Jan 2nd 2018
MacBreak Weekly 591
Mac in Black
iPhone Slowdown Battery Fix
Records live every Tuesday at 2:00pm Eastern / 11:00am Pacific / 18:00 UTC.
Unboxing the iMac Pro. Apple admits to slowing down iPhones to save battery life, offers $29 replacement batteries. Deadly icicles at Apple's Chicago store. Tim Cook is forbidden to fly coach. iPhone is the best selling tech gadget of 2017. Italian Steve Jobs jeans wins against Apple. Apple Lisa OS source code will be available in 2018.
- Leo's Picks: DEVONthink and Lavolta carrying case bag for Apple iMac Pro
- Andy's Pick: Firefox Quantum
- Rene's Pick: ExoMount Touch CD
- Alex's Pick: Vivino
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Links
- PSA: iPhone slow? Try replacing your battery!
- A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance
- Apple confirms iPhones with older batteries will take hits in performance
- HTC, Motorola claim to not follow Apple in throttling CPU performance as batteries age
- Samsung and LG also confirm they do not slow down phones with older batteries
- No, your iPad isn't affected by #iPhoneSlow. Here's why!
- One iPhone slowdown lawsuit is seeking a wild $999 billion
- Apple Makes $29 Battery Replacements Available Immediately for iPhone 6 and Newer
- Apple will replace old iPhone batteries, regardless of diagnostic test results
- coconut Battery
- Apple faces 8 lawsuits over throttling of older iPhones
- A lawsuit against Apple is launched in France, one of the only countries where planned obsolescence is explicitly illegal
- Apple’s flagship Chicago retail store wasn’t designed to handle snow
- Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience
- Tim Cook now required to fly private as AAPL’s 2017 performance nets him $102M payout
- iPhone is once again the best-selling tech product of 2017 – USA Today
- Apple tops device activations during holidays, iPhone X handily beating iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus
- Italian Company Calls Itself ‘Steve Jobs’
- Source code for Apple’s historic Lisa OS to be made available in 2018
- Lavolta Carrying Case Bag for Apple iMac 27-inch - Handmade Genuine Leather and Wool Felt - fits iMac 27" Retina 5K & 27" Thunde
- Vivino
- PerSomm
- Corkz
- Firefox Quantum
- DEVONthink