Apple admit to 'Slowing Down iPhones'

[MYOB]

amusingduck said:

I'd highly recommend you get Apple to fit a new battery regardless, for 25 quid it's a no brainer. You have until December to make a decision

I'm not being facetious but why would you recommend spending £25 when there appears to be no justification for doing so?

[MYOB]

Leicester Loyal said:

Whereas my 8 has lost 2% in 7 weeks already.

Bizarre, and worrying.

[amusingduck]

MYOB said:

amusingduck said:

I'd highly recommend you get Apple to fit a new battery regardless, for 25 quid it's a no brainer. You have until December to make a decision

I'm not being facetious but why would you recommend spending £25 when there appears to be no justification for doing so?

It's dirt cheap for a new battery, especially for a proper Apple repair. You've had ~3 years out of the original battery, I think £25 is a very reasonable price to pay for the peace of mind - knowing you should definitely get at least another 2 years out of it.

That does assume that you would like to keep it for another few years though.

[jmorgan]

As was suggested to me earlier in the thread regarding a change, I called the Apple help line and said new battery please I was then quizzed on was it slow or is it just cos I want to change it. Not a problem from them, I said £25 no brainer and they just said make sure you book it in, wait time for me would be a round a week to ten days for the battery to be at the shop.

When I have a minute will try to book it in on line.
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Cut off is October but wonder how many are getting this done and thus affecting supplies.

[amusingduck]

jmorgan said:

As was suggested to me earlier in the thread regarding a change, I called the Apple help line and said new battery please I was then quizzed on was it slow or is it just cos I want to change it. Not a problem from them, I said £25 no brainer and they just said make sure you book it in, wait time for me would be a round a week to ten days for the battery to be at the shop.

When I have a minute will try to book it in on line.
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Cut off is October but wonder how many are getting this done and thus affecting supplies.

It's listed as December on the website

https://www.apple.com/uk/iphone-battery-and-perfor...
Apple is reducing the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement by £54 — from £79 to £25 — for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replaced, available worldwide until December 2018. Details will be provided soon on apple.com/uk.

[jonamv8]

Mine is at 93% - phone gets battered every day and needs a charge every single day. I really don't believe its at 93% as it loses charge far easier than it used to. Will sort this £25 battery out I think

[abzmike]

Cobnapint said:

And was your previous battery presenting any issues? Taking ages to charge......not holding charge.....?

Yes... Charge was lasting barely a day, phone running everything at a crawl. Went online and the support guy ran remote diagnostics which showed the battery was essentially done. Went into the store for a battery swap and basically all issues solved. Phone now works at proper speed, runs well over a day on a charge.

[MYOB]

amusingduck said:

It's dirt cheap for a new battery, especially for a proper Apple repair. You've had ~3 years out of the original battery, I think £25 is a very reasonable price to pay for the peace of mind - knowing you should definitely get at least another 2 years out of it.

That does assume that you would like to keep it for another few years though.

It's a fair point you raise. If I decide to keep my phone it definitely makes sense. Thanks.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting to see if a new SE model is released.

[CanAm]

MYOB said:

It's a fair point you raise. If I decide to keep my phone it definitely makes sense. Thanks.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting to see if a new SE model is released.

funkyrobot said:

It still amazes me that despite what they did, people will keep buying their products even if they know what they did.

Me too!

[Warmfuzzies]

Warmfuzzies said:

Mine is at 92% 3 years old, and isn’t working as fluidly as it did on iOS 10. Piss poor apple. Not a happy bunny,?

Was at 89% according to Apple, 82% using coconut;
Arranged a battery change at the iPhone store in Norwich, one hour later, new batter (only at 54% charge though ) and £25 it’s done:
Seems snappier on using texts, not quite 10.4 snappy, but noticeably different to before the battery swap, happy yes; for how long? Who knows, if it starts getting flakey again, I’ll update my section here.

[Tony1963]

CanAm said:

Me too!

If there was a perfect smartphone, made by a perfect company, then I'm sure we would all be interested. There isn't. Pick your compromises, get on with life.

Makes me laugh how some people go on about the purchase of a toy much more than they do about a house or car purchase!

[Burwood]

CanAm said:

MYOB said:

It's a fair point you raise. If I decide to keep my phone it definitely makes sense. Thanks.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting to see if a new SE model is released.

funkyrobot said:

It still amazes me that despite what they did, people will keep buying their products even if they know what they did.

Me too!

I can’t be bothered learning a new system. I would never buy Samsung. They’re worse. No fan boy but now have iMac, iPad, iphone, Apple Watch, MacBook.

[Rawwr]

Burwood said:

I can’t be bothered learning a new system. I would never buy Samsung. They’re worse. No fan boy but now have iMac, iPad, iphone, Apple Watch, MacBook.

Incredible series of statements

[Cobnapint]

Still no news about Apple getting their just desserts for this farce. Wonder why that is.

[K12beano]

My 2½ year old 6s+ is now down to 77%.

So I don’t know what everyone else is making a fuss about - going to make an appointment soon, assuming the battery replacement is still about 20 minutes while you wait.

And at £25 I’d call that a bargain - i’ve been doing the Man Maths and I can’t yet see the advantage of an upgrade, not when I know I’m at least going to iOS 12 in the “Fall”....

[Burwood]

K12beano said:

My 2½ year old 6s+ is now down to 77%.

So I don’t know what everyone else is making a fuss about - going to make an appointment soon, assuming the battery replacement is still about 20 minutes while you wait.

And at £25 I’d call that a bargain - i’ve been doing the Man Maths and I can’t yet see the advantage of an upgrade, not when I know I’m at least going to iOS 12 in the “Fall”....

Exactly. There is sod all difference between a 6 and a 10. The camera is the only nice to have. Will see what the X2 offers, most likely plus sized screen

[CanAm]

Tony1963 said:

CanAm said:

Me too!

If there was a perfect smartphone, made by a perfect company, then I'm sure we would all be interested. There isn't. Pick your compromises, get on with life.

Makes me laugh how some people go on about the purchase of a toy much more than they do about a house or car purchase!

Apologies if my lengthy diatribe offended your sensibilities; I'll try to make my posts even shorter in future.

[BrabusMog]

Burwood said:

K12beano said:

My 2½ year old 6s+ is now down to 77%.

So I don’t know what everyone else is making a fuss about - going to make an appointment soon, assuming the battery replacement is still about 20 minutes while you wait.

And at £25 I’d call that a bargain - i’ve been doing the Man Maths and I can’t yet see the advantage of an upgrade, not when I know I’m at least going to iOS 12 in the “Fall”....

Exactly. There is sod all difference between a 6 and a 10. The camera is the only nice to have. Will see what the X2 offers, most likely plus sized screen

My workphone is a 6s and I've just got an 8 for my private phone and they're streets apart in terms of speed and the screen seems much sharper on the 8. I'm going to ask IT for an upgrade to at least a 7 now at work, as when you use them in tandem there is such a difference the 6s is now pissing me off

[Burwood]

BrabusMog said:

Burwood said:

K12beano said:

My 2½ year old 6s+ is now down to 77%.

So I don’t know what everyone else is making a fuss about - going to make an appointment soon, assuming the battery replacement is still about 20 minutes while you wait.

And at £25 I’d call that a bargain - i’ve been doing the Man Maths and I can’t yet see the advantage of an upgrade, not when I know I’m at least going to iOS 12 in the “Fall”....

Exactly. There is sod all difference between a 6 and a 10. The camera is the only nice to have. Will see what the X2 offers, most likely plus sized screen

My workphone is a 6s and I've just got an 8 for my private phone and they're streets apart in terms of speed and the screen seems much sharper on the 8. I'm going to ask IT for an upgrade to at least a 7 now at work, as when you use them in tandem there is such a difference the 6s is now pissing me off

Sounds like your 6 has a shagged battery

[funkyrobot]

Burwood said:

CanAm said:

MYOB said:

It's a fair point you raise. If I decide to keep my phone it definitely makes sense. Thanks.

Meanwhile, I'm waiting to see if a new SE model is released.

funkyrobot said:

It still amazes me that despite what they did, people will keep buying their products even if they know what they did.

Me too!

I can’t be bothered learning a new system. I would never buy Samsung. They’re worse. No fan boy but now have iMac, iPad, iphone, Apple Watch, MacBook.

You sound like the perfect Apple customer.

There are phones made by companies other than Samsung and Apple.