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Apple slows some older iPhones because of flagging batteries

Apple on Wednesday acknowledged that the company does take some measures to reduce power demands

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Apple has addressed claims from an app company that says the maker of iPhones slows down the performance of older phones.
 
On Monday, the blog Primate Labs, a company that makes an app for measuring the speed of an iPhone’s processor, published data that appeared to show slower performance in the Apple’s iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 models as they aged.
 
Apple on Wednesday acknowledged that the company does take some measures to reduce power demands — which can have the effect of slowing the processor - when a phone’s battery is having trouble supplying the peak current