Apple cuts $50 off price for replacment phone batteries, sheepishly offers apology

"RichA" wrote

| You KNOW they aren't making a loss, even at $29.00 so their margins on the
batteries are HUGE!
|

I already explained that in your last thread
and it was detailed in the BBC link I posted.
Apple may not get caught very often, but you
don't have to rub it in.

In article , Mayayana
wrote:

| You KNOW they aren't making a loss, even at $29.00 so their margins on the
batteries are HUGE!

I already explained that in your last thread
and it was detailed in the BBC link I posted.
Apple may not get caught very often, but you
don't have to rub it in.

apple didn't 'get caught'.

many other products use the same or similar power management for
exactly the same reasons.

there is no avoiding the fact that batteries age and their ability to
source high current loads is reduced over time.

android phones:
https://source.android.com/devices/tech/power/mgmt
Battery life is a perennial user concern. To extend battery life,
Android continually adds new features and optimizations to help the
platform optimize the off-charger behavior of applications and
devices.

guess what 'optimize the off-charger behavior' means.

it's doublespeak for 'reduce performance when on battery power so it
lasts longer'.