According to Forbes reports
that there is “something buried in iOS code called ‘Powerd’ ... that
will increasingly slow down your device as your battery degrades.”
Forbes noticed that back in 2016 when they realized that there was
something causing their phone’s performance to throttle — as in, slow
down.
“Our goal is to deliver
the best experience for customers, which
includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices,”
Apple said in a statement.
“Lithium-ion batteries become less capable of supplying peak current
demands when in cold conditions, have a low battery charge or as they
age over time, which can result in the device unexpectedly shutting down
to protect its electronic components.
“Last year we released a feature for iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE
to smooth out the instantaneous peaks only when needed to prevent the
device from unexpectedly shutting down during these conditions. We’ve
now extended that feature to iPhone 7 with iOS 11.2, and plan to add
support for other products in the future.”
While the goal of the feature is to prevent phones with old, degraded
batteries from suddenly shutting down, a nagging issue is that users
could interpret the poky performance as a signal to upgrade to a new
phone — and they don’t come cheap.
At its core Apple is more keen on selling phones than batteries.
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