[lisper]

If that's true, why was Apple being so cagey about it for so long? Why didn't they advertise it as a feature?

[labster]

Feature list: * 4.7-inch retina display * 12MP camera * Phone will get slower over time

No, not seeing that advertisement working.

[Tloewald]

Well it's not like Android phones advertise "comes with malware direct from Google Play store" and "malware can run your phone so hard it will deform, catch fire, or explode"

[notatoad]

no, but that's also not true so it's not really a valid comparison.

[labster]

Actually the second one sounds like a selling point to me, in a Mythbusters sort of way.

[calciphus]

[citation needed]

[Tloewald]

Use google.

https://www.extremetech.com/mobile/260789-new-android-malwar...

[calibas]

If anybody could sell it as a good thing, it's Apple. "Phone performance adjusts automatically to preserve battery life"

[Yetanfou]

Because it is not a "feature". It is a band-aid for a design defect in the affected iPhone models, advertising it as a feature would only draw attention to those design defects.

[acchow]

It's not a design defect. It is intentionally designed this way - as thin and light as possible with a battery that's only sufficiently powerful for the first month.

And they get planned obsolescence too!

It's intentional.

[ubernostrum]

Did you see how the internet reacted? Even the allegedly technically-competent parts of the internet?

[cowsandmilk]

When were they cagey about it? Not documenting something isn't equivalent to being cagey...

[lostmsu]

I would say it is quite cagey. I'd argue if your specs page says phone has 1.8GHz processor, it must deliver 1.8GHz otherwise it is faulty. If it does not live up to specs, and you (Apple) know about it, it is direct deception of the customer. I'd bet 100% court case victory for any complaining customer.

[andromeduck]

It does deliver 1.8 GHz though, but the window in which it can do that shrinks as your battery ages

[AETackaberry]

It's one of those things that woukd get bad press whether they were out in front of it or not, so you might as well keep quiet until it comes up.