Apple artificially slows down the iPhone 6S with old batteries

By: Anton Melnik | 12.12.2017, 03:53

Not so long ago, the "apple" corporation released an update of the firmware for the iPhone 6S, which introduced the function of dynamically changing the processor clock speed depending on the battery voltage

How to check?

The difference in power was decided by the user TeckFire, the inhabitant of forums Reddit. In the appendix CpuDasherX, the smartphone was compared with an old and brand new battery. You can see the results below, the difference was quite large.

What for?

Most likely, in this way, Apple tried to solve the problem of quickly depleting its smartphones if they have a worn out battery. It turns out that the gadget will now work worse, but longer.

Source: iclarified

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