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by user5454 3024 days ago
Apple is intentionally slowing down phones with every OS upgrade to "preserve the battery" [1].

[1] http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/21/technology/apple-slows-down-...

1 comments

That's not at all what they said.

The said that as the battery degrades, they limit CPU spikiness that can abruptly kill the device even with a non-trivial amount of juice left.

That's not nearly the same as "slowing down the phone with every upgrade".

Often people have reported better performance after an OS upgrade, although obviously results may vary, and subjective impressions are always, well, subjective.