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A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by MRSallee »

marklyon wrote: post #73

My wife’s 6+ was incredibly slow after the iOS upgrade. My 6+ drained the battery incredibly quickly. I was told that upgrading the iOS would fix that problem [0]; it didn’t. Instead it slowed my phone to the point of being unusable. If I’d have known replacing the battery would have fixed both of them, I’d have done that. Instead, I stupidly bought two new, very expensive phones. Since we were already locked into th…

My guess is that iOS 11 is much more to blame for slowdown that users are experiencing, myself included. Unfortunately, that is unlikely to be resolved -- even if I replace my battery for $30, my iPhone 6 will still be worse than it was in August.

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by garmaine »

gnopgnip wrote: post #557
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #426

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Which is a more efficient use of our labor? The manufacture of a phone with a removable battery or the manufacture of a phone with a non replaceable battery? Both situations benefit from the efficiency of modern production lines, but in the former case that device can be easily refreshed by a lay person out in the real world while with the other phone, the same amount of manufacturing resources went in to a phone tha…

There are phones with removable batteries, but consumers largely choose phones without removable batteries, and the market serves them.

Where can I buy an iPhone with a removable battery? I didn’t realize I had that choice.

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by ekianjo »

gnopgnip wrote: post #557
TaylorAlexander wrote: post #426

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Which is a more efficient use of our labor? The manufacture of a phone with a removable battery or the manufacture of a phone with a non replaceable battery? Both situations benefit from the efficiency of modern production lines, but in the former case that device can be easily refreshed by a lay person out in the real world while with the other phone, the same amount of manufacturing resources went in to a phone tha…

There are phones with removable batteries, but consumers largely choose phones without removable batteries, and the market serves them.

less and less phones with replaceable batteries among flagship ones.

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by valuearb »

jasonkostempski wrote: post #455
jmull wrote: post #115

> Apple is reducing the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement by $50 — from $79 to $29... > Early in 2018, we will issue an iOS software update with new features that give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone’s battery, so they can see for themselves if its condition is affecting performance. There we go. It took too much trouble and too long for it to happen, but Apple is stepping u…

I'd like to see them and everyone else reintroduce removable batteries. If you're "in the field" all day, it's very convenient to have a second battery to swap out and those external battery powered chargers can be just as inconvenient as being tethered to an outlet.

God no. If I wanted a heavier thicker phone, there are plenty of battery cases that do the trick. Apple's is excellent.

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by kevinchen »

pier25 wrote: post #539
taspeotis wrote: post #296

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The article does mention price reductions “starting in late January and available worldwide through December 2018.“

> available worldwide through December 2018 Which is quite frankly ridiculous. Nothing really justifies waiting a year for this. Apple already has everything it needs to replace batteries worldwide right now (either with third party official repair companies or their own), and the cost of doing so will not likely change from here to December 2018.

"Late January" is 1 month from now

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by kemayo »

austenallred wrote: post #535
thanatropism wrote: post #396

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I'm just an anecdote, but I lamented the removal of the headphone jack because it means my 6SE is my last iPhone. I take pills for attention deficit disorder. I lose stuff. I lose corded and cordless headphones multiple times a month. And hey, I know my inattentiveness to be an annoying end of a spectrum. People have things going on in their lives. Not everyone neatly takes care of their in-separate-ears tiny bluetoo…

For what it’s worth, the AirPods have “find my AirPods” that will locate them for you in most instances. I lose stuff too. I just find it eventually.

They do, but it's less helpful than it sounds. It only plays a sound if the AirPods are not in their case. Since I am fantastic at putting them in their case the instant they're not in my ears, I never have a chance to lose mine in a way where this feature would help.

Granted, it's harder to lose the entire case, though it's still small enough and made of slippery plastic that can slide out of pockets if you're unlucky.

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by y_u_no_rust »

jmull wrote: post #427
braderhart wrote: post #365

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Thanks Apple PR.

Oh come on. At least you can express what you think is wrong about my take on it rather than just calling me a shill. I'm not a shill, BTW. I was affected by this and think Apple stinks for letting it get to this point. I found out my iPhone 6+ was running at 600Mhz most of the time when it would normally would run at 1400Mhz (going by CPU DasherX). Also, the real world user-experience seemed to be even worse than th…

Yeah, now I know it wasn't iOS 11 causing my iPhone 6+ to lag so extremely.. pressing the home button and switching apps shuddered like android in 2009

these fuckers did that on purpose so they could easily force people to upgrade their contracts with a new phone

I'm honestly not sure what's happening with Apple these days, their shit is going downhill fast.. they are making a ton of money though so maybe it dosen't really matter

Re: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

girvo wrote: post #552
frostburg wrote: post #530

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I don't want to be glib here, but I think that the fact that you refer to your camera as a mirrorless DSLR (dslRs by definition have mirrors) is part of the reason why you can replace it with a somewhat better phone sensor. There is nothing wrong with doing that, but it's possible because you have limited needs.

So because of communication error, you can dismiss your parent commenter as having “limited” needs? Seems a bit needlessly smug, don’t you think? I also shoot with a EVIL system, specifically Fujifilm’s X system, and while my friends iPhone X I borrowed for a week won’t replace it entirely, it’s on a completely new level for smartphone photography and for the bulk of my photos it really can replace my camera! Glibly…

Maybe this just goes to show how many people buy gadgets they don’t really need or know how to use.
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