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Quietly inserting code into iOS that measurably slows down the performance of older iPhones is a monumentally boneheaded blunder.
The ink is barely dry on the piece I wrote earlier this week about how Apple needs to do better in 2017 when it comes to light that the company has done another boneheaded thing.
Must read: Apple seems to have forgotten about the whole 'it just works' thing
It now turns out that the old yet often-quoted urban legend that Apple inserts code into iOS to slow down older iPhones is true.
Yes, Apple is slowing down your old iPhone.
The company admitted yesterday that it started doing it last year when it released iOS 10.2.1 following reports that iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone SE were shutting down randomly due to cold weather, low battery charge, or battery aging.
Apple expanded the scope of this code to include iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus devices with the release of iOS 11.2.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security
Quietly inserting code into iOS that measurably slows down the performance of older iPhones is a monumentally boneheaded blunder.
The ink is barely dry on the piece I wrote earlier this week about how Apple needs to do better in 2017 when it comes to light that the company has done another boneheaded thing.
Must read: Apple seems to have forgotten about the whole 'it just works' thing
It now turns out that the old yet often-quoted urban legend that Apple inserts code into iOS to slow down older iPhones is true.
Yes, Apple is slowing down your old iPhone.
The company admitted yesterday that it started doing it last year when it released iOS 10.2.1 following reports that iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone SE were shutting down randomly due to cold weather, low battery charge, or battery aging.
Apple expanded the scope of this code to include iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus devices with the release of iOS 11.2.
Learn more / En savoir plus / Mehr erfahren:
https://www.scoop.it/t/apple-mac-ios4-ipad-iphone-and-in-security