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Apple has finally admitted to slowing down the performance of some of its older iPhones in order to prevent its ageing batteries from causing unexpected shutdowns. The tech giant essentially confirmed a long-held conspiracy theory that Apple is deliberately limiting the speed of the older-gen iPhones. While the theory goes that company does this purposefully to encourage users to upgrade, Apple revealed they are doing this to protect your phone.
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‘Our goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices,’ Apple said in a statement.
Apple revealed that they introduced this feature with iOS 10.2.1 to slow down the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone SE in a statement to media outlets. Apple further said that they are doing this even with iPhone 7, which is little more than a year old.
The company explained that the as lithium-ion batteries in the phone age, they can’t handle processing demands at the same capacity, which causes the phone to shut down unexpectedly. With the new software update, iOS is able to tell how old the battery is and with this information, it forces CPU to run at a lower frequency to stop the phone from intermittently shutting down.
The company’s statement came after a recent Reddit post of an iPhone 6S user who posted photos of Geekbench’s performance test, which shows an increase in phone’s performance following a battery replacement.
