Apple's Alleged Throttling of Older iPhones With Degraded Batteries Causes Controversy

reddit post on weekend has drawn flurry of interest after iphone 6s owner reported battery replacement increased device's performance running ios 11. ensuing discussion thread, picked readers in macrumors forum, has led speculation apple intentionally slows down older phones retain full day's charge if battery has degraded on time.

according teckfire, author of original reddit post, iphone had been slow after updating ios 11, compared brother's iphone 6 plus, decided research geekbench , battery life apps, , ended replacing battery.

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macrumors' geekbench scores iphone 6s before , after battery drain​

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wear level somewhere around 20% on old battery. did geekbench score, , found getting 1466 single , 2512 multi. did not change wether had low power mode on or off. after changing battery, did test check if placebo. nope. 2526 single , 4456 multi. can tell, apple slows down phones when battery gets low, can still have full days charge.

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just on year ago, apple launched repair program iphone 6s owners after users reported devices unexpectedly shutting down. apple said problem down manufacturing issue affecting "very small" number of iphone 6s devices, , offered battery replacements free of charge owners of devices within limited serial number range.

around 2 months later, apple released ios 10.2.1 , said update resulted in 80 percent reduction in unexpected shutdowns on iphone 6s , 70 percent reduction on iphone 6 devices. however, apple explained fixing more reported issue caused uneven power delivery older batteries, , claimed separate manufacturing fault had caused recall select number of iphone 6s devices.

weekend's reddit thread - running on 500 comments of writing - appears have kicked off wave of speculation whether 2 shutdown issues in fact related, , apple's fix involves dynamically throttling phones' maximum clock speeds relative battery output (voltage), prevent them drawing power , shutting down.

reports performance of iphone 6 series models can improved replacing battery aren't entirely new, suggestion apple intentionally throttling performance of older devices, whatever reason, bound cause controversy. we've contacted apple comment or clarification.

in meantime, users interested in checking phone's performance using free cpudasherx app compare running clock speeds (a factory iphone 6s comes in @ 1,848mhz, example). let know findings in comments below. lastly, it's worth noting diy iphone battery replacements or repairs performed third party void apple warranty still covering said devices.

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