14 DAY TRIAL // Apple is slowing down iPhones with worn-out batteries on purpose in order to prevent unexpected shutdowns, and since many people see this as planned obsolescence, the company launched a battery replacement program that reduces the price of the servicing from $79 to $29.
In other words, if you want to replace the battery of your old iPhone, you can do it until the end of the year for just $29, instead of paying the full price.
It’s believed that replacing the battery pack with a new phone brings the iPhone in tip-top condition, as Apple’s performance throttling would be disabled, allowing the device to run at maximum speed.
And the video you can watch below shows the performance difference between an iPhone 6s with a degraded battery and the same phone with a new battery pack.
iOS 11.3 on its way with new options
It goes without saying that the new battery unit has substantially improved performance and loading times are dramatically reduced, which once again shows that the CPU throttling implemented by Apple has a big impact on the overall experience with an iPhone.
The GeekBench scores also speak for themselves. With a degraded battery, the iPhone 6s scored only 2485 in multi-core testing, while the new unit pushed it to 4412, nearly double the rating it achieved with the throttling enabled.
Apple will roll out iOS 11.3 this spring to release features allowing users to disable the power management feature, thus being able to restore performance of an iPhone with a worn-out battery even without servicing. The iOS update is already in beta testing, though no specifics are available just yet on the ETA.
In the meantime, Apple has a hard time dealing with all requests for battery replacements and the company needs to delay some appointments due to constrained battery supply, so it’s important to know that replacing the battery can be performed until the end of the year.
