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Comment: Slowing down older iPhones may be the right thing to do, but it opens a can of worms

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/12/iphone-x-battery-percentage-2.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1500)</div><p>Apple caused a furore yesterday when it admitted that it deliberately slows down older iPhones.</p>
<p>The issue first came to the fore with a Reddit thread, which showed a significant difference in performance on the same device when fitted with <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/10/iphone-6s-slow-down-battery-fix/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">old and new batteries[/url]. Geekbench founder, John Poole, <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/18/iphone-battery-performance-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed the phenomenon[/url], and developer Guilherme Rambo subsequently identified the code that controlled it.</p>
<p>Apple then confirmed the facts, and <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/20/apple-statement-iphone-performance-battery-age-issues/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained its reasons[/url] …</p>
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