I had one of the affected phones and concur that it was shitty of them to try and sneak that by people, but "throttled the peak CPU boost" is a long way from "bricked"

Upside of the settlement was I got a battery replacement for $30 (performed same day in store) and coming up on 6 years since release the original iPhone SE is still running the latest version of iOS.

Also a happy OG SE user who got one of the cheap battery replacements. Replaced again a couple years later with an iFixit battery for ~$30, still using it to this day. Holding out for a worthy upgrade path...

Honestly I think this is the real issue: batteries barely last three years and when they start to go things go strange and people blame the phone rather than replace the battery. I expect somewhere inside Google they grok that supporting a phone beyond three years becomes the root cause problem being dying batteries.

>people blame the phone rather than replace the battery.

If their phone doesn't have a replaceable battery then blaming the phone is correct.

No, it's simply not. Not when the battery can actually be replaced for $49. The battery is replaceable.

Which is about the same thing for an iPhone? Apple stores don't magically replace batteries in seconds. On my iPhone 6s, I had both a bad battery, and a defective display - took 7 hours to get my phone back after scheduling an appointment at the Apple Store.

iPhone batteries should be user-replaceable too. Maybe with a pair of screws instead of a clip.

That’s bullshit. I guess overturning cost for repairing a car is also infinite by that logic.

It is. I hate getting my car repaired. Now that I work from home, if I didn't already own a car, I very well might not buy one.

Once per 3 years?!

I wonder how much of this could be extended by phones just auto-limiting charging to 90% (current phones already time charging so when left on overnight it only reaches 100% when you wake up) most of the time, since that seems to increase battery longevity by a lot.