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		comex on Dec 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhone 6 slows down by 28% after just 4 months use Well, all phones intentionally slow themselves down (throttle) when they get too hot; peak CPU performance can only be maintained for a certain amount of time until it cools back down. I don't think any mobile OS directly exposes this to the user. Lowering peak performance in the long term is different, but I suspect they didn't see it as all that different.

exabrial on Dec 30, 2017 [–]

I think the difference is that the user will notice their phone is hot and running slow, so there's some sort of feedback available.

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