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Considering Apple intentionally slows older phones with firmware updates post new phone release, I think your argument that they're trying to protect the experience doesn't hold much weight.

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larkost|8 years ago

Please provide documentation for this. The only one I know if where they detected degrading batteries that would cause sudden shutdowns, and (without telling people) throttled the CPU to prevent the sudden spike of power draw that was causing the shutdowns. Certainly not a perfect reaction, but very far from your assertion.

unknown|8 years ago

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saagarjha|8 years ago

> Considering Apple intentionally slows older phones with firmware updates post new phone release

Source, please?

josteink|8 years ago

Here you go: https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/28/16827248/apple-iphone-ba...

I’m sure they do it all the time, but this one incident actually caused worldwide news-coverage, even in tabloids read by normal people (that is, not just techies).

coolio2657|8 years ago

If you pay attention to software and tech news, at all, you'd know this, or at least try to google it.

vetinari|8 years ago

It's also my experience, upgrading iPhone 3G from iOS 3 to iOS 4. That thing was unusable afterwards.

I'm sure there are examples with newer devices and iOS versions, but I wouldn't tell, because I didn't get any other afterwards.