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>If Apple hadn’t made this change those phones would have randomly turned off instead. Why is apple the only company with this problem?

yen223 9y ago
Plenty of non-Apple phones suffer from random shutdowns and restarts due to faulty batteries.
hk__2 9y ago
> Why is apple the only company with this problem? It’s the only one people care about enough. Apple gets a major "scandal" almost each year about something that affects every single smartphone company on the planet. Think of the antenna-gate or the bending issues. Lots of non-Apple phones have shown these issues, and the random shutdowns are no exception [1]. [1]: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/20/some-nexus-6ps-have-developed-a-battery-early-shutoff-problem-and-its-becoming-a-safety-issue/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/20/some-nexus-6ps-have-... (updated to add a link)
- arvinsim 9y ago
  That's natural since iPhones are being touted as the premium option while putting down Androids as "cheap" phones. It's all about expectations.
  - ovao 9y ago
    Others may tout Android phones as “cheap”, but does Apple? I don’t actually recall Apple doing any negative marketing against Android.
    - krutzger 9y ago
      Are you kidding me? How many WWDC and product introductions have you attended?
      - ovao 9y ago
        I’ve never been to WWDC. I watched the most recent iPhone announcement and I don’t specifically remember any negative commentary against Android. Hence my comment and my question.
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lowtolerance 9y ago
They aren’t. Lots of devices utilizing lithium ion batteries experience similar issues once they get some age.
greedo 9y ago
The Nexus has the same throttling: https://plus.google.com/+YgorCortes/posts/CZ2GhoxgHk3 https://plus.google.com/+YgorCortes/posts/CZ2GhoxgHk3
- lettergram 9y ago
  You have sure done a lot of these posts... https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cz2ghoxghk3&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cz2ghoxghk3&sort=byPopularity&...
- computerex 9y ago
  Can you stop spamming this? This isn't reddit.

yen223 9y ago

Plenty of non-Apple phones suffer from random shutdowns and restarts due to faulty batteries.

hk__2 9y ago

> Why is apple the only company with this problem? It’s the only one people care about enough. Apple gets a major "scandal" almost each year about something that affects every single smartphone company on the planet. Think of the antenna-gate or the bending issues. Lots of non-Apple phones have shown these issues, and the random shutdowns are no exception [1]. [1]: http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/20/some-nexus-6ps-have-developed-a-battery-early-shutoff-problem-and-its-becoming-a-safety-issue/ http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/20/some-nexus-6ps-have-... (updated to add a link)

arvinsim 9y ago
That's natural since iPhones are being touted as the premium option while putting down Androids as "cheap" phones. It's all about expectations.
- ovao 9y ago
  Others may tout Android phones as “cheap”, but does Apple? I don’t actually recall Apple doing any negative marketing against Android.
  - krutzger 9y ago
    Are you kidding me? How many WWDC and product introductions have you attended?
    - ovao 9y ago
      I’ve never been to WWDC. I watched the most recent iPhone announcement and I don’t specifically remember any negative commentary against Android. Hence my comment and my question.
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lowtolerance 9y ago

They aren’t. Lots of devices utilizing lithium ion batteries experience similar issues once they get some age.

greedo 9y ago

The Nexus has the same throttling: https://plus.google.com/+YgorCortes/posts/CZ2GhoxgHk3 https://plus.google.com/+YgorCortes/posts/CZ2GhoxgHk3

lettergram 9y ago
You have sure done a lot of these posts... https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cz2ghoxghk3&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?query=cz2ghoxghk3&sort=byPopularity&...
computerex 9y ago
Can you stop spamming this? This isn't reddit.