The iPhone Throttling Fiasco - TDNC Podcast #76

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Published on December 29, 2017 4:00:01 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2QFGFH5I8s

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Apple recently admitted that it added code to iOS to slow down older phones with degraded batteries. But should users have been given a choice?

Sources:

Geekbench iPhone performance analysis:
https://www.geekbench.com/blog/2017/12/iphone-performance-and-battery-age/

Apple's response to the performance throttling:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/20/apple-addresses-why-people-are-saying-their-iphones-with-older-batteries-are-running-slower/

iOS 10.2.1 addresses spontaneous iPhone reboots:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/02/23/apple-says-ios-10-2-1-has-reduced-unexpected-iphone-6s-shutdown-issues-by-80/

Class-action lawsuits over performance throttling:
http://mashable.com/2017/12/22/apple-throttling-lawsuits-filed/#z2aRD7V5osqk

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