Following the news that Apple slows the processors of some older iPhones as their batteries age, some folks may be wondering if other manufacturers do the same thing. Today a couple of them chimed in on the matter.
HTC and Motorola have both said that they don't slow their phones' processors as their batteries age. HTC told The Verge that slowing down their devices' processor speeds "is not something we do", while Motorola said, "We do not throttle CPU performance based on older batteries."
Google, Samsung, LG, and Sony were all asked if they slow their phones' processor speeds as their batteries aged, but Sony only said that their answer would be delayed by the holidays and Samsung said that the company is looking into it.
Last week, Apple confirmed that it was throttling the processor speeds of older iPhone models as their batteries aged. This was done because as the batteries aged, they could no longer supply the peak current demands of the processor, which could lead to the phone unexpectedly shutting down. Replacing the phone's battery could alleviate this issue and return the phone to its normal speeds, but Apple failed to properly explain what it was doing to users.
Apple began slowing the processor speeds of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone SE last year, and this year it did the same to the iPhone 7 with the update to iOS 11.2. Apple said that it plans to add support for other devices in the future.
Since this news came out, many people have wondered if other companies have done the same thing. While HTC and Motorola have denied doing anything like this, we have yet to hear from other major Android manufacturers like Google and Samsung, and so it'll be interesting to hear what they have to say. Here's to hoping that we hear from them soon.
HTC and Motorola say they don't slow down phones with old batteries like Apple does originally posted at http://phonedog.com
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