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clicked on this video you might have noticed that in the title we didn't ask

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if Apple was slowing down their phones we asked why because it turns out that

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the conspiracy theories are real

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sort of even though it's pretty common

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knowledge that older devices don't perform as well due to the higher

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demands of newer software many people have noticed this in a more profound way

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after a system update issued by Apple in 2016 this fueled speculation for well

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over a year about whether Apple was slowing down their phones on purpose

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until the company finally admitted that this was indeed the case in December

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2017 now the explanation that Apple gave

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revolved around the way that phones with older batteries perform you see even

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though smartphones use rechargeable batteries these have a limited lifespan

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you can learn more about it up here but the main thing to keep in mind for now

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is that these batteries recharge by reversing the chemical reaction that

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normally generates power for your phone now since this reaction isn't perfectly

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reversible your battery won't be able to hold a charge as well over time as you

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discharge it and recharge it over and over again and if your battery is really

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old your gadget can end up shutting off due to a dead battery way before you

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might expect it to so this is what Apple claimed it was trying to prevent but

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wait a second how does slowing down a

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phone help with a sudden shutdown well

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if you're putting a load on your phone's processor like streaming HD video or

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playing a game it draws more power from

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your battery draining it more quickly so Apple says that some workloads are so

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hungry that they can ask for more power than an aging battery can provide in a

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given moment so similar to how a laptop

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CPU might down clock itself to preserve battery life newer versions of iOS will

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make the CPU spread tasks out to take

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longer to prevent those power spikes that can overload older batteries which

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has caused the frustrating performance issues and the leg that we mentioned

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earlier now this does make sense

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probably more sense than a conspiracy theory about Apple crippling its own

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products to force consumers to buy the latest model which would carry

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significant legal consequences if they were caught by the way you definitely

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don't want a battery that you think has an adequate charge suddenly dropping

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dead in the middle of something important but that doesn't mean we're

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ready to let Apple off the hook one issue is that Apple waited well over a

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year before disclosing this fix leaving

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their customers wondering why the heck their iPhones were performing so poorly

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this has driven speculation that Apple is effectively overclocking their phones

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knowingly delivering performance out of the box that isn't typical of what you'd

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expect in the longer term and they've also faced criticism for not giving

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their users a choice they could have an

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option in the settings menu that allows you to choose between the safety valve

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that prevents shutdowns and more performance at the risk of your battery

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dying suddenly when it's low now Apple has offered cheap battery upgrades for a

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year but unless they extend that offer indefinitely you could argue that that's

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more of a PR move than a long-term solution so what can be done in the long

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term well it is possible to grab a

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battery online for cheap and swap it at home to alleviate the lag issue I fix it

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excuse me sorry but it requires specific

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tools risks damaging your device and also avoids any warranty that you might

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have remaining so unless the smartphone market as a whole moves back towards

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bulkier phones with user replaceable batteries and away from slim sleek and

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emoji machines that need to be replaced every couple of years

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