they dont have to force newer ios versions onto older models, and they didnt say oops we didnt tell you, its oops we got caught.As an iPhone user for the last 10+ years. I agree with the engineering judgement they used that slowing the device down is better than crashing it.
The cheap battery replacement offer is a decent 'oops, we're sorry we didn't tell you' offer. Oh wait... they did tell us http://www.zdnet.com/article/iphone-...-1-says-apple/
I'd love to see real benchmarks on how much slower the devices supposedly run. I generally replace after 2.5-3 years and I've noticed the battery life dropping, but never the speed.
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so you like apple cus its simple and you dont have to put any thought into it.? Seriously what the fuck is with apple hate? Apple people aren't sitting around hating on androids yet android people just love love love to hate on apple it is like all you people have a apple hate rage boner for no discernible reason.
I don't have an iPhone because it is trendy, if anything Samsungs with their fancy curved screens are the actual trendy phones not apple. Apple hasn't been trendy for years now that has gone to Samsung so stop being silly.
I have an apple phone because no matter what android phone I had it also had some random issue.. pictures disappearing (not really but changing their format to something else and not showing as photos so... still wtf?) random issues. Upgrade issues forcing me to have to buy a new phone because of terrible wifi performance due to updates that lg decided to never fix. Delays of upgrades between delays coming from not just the manufacture of the phone but also the individual carrier. Also just the overall ugly fucking apps as due to there being so so so many android phone developers just can't keep up to making beautiful apps for all. Meanwhile making a nice looking iOS app is built into everything you do if you were to go about making an iOS app.
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What fucking battery of this type doesn't erode over time? They made it so the phone doesn't suffer random problems and everything is done to make the phone last as long as possible.
Which... think about this iPhones have the longest supported lifespan of any phone.