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by supernova87a 2141 days ago
That has been explained a bunch of times:

Apple gives performance beyond what you would expect for a similar phone, in terms of battery life and responsiveness. Then, as you burn through your battery's age beyond what even other phone manufacturers would warrant, the OS slows down the CPU to let you continue using it. So it's actually giving you more than you would've gotten otherwise.

But all the complaints are that iPhone sucks, I guess.
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chillwaves 2141 days ago
Be transparent.
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somehnguy 2141 days ago
Move the goalposts
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chillwaves 2141 days ago
Is that really such a bold expectation that when I buy a phone the manufacture will not use hidden software to downgrade the performance without informing me?

Your standards are in the basement.

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GeekyBear 2141 days ago
As opposed to this?

>the past couple of months have seen a sudden increase in Nexus 6P battery complaints, with many users reporting that their phones suddenly shut down, even though there was plenty of battery life remaining

It's not a simple system crash, because your phone will stay dead until you connect it to a charger.

https://android.gadgethacks.com/news/nexus-6p-battery-random...

That seems especially problematic if you are on the go and need to make an emergency call to summon help.

A working phone seems preferable.

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chillwaves 2141 days ago
Yes, and what part of transparency is opposed to a working phone? Apple did not have to do what they did in secret. Nothing you have said responds to what I said.

This isn't an "Apple vs Android" discussion. Maybe that's where you got confused.

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GeekyBear 2141 days ago
Google didn't provide a working phone.

When users complained that their phones died while showing a 50% charge and would not work again until connected to a charger, Google did nothing to fix the problem.

>The processor easily overheated, a bootloop bug made quite a few units die prematurely, and lastly, a battery problem surfaced that led to early shutdowns anywhere between 50 and 0 percent. At least the remaining owners of this Nexus device don't have to worry about the latter issue anymore — according to Google, that is. An engineer just marked the early shutdown entry in the company's issue tracker as "fixed."

I don't know about you, but when I just retrieved my Nexus 6P from my junk drawer a minute ago, it didn't have an update pending.

https://www.androidpolice.com/2019/11/16/nexus-6p-early-shut...

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