for a dollar ... but then you’d have to eat it.”
Since it takes less than a minute to change them, I keep extra charged batteries on hand for our Samsung phones. I actually haven't paid much more than $5 for a battery for a long time on Amazon and most of them are OEM.
On some items you are absolutely correct, on others such as ink jet printers... I have been using refillable cartridges and haven't purchased an OEM cartridge in over 20 years. Epson finally came out with a printer for consumers with stationary tanks that you can refill. It costs considerably more, but it is refreshing to finally be able to buy a printer that wasn't designed primarily to sell expensive cartridges.
Future models will just spontaneously explode on their second birthday.
There was a $2 a share jump yesterday, and currently up 88 cents on the day. Earnings come out probably Feb 1 after the close, and one estimate I saw is a drop in the P/E ratio from 18 or so to about 11.
My LG G3 battery is the one that came with the phone some 4 years ago. No issues at all with it. I bought a spare at the time from Amazon but never have used it.
Must be the darn iPhone quality problem : )
I used “Windows Mobile” phones for years and loved them, but I eventually switched to Android because of all of the free and low cost incredibly useful applications available. I was also quite impressed with the system and all the customization options available.
I was tempted to purchase a “Windows Phone” phone when they became available, and did get one of those “convertable” tablets with a keyboard that can be removed. I have to admit that although I initially was not impressed... the “convertable” thing has grown on me and am continually amazed that it was so cheap but works so well with limited resources.
But anyway, Microsoft has supposedly now given up on the phone market. So basically you currently have two choices when it comes to phones. Android or Apple. Apple has the best marketing. And Apple phones are easier for non-techies to use.
Despite constant exposure to technology, being on Facebook, playing Candy Crush, texting, and fooling with any number of other popular phone apps 24/7... most people even kids still never bother to even figure out how to create folders or directories to organize their pictures, documents, etc... In other words the vast majority of people who use cell phones are non-techies. To verify all one has to do is read the reviews that people leave for simple productivity apps. People expect applications to take care of absolutely everything for them with them having to figure out anything.
So no matter how great Android is and/or develops into, Apple still has a huge amount of the market that will migrate to them once the price on their entry level phones drop below a certain threshold. It is simply a no-brainer that despite all the billions they have already made and regardless of the current P/E ratio Apple still has a long way to go before they will plateu.
When I had a tablet ($99 android thing from the wholesale club) I hated the interface, but the convenience was nice, much easier to manage than a laptop when I’m sitting in a car somewhere, like in front of a laundry with a big comforter in the washer or dryer.
I found that the tablet (which died after a year or so, of course) would recognize a wireless mouse dongle in the USB, and that made it much easier to use. It’ll get ya some gleeful looks from younger people, they’re such little smart asses. And a tablet screen size is generally much larger than a feature phone screen.
For mobile tech in general, I’m reminded always of the old saying — it’s not that the dancing bear dances well, it’s that he dances at all.
I used to think like you on the phone issue. I had flip phones until about a year and a half ago until a relative donated a 5S to me. If you live in fly over country and don't travel much you can get away without a smart phone for the time being. People that travel a lot have have to enter personal information on there smart phones. They need a need a secure platform.
You should try to get word out to the people using the 2 billion currently active Android devices that their personal info is not secure.
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