“Apple has been catching some heat for throttling CPU performance on older phones with weaker batteries,” Alexander Fox writes for Apple Gazette.
MacDailyNews Take: Understatement of the Year, so far.
“If you have an older iPhone, you’ve probably realized it’s slowed down over the years,” Fox writes. “But how can you be sure it’s the battery?”
“Apple’s throttling was revealed through Geekbench scores. You can use the same method to check your own devices,” Fox writes. “Download the Geekbench app from the App Store. It’s not free, but it is cheap.”
Also, “you can check your iPhone’s battery condition with coconutBattery,” Fox writes. “This [Mac] app is normally used for MacBook batteries, but it can also check connected iPhones.”
Read in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Note: Here’s a screenshot of coconutBattery checking one of our iPhone X units:
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I can think of a CEO who needs his throat “throttled.”
Careful now, you might excite him.
Pathetic remarks from botvinnik and trondude. Grow up guys and enjoy your Apple products for what they are. We don’t live in a perfect world.
Searched the App store three times, but no coconutbattery listed.
Did you check the Mac App Store? Because that’s where it would be. If not, Google works too.
Thanks, but yes, I tried the Mac App Store first. Then I went back to the article and followed the link to coconut-flavour.com where I was able to start a download. After an hour or so it’s still, supposedly, making its way to me. We’ll see!
Agreed! Wonder where MDN got the App from??? It’s definitely not in the App Store.
… people, the link is in the article, or just do a simple search. Checked my over three year old iPhone 6 Plus and the battery is at 84% of original capacity. But I normally only have to charge mine once a week, so very heavy users probably wear it out much faster.
http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/
How to see if your phone was throttled? Hmmm. If your phone suddenly shut down while using, say Maps, but then you updated the iOS so now it doesn’t shut down but loads Maps slower than before…your phone is throttled. Which would you rather have: phone shutting down unexpectedly, or 20 more seconds added to your Map search?