Why Apple's upcoming iPhone battery update is a bad idea

As an iPhone user, I must say I was rather upset and displeased about the iPhone battery issue when I posted One Bad Rotten Apple.

Its done.

After much reading and listening to Tim Cook's explanations and apology, I began to reevaluate and look at the "bigger picture", which I always do on pertinent issues.

This article gave me an even bigger picture of the issue and I do agree with Raymond Wong, the writer of this report:

Apple's upcoming battery update makes the iPhone more like Android

- Mashable

In case it wasn't already really clear, Apple is really, really sorry about slowing down old iPhones with creaky batteries, and it's taking steps — ALL the steps — to make things right.

Upset iPhone owners can already get a new battery replacement at a reduced $29 cost, and Apple has pledged to release a software update that'll show people the health of their batteries and let them turn any performance optimization on or off.

Said software update will be a great way to pacify the angry mob, but it's also a bad idea

Bad idea?

Before I finished reading the report, I was already kinda nervy and negative about the whole battery thingy and I thought what else is in Apple's sleeves.

Apple is basically telling customers it no longer knows what's best for your iPhone.

Wow! This one liner statement hits me!

With the upcoming update, instead of iPhones automatically adjusting performance (when necessary) to meet the power draw of their batteries (everyone's battery health is going to be different), it'll be up to users to manage their settings.

Entrusting users to manage this setting isn't going to fix anything, and Cook even cautions on doing so: "We don't recommend it, because we think people's iPhones are really important to them, and you never can tell when something is so urgent."

Imagine if you're making an emergency call or you're making an important call that's important to you, or a message that you're waiting for, or you want to capture that moment that's fleeting with your camera. We always focus on the user experience. So at the heart of any decision that we make is the user. We felt it would be better to take something off of the performance to prevent that from happening.

- Tim Cook (On ABC)

There's really no pleasing iPhone users by giving them control over their battery and performance. Apple's damned no matter what it does.

I see the picture and personally I feel Apple really do care about its customers and it wasn't about some sleazy business and marketing strategy to sell new models (or battery) as I had thought.

Personally, the update IS a bad idea after all.

This posting is about - Now I can sleep peacefully knowing that my iPhone-maker isn't that bad at all.

...not at all.

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