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clicked on this video you might have noticed that in the title we didn't ask
if Apple was slowing down their phones we asked why because it turns out that
the conspiracy theories are real
sort of even though it's pretty common
knowledge that older devices don't perform as well due to the higher
demands of newer software many people have noticed this in a more profound way
after a system update issued by Apple in 2016 this fueled speculation for well
over a year about whether Apple was slowing down their phones on purpose
until the company finally admitted that this was indeed the case in December
2017 now the explanation that Apple gave
revolved around the way that phones with older batteries perform you see even
though smartphones use rechargeable batteries these have a limited lifespan
you can learn more about it up here but the main thing to keep in mind for now
is that these batteries recharge by reversing the chemical reaction that
normally generates power for your phone now since this reaction isn't perfectly
reversible your battery won't be able to hold a charge as well over time as you
discharge it and recharge it over and over again and if your battery is really
old your gadget can end up shutting off due to a dead battery way before you
might expect it to so this is what Apple claimed it was trying to prevent but
wait a second how does slowing down a
phone help with a sudden shutdown well
if you're putting a load on your phone's processor like streaming HD video or
playing a game it draws more power from
your battery draining it more quickly so Apple says that some workloads are so
hungry that they can ask for more power than an aging battery can provide in a
given moment so similar to how a laptop
CPU might down clock itself to preserve battery life newer versions of iOS will
make the CPU spread tasks out to take
longer to prevent those power spikes that can overload older batteries which
has caused the frustrating performance issues and the leg that we mentioned
earlier now this does make sense
probably more sense than a conspiracy theory about Apple crippling its own
products to force consumers to buy the latest model which would carry
significant legal consequences if they were caught by the way you definitely
don't want a battery that you think has an adequate charge suddenly dropping
dead in the middle of something important but that doesn't mean we're
ready to let Apple off the hook one issue is that Apple waited well over a
year before disclosing this fix leaving
their customers wondering why the heck their iPhones were performing so poorly
this has driven speculation that Apple is effectively overclocking their phones
knowingly delivering performance out of the box that isn't typical of what you'd
expect in the longer term and they've also faced criticism for not giving
their users a choice they could have an
option in the settings menu that allows you to choose between the safety valve
that prevents shutdowns and more performance at the risk of your battery
dying suddenly when it's low now Apple has offered cheap battery upgrades for a
year but unless they extend that offer indefinitely you could argue that that's
more of a PR move than a long-term solution so what can be done in the long
term well it is possible to grab a
battery online for cheap and swap it at home to alleviate the lag issue I fix it
excuse me sorry but it requires specific
tools risks damaging your device and also avoids any warranty that you might
have remaining so unless the smartphone market as a whole moves back towards
bulkier phones with user replaceable batteries and away from slim sleek and
emoji machines that need to be replaced every couple of years
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