Not exact matches
In response to worldwide anger at its
handling of
battery performance in
older phones, Apple has announced that it will drastically reduce the price of replacement
batteries.
I miss OneNote and that makes me consider Windows tablets but while I could
handle 3 - 4 hours
battery life in the
old days I've now been spoiled by modern day tablets and even netbooks or smaller latops like the Vaio T series which give 7 + hours easily and sometimes more than 10.
The tablet itself is tough, thanks to its magnesium alloy chassis which can
handle a drop from up to 2.5 ft.. There's no word on whether the
battery can
handle much though as this
older CPU and those powerful specs probably don't offer much when detached from a power supply.
ASUS uses a slightly
older Core i7 6500U processor which can definitely
handle the more intensive stuff, but also manages to be light on the
battery as well.
Generally, this kind of business is subject to minimal regulation, but environmental laws to limit the scope of businesses that may legally dispose of certain kinds of waste such as toxic materials (e.g. drugs,
batteries, things containing lead or mercury such as many electronic parts, petroleum products, rubber tires), and how certain materials must be
handled (e.g.
old refrigerators have to have doors removed).
Just two days after it emerged a French consumer fraud group is investigating Apple over its
handling of
battery - related performance issues on iPhones, Apple is now facing questions from government officials in its own country over the controversy.The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that Senator John Thune (R — S.D.), chairman of the Commerce Committee, has sent a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook asking a series of questions about how the company decided to throttle processing performance in iPhones with
older batteries.In a letter to Chief Executive Tim Cook, a copy of which was viewed by The Wall Street Journal, Thune asked how Apple has tracked customer complaints of processing performance, and if Apple has explored offering rebates to customers who paid full price for a
Yesterday, Apple responded to customer complaints about how the company
handles power management features in
older iPhone models and decided to reduce the price for out - of - warranty iPhone
battery replacements from $ 79 to $ 29, beginning in late January and lasting through December 2018.
«We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we
handle performance for iPhones with
older batteries and how we have communicated that process,» Apple said in the letter.
«We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we
handle performance for iPhones with
older batteries and how we have communicated that process,» the letter reads.
Apple on Thursday published a letter on its website apologizing for the misunderstanding surrounding how it
handles performance for iPhones with
older batteries.
Apple has faced backlash for «the misunderstanding» surrounding how it
handles performance for iPhones with
older batteries.
Apple in its letter of apology says, «We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we
handle performance for iPhones with
older batteries and how we have communicated that process.
Poole argued Apple was deliberately slowing down
old iPhones, in order to
handle the
battery issues seen on Apple iPhone 6s.
Because those
older batteries are incapable of
handling peak current draws with the same effectiveness of iPhones with newer
batteries and more efficient processors, they run the risk of the device powering down to prevent damage to its internal components.
Instead, the company claims that it is doing this to prevent accidental shutdowns because
batteries in
older models are incapable of
handling the surge in power requirement when the processor inside them comes under heavy lead, as per SamMobile.
After backlash over how Apple
handled batteries on
older iPhones, the company revealed in a letter to Sen. John Thune (R - SD) uploaded by The Verge, that the company could offer customers rebates.
Apple has today posted a letter on its website and a technical article in its Knowledge Base apologizing for not being more transparent about how it
handles performance on iPhones with
older batteries
Apple also recently confirmed it does slow down
older iPhones in order to better
handle the power output that aging
batteries can offer.
It's been a rough ride for 11.2 and its many updates, with Apple getting criticized for its
handling of
battery problems and other issues — but mainly for
battery problems, such as the throttling of performance in some
older iPhones as the
batteries» became less able to supply the needed surges of power requested by apps and so forth.