Confirming many iPhone owners’ suspicions, Apple says it does slow the operation of older phones, NPR reports.
Slowing down processors makes it easier for old batteries to perform after they’ve begun to lose capacity, the tech giant says in a response to owners of older phones who have increasingly said they notice slower performance after they upgrade their device’s software.
Older phones operate more quickly if they’re using older versions of Apple’s iOS operating system, Geekbench found.
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The slowdown affects a range of Apple phones, including the iPhone 7 and iPhone 6S, models that came out in 2016 and 2015, respectively. Apple says it plans to apply the same strategy to “other products in the future.”
