If Apple is serious about why older iPhones see their performance degraded, it should add controls to the iOS operating system.
Apple confirmed a long-time conspiracy theory: Some older iPhones have their performance downgraded automatically by iOS.
Apple says it’s for a good technical reason, which is that as iPhone batteries naturally degrade over time, high power drains can cause the phone to restart. By throttling performance, iOS increases performance.
But if Apple is serious that there’s a good technical reason for this, it should give users the option.
On Wednesday, Apple admitted that there’s a large element of truth to a modern urban legend: It admitted that the iOS operating system throttles performance on some iPhones and iPads that have older batteries.
This “power management” feature first came to iPhones some time in 2016, says Apple.
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