Apple Throttling

It's simple. They are not throttling it.

Unless of course you are referring to the feature which will temporarily throttle the CPU back in the event the battery is degraded to the point that it is unable to provide enough power at peak usage to prevent the phone from shutting down spontaneously...

You can check Settings>Battery>Battery Health to see the status of your battery.

The alternative to throttling the CPU under such circumstances would be that your phone would spontaneously power off in the middle of what you were trying to do.

Yes, they still do performance throttling on devices with older batteries, and you can control whether your device gets performance throttled or not. There are dozens of tech news articles about the changes in battery settings introduced with iOS 12. See the detailed presentation of it on Apple’s support page -> iPhone Battery and Performance - Apple Support

And see https://9to5mac.com/2020/01/12/what-is-iphone-throttling-why-does-it-happen/ or web search for similar tech news write ups of it all.

Apple got sued not because of what they were doing with performance throttling on devices with older batteries with deteriorated capacity, but because they did not tell people about it. So now they do, in a fairly detailed manner on the support page in the link above. And users have more control over aspects of it. Oh, and we now know Samsung does pretty much the exact same thing, and openly denied it initially.

”Battery Health

For iPhone 6 and later, iOS 11.3 and later add new features to show battery health and recommend if a battery needs to be replaced. These can be found in Settings > Battery > Battery Health.

Additionally, users can see if the performance management feature that dynamically manages maximum performance to prevent unexpected shutdowns is on and can choose to turn it off. This feature is enabled only after an unexpected shutdown first occurs on a device with a battery that has diminished ability to deliver maximum instantaneous power. This feature applies to iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE (1st generation), iPhone 7, and iPhone 7 Plus. Starting with iOS 12.1, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone X include this feature; iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR include this feature starting with iOS 13.1. The effects of performance management on these newer models may be less noticeable due to their more advanced hardware and software design.

(Note: Devices updating from iOS 11.2.6 or earlier will initially have performance management disabled; it will be reenabled if the device subsequently experiences an unexpected shutdown.)

All iPhone models include fundamental performance management to ensure that the battery and overall system operates as designed and internal components are protected. This includes behavior in hot or cold temperatures, as well as internal voltage management. This type of performance management is required for safety and expected function, and cannot be turned off.”

Michael Black wrote:

Also, does your batter health settings show the feature to enable throttling? that only appears after unexpected shutdowns happen. Then you have a choice appear in battery settings to try performance throttling to regain stability with your older battery.

Just to clarify.. (unless I'm missing something)

It's actually the opposite. If an unexpected shutdown occurs, it automatically applies performance management and you have the option to disable it.. once you disabled it you cannot re-enable it.

It will automatically re-enable if another shutdown occurs, at which time you could disable it again if you wanted to

relevant part of this link pasted below

iPhone Battery and Performance - Apple Support

Is it running iOS 12? If so what does it say under battery health? Is current capacity less than 80% of original? If so, it’s time for a new battery.

Also, does your batter health settings show the feature to enable throttling? that only appears after unexpected shutdowns happen. Then you have a choice appear in battery settings to try performance throttling to regain stability with your older battery.

By your reasoning, why would they? Are you suggesting they are pushing you to purchase a new device? If so, would you purchase a device from a company involved in such tactics? I know I certainly would not, and know no one that would. It certainly doesn’t sound like a sound marketing plan to me.

No falseness at all...

you (as the originator of the question) are allowed to mark 2 responses 'helpful' and 1 response 'solved'.

Once you mark 2 responses helpful, it will grey out the helpful button (not paint them all helpful)

What device do you have? Also, Apple just got sued for throttling, do you think they would do it again so soon?

You can easily disable that feature if you don't like it.

Don't come here to complain if your phone starts shutting off when you don't expect it if you do that.

edited to remove question. Have a great week.