For anyone who doesn't game, PCs can easily last quite a long time nowadays without losing too much (any?) usability. My PC is still largely the same as it was when I bought it some 5+ years ago, except that I've upgraded the drives multiple times (switching to SSD and larger capacity HDD as time went on). It was an IVB i5, so it was only a sub-$1k mid range build when I first put it together. I seem to think it was only ~$800-ish when I built it. But of course, with all the additional HDDs and replacement drives I've tossed into it now, I'm sure it has cost me over $1k now.

My dad is still using a Dell Windows 7 laptop he purchased some 7 years ago. It has gotten slower, yes, but I attribute that to be Windows 10's bloating problem more than anything else. I've been meaning to replace its spinny HDD with an SSD, and I've even bought a replacement SSD for him twice. But I still haven't got a chance to get to it before something else happened and I threw the SSD into another box.

My Nexus 7 (tablet) is probably around 4 years old now? Speedwise, it is still perfectly usable. It may or may not have gotten slower. YouTube sometimes crashes now, and the tablet needs a reboot when it does. The battery doesn't last as long as before. But overall, I don't think it has slowed down very much at all. A comparable iPad from the same time frame is probably obsolete and/or unusable by now.

Just wait till Apple builds a car.

So if someone buys a iPhone 6S new because it was cheap on a contract, and they upgrade to the latest software is it throttled even though the battery is new?

Lol Nintendo is probably the exception

NES, SNES, Game cube etc unconnected devices that work the same 15+ years later

My laptop is just as fast now as it was 10 years ago when I bought it (actually faster, since I upgraded to an SSD and increased the RAM)

Now it may not be able to run the the latest software that wasn't out 10 years ago (though I'd argue that there's nothing I need to do on it that didn't exist back then)

The key is that it is not being slowed down purposefully by the manufacturer. The battery isn't as good as it used to be, but at least I get full speed out of it while it lasts.

What a disaster it would be if laptops were actually de-tuned like iphones... I wonder if Apple does that to their macbooks? WutFace

My Nexus 5 was just as fast as it was 4+ years ago when I bought it too. Again, the latest software may bring issues, and it would be more pronounced on a phone than a laptop for sure. But I'd probably still be using it if it wasn't starting to break down physically.

exactly my thoughts.. or even the iPhone 7

Aaaaaaaand cue the android users

Why would it slow down? The standard/perception for what is considered fast will change, and the system requirements for new software will increase, but the hardware itself will run the same.

Apple apologizes for iPhone slowdown drama, will offer $29 battery replacements for a year.

Preparing for all the lawsuits.. They are really going to go after them in France, one of the only countries (so far) where this practice is explicitly against the law

And in case you were wondering if Android manufacturers do the same thing

HTC and Motorola say they don’t slow old phones like Apple does

ffs why not just give users the option of disabling the throttling? :fulloffuck:

Maybe if their explanation of saving dying batteries was actually true, they might have done that Kappa

my wife still uses a 5s...too bad it's not included in the battery replacement...

My 4 year old Lumia 1020 hasn't slowed down... lol... Battery still holds up for about a day and it's still virgin, haven't opened her up yet. Yes, it's still my daily driver :(

"Apple is reducing the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement by $64 — from $99 to $35 — for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replaced, starting in late January and available worldwide through December 2018."

Your 5S looks like its part of the replacement program. I wish that it applied to iPad's too as the battery on my iPad Air is bloody awful.

Safe to say Samsung does the same throttling for older batteries. If they didn't they'd be all over this with commercials and an announcement mocking Apple.

I'd like to see the code that throttles CPU frequency based on battery voltage. I'd bet they indiscriminately throttle for device obsolescence.

My 6 year old Dell laptop throttles the CPU to 0.78GHz because it no longer recognizes my Dell charger as a 65w charger and also stopped charging the battery.

Now I have to crack it open and replace the DC jack and hopefully it works and it's not a mobo issue

Not saying Apple is better, but it does happen with (Dell) laptops unfortunately

Hopefully USB-C chargers will eliminate this in the future

Samsung's response

Product quality has been and will always be Samsung Mobile’s top priority. We ensure extended battery life of Samsung mobile devices through multi-layer safety measures, which include software algorithms that govern the battery charging current and charging duration. We do not reduce CPU performance through software updates over the lifecycles of the phone.

So you can bet your sweet ass they are going to be making commercials, its not out yet cause they are probably waiting on Spielberg to direct this masterpiece.

When it comes to Li-based batteries, all of them are subjected to different charging algorithms as the batteries age -- they don't get recharged as fast, and they don't get recharged back to as high a capacity compared to when they were new. Anyone not agreeing to / challenging the rationale of this is an idiot because this is absolutely required to ensure the safe operations of the battery / device.

Of course, this is different than what Apple has done.

Good news for people living near Apple stores but what about people with no Apple store near by. There is no Apple store on Vancouver Island. The 5 Apple stores we have in BC are all in the lower mainland.

That kinda sucks, you do have almost a full year though. You can still pre-book an appointment online right?

soooooo ..if i were to take the ip6 to get the battery replaced, the so-called throttling software is intelligent enough to recognize this and allow the phone to perform at full speed???? i doubt it.

Google trends show spikes of people searching "iphone is slow" right before the launch of each model

It also corresponds with the release of a new iOS update.

https://i.imgur.com/6maDrWM.png

that's not from a bios update, is it?
it's a defect