{"id":8443,"date":"2017-12-21T23:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\/view\/news\/312208"},"modified":"2017-12-21T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:23:00","slug":"apple-confirms-software-updates-affected-the-performance-of-older-iphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2017\/12\/21\/apple-confirms-software-updates-affected-the-performance-of-older-iphones\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple confirms software updates affected the performance of older iPhones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple came out with a statement on Thursday confirming suspicions that software updates were being used to limit the performance of older iPhones, causing battery issues which would lead to devices\u00a0shutting\u00a0off suddenly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2017\/12\/21\/technology\/apple-slows-down-old-iphones\/index.html\">In a piece by CNN<\/a>, Apple has stated that their &#8220;goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance and prolonging the life of their devices,&#8221; but consumers aren&#8217;t convinced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0reveal\u00a0could explain performance issues experienced by older-generation iPhones when running apps or games, as consumers pointed out performance issues and\u00a0a shorter battery life after updating their systems.<\/p>\n<p>A common belief is that Apple uses\u00a0this\u00a0tactic of slowing down older generations to draw users into buying newer phones.<\/p>\n<p>The company insists\u00a0its software updates were actually designed to prevent surprise shut downs and prolong battery life.<\/p>\n<p>Apple goes on to say that these updates are meant to address the issue of power demands but at the cost of performance, leading to a decrease in responsiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple came out with a statement on Thursday confirming suspicions that software updates were being used to limit the performance of older iPhones, causing battery issues which would lead to devices\u00a0shutting\u00a0off suddenly.\u00a0 In a piece by CNN, Apple has stated that their &#8220;goal is to deliver the best experience for customers, which includes overall performance [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}