Why does apple slow down old devices?

It has been proven, and apple has been sued for it

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&v ed=0ahUKEwiZraWPnLnWAhVJImMKHfLIDuoQFggo…

Apple should allow users to downgrade OS version if there is a noticeable slow-down in performance -- especially if it makes the device un-useable. Case in point, when I upgraded my daughter's old iPhone 4 to iOS 7, everything slowed to a crawl and now she could only use it to play music, nothing else. Too painfully, annoyingly slow to run apps or go on the Internet, etc. Apple shouldn't brick or make useless older devices as they are very expensive and ought not to be crippled.

I'll beat the dead horse on this, but Apple has come up with a very fair solution to this, which includes iOS allowing the user to determine the "age" of the battery, which varies greatly depending on how you use your iPhone (are you constantly connecting and disconnecting it from usb charging ports at work, in the car or at home all day? That "ages" the battery faster), and making it easier (cheaper) to get a new battery installed:

A Message to Our Customers - Apple

An undisclosed feature was discovered, the mob got angry about how Apple implemented it, and Apple listened. This is why I like Apple.

Noticed this slowdown on my 5s, was ok before the iOS 11 update then it slowed down, nothing else has changed. This is now a spare phone so not too bothered but the article only lists iPhones 5SE & above as being affected.

Ruffkutt wrote:

As we've since learned, apparently they ARE intentionally slowing older devices. 😉

You could, of course, have finished the sentence."..to prevent sudden shutdowns when phones with failing batteries in use". But of course, that would change your point entirely.

Your older white MacBookPro should not slow down at all unless it is Tiger which was always slow. Lion and higher are very fast so your problem is not with Apple. Maybe you need a new battery or other hardware issues. Take it to someone that knows all about Macs and it will be like new again. We have numerous older white ones with zero problems. ,l

If you have a problem with your MacBook Pro from 2011, you should post in the MacBook communities or Mac OS community for the Mac OS you are using.

Maybe your Macbook Pro doesn't have enough RAM installed. Newer versions (Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite and newer) need computers with a minimum of 8 GBs of RAM, now, just for the OS, alone!

As far as your iPhone 6+ is concerned, you need to have your iPhone 6+ battery replaced by Apple under Apple’s new iPhone battery replacement plan, that should go into effect VERY SOON and will be in effect until December, 2018.

The iPhone battery replacement price has been reduced from $79 U.S.D. to $29 U.S.D. and is for all iPhone 6 and later iPhone models.

So that you replace your old iPad of course. They've admitted to slowing down iPhones finally! after getting busted. Why would anyone believe they don't do the same with iPads? I feel a huge class action lawsuit is likely in the near future.

catn0rth wrote:

So that you replace your old iPad of course. They've admitted to slowing down iPhones finally! after getting busted. Why would anyone believe they don't do the same with iPads? I feel a huge class action lawsuit is likely in the near future.

If you are intending to take part in legal action against Apple anything you say here is fair game to be part of it. Better to post nothing at all.

There are incremental slowdowns for all older iDevices and computers when running newer OSes.

My iPad 2 and 3 models are, probably, running a litle slower on iOS 9.3.5, but overall in these iPads, they are running very well and very smooth with minimal lag or slowdown!

The ONLY issue I have with both the iPad 2 and 3 is restarts and boot up times take a little over 2 minutes to complete.

Once both iPads are running, they run just fine.

No complaints.

Who “told” you to do anything?

Do you EVEN KNOW anything?

No one forces you to upgrade your iDevice.

Who told you, that upgrading your iPhone 6 would improve its performance?

iOS 11 will give you new features, yes, but most times the trade off is you get a plethora of new iOS features, but sometimes those features come with a slight HIT in performance.

Up until two weeks ago, no one knew that Apple had DIRECTLY targeted iPhone 6/6S/6S Plus models by programming code into iOS 11 to purposely slow down these phones when the hardware/sofware detected a poor performing battery.

The only iDevices, directly, affected by Apple’s iOS 11 CPU slow down code was iPhone 6 and 6 variants.

The CPU was coded to slowdown to prevent constant and consistent iPhone shutdown due to prevent thermal shutdown of older iPhone 6 models older, aging, degrading, performing batteries!

The iPhone slowdown affects ONLY ONE particular iPhone lineup! Period!

Any other iDevices that have been slowed by any other iOS and/or iOS 11 are having issues for other reasons.

I have NEVER have had ANY significant slowdowns of ANY of my iDevices.

I own older iPads that are still running fairly well on iOS 9.3.5.

The only sisgificant issues I have with my older iPads is a long two minute boot up/restart times.

One these iPads are up and running, all of them are running fine!

No complaints.

My iPad Pro and my wife's iPhone SE are all running very well on the current iOS.

I have nearly all their product range and am constantly annoyed at how the ipads and ipods got alot slower. It's not hard for the worlds largest company to actually write software that knows which device it is on... saying something that is only a few years old should be replaced is completely irresponsible to the consumer, the environment and to their own reputation.

Illuminati... confirmed!

So, it is a feature that will give one a timely reminder that another is required.? What will they think of next.

As we've since learned, apparently they ARE intentionally slowing older devices. 😉