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Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Re: Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Post by nkristoffersen »

rkhassen wrote: post #24

A co-work of mine sent me this article after his iPhone 6S slowed down considerably after installing iOS 11. He thought that his battery was defunct and causing the issue. I suggested he turn off the animations that are designed to run on the latest phones and are more processor intensive. (One other thing that will help, however, is to cut back on the transition animations in iOS 11. Go to Settings > General > Acces…

Apple did disable some graphic effects for older phones during one of the big changes. I recall the iPhone 4 didn't blur the backgrounds like newer phones.

Re: Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Post by dozzie »

jackvalentine wrote: post #26
petecox wrote: post #25

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I bought a replacement battery kit for my non-Apple phone on ebay for about $AU15 - it came with tools to jimmy open the case and unscrew the housing. Undoubtedly genuine Apple batteries may be better quality but that's still ~$100 for labour.

I mean I know this is supposed to be a hacker community and all, but there is no way I'd bother. Housemate did his girlfriend's iPhone 5 and just ruined it. You're not only paying for the labour, but also a guarantee the phone will work as intended after and warranty on the replacement. $100 is cheap for that.

> Housemate did his girlfriend's iPhone 5 and just ruined it.

Because it is designed to prevent user from replacing battery, so you pay $100 for opening the lid, taking out the battery, putting in the new one, and closing the lid. $100 is nowhere near cheap for something that should be safe to do for the user.

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Post by kennydude »

narrator wrote: post #29
Justin_K wrote: post #15

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119 for a $5 battery is not reasonable.

I paid $10 for my brand new Galaxy Note 4 battery and it took 30 seconds to replace. My note 4 isn't slow at all either. It's the end of Moore's law and they are going to start pulling this stuff so you upgrade, because the new phones just aren't that much better. Meanwhile, I'll stick to Note 4s still they stop making them and I can't get them used. Perfect phone, imho.

Was it an actual Samsung one?

Off-brand batteries can be dodgy and not have the correct protection circuitry.

Re: Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Post by narrator »

kennydude wrote: post #34
narrator wrote: post #29

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I paid $10 for my brand new Galaxy Note 4 battery and it took 30 seconds to replace. My note 4 isn't slow at all either. It's the end of Moore's law and they are going to start pulling this stuff so you upgrade, because the new phones just aren't that much better. Meanwhile, I'll stick to Note 4s still they stop making them and I can't get them used. Perfect phone, imho.

Was it an actual Samsung one? Off-brand batteries can be dodgy and not have the correct protection circuitry.

I trusted the 258 reviews at 4 1/2 stars ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B072KJRJ45 ). I have had it for 6 months. It works great and I haven't had any problems.

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Post by jackvalentine »

dozzie wrote: post #32
jackvalentine wrote: post #26

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I mean I know this is supposed to be a hacker community and all, but there is no way I'd bother. Housemate did his girlfriend's iPhone 5 and just ruined it. You're not only paying for the labour, but also a guarantee the phone will work as intended after and warranty on the replacement. $100 is cheap for that.

> Housemate did his girlfriend's iPhone 5 and just ruined it. Because it is designed to prevent user from replacing battery , so you pay $100 for opening the lid, taking out the battery, putting in the new one, and closing the lid. $100 is nowhere near cheap for something that should be safe to do for the user.

The user replaceable battery is gone - get over it. We can only deal with what actually exists.

$100 _is_ cheap for the phone as it currently stands.

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Post by dozzie »

jackvalentine wrote: post #36
dozzie wrote: post #32

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Housemate did his girlfriend's iPhone 5 and just ruined it. Because it is designed to prevent user from replacing battery , so you pay $100 for opening the lid, taking out the battery, putting in the new one, and closing the lid. $100 is nowhere near cheap for something that should be safe to do for the user.

The user replaceable battery is gone - get over it. We can only deal with what actually exists. $100 _is_ cheap for the phone as it currently stands.

> The user replaceable battery is gone - get over it.

Only if you're Apple's fanboy. Virtually anybody else still has replaceable battery.

Re: Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Post by jackvalentine »

dozzie wrote: post #37
jackvalentine wrote: post #36

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The user replaceable battery is gone - get over it. We can only deal with what actually exists. $100 _is_ cheap for the phone as it currently stands.

> The user replaceable battery is gone - get over it. Only if you're Apple's fanboy. Virtually anybody else still has replaceable battery.

Only the LGv20 has a replaceable battery out of all the flagships.

Re: Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Post by Justin_K »

jackvalentine wrote: post #38
dozzie wrote: post #37

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> The user replaceable battery is gone - get over it. Only if you're Apple's fanboy. Virtually anybody else still has replaceable battery.

Only the LGv20 has a replaceable battery out of all the flagships.

Galaxy Note 4? Stop the fanboy madness and demand a better product. Apple is laughing all the way to the bank on suckers like you.

Re: Apple Confirms It Degrades Your Old iPhone

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Post by jackvalentine »

Justin_K wrote: post #39
jackvalentine wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Only the LGv20 has a replaceable battery out of all the flagships.

Galaxy Note 4? Stop the fanboy madness and demand a better product. Apple is laughing all the way to the bank on suckers like you.

Galaxy note 4 came out in 2014 - it is irrelevant to the conversation of buying a new phone. You can only get removable batteries in a 1 year old flagship or midrange devices now - feel free to buy them if you feel so strongly about it.

Please don’t use accusations like “fanboy” and “suckers like you” it’s rude and in bad faith.

I’ve had about a dozen phones over the last decade including Samsung phones, LG nexus phones, HTC phones and even a Palm Pixi at one point. There is no fanboying here - and you’re just a jerk for making such a pointlessly derailing smear.

By having to rely on the fanboy smear it’s clear that you have nothing else to rely on.

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