Yes, Apple really is slowing down your old iPhone -- but says it's for your own good

We now know for certain what many people have suspected for some time: Apple really is slowing down older iPhones. The phone-maker has finally come clean about what's going on -- it really is purposefully degrading the performance of its phones. While there has been speculation that the company has been putting the brakes on aging handsets in a bid to encourage people to upgrade to newer models, Apple says that there's actually a different reason for old iPhones performing less impressively in benchmarks. That reason is battery life. See also: Has your iPhone started crashing in iOS 11.1.2? You're… [Continue Reading]