How Apple is Crippling Its Old Devices with New Software

I’m still using an old iPhone 6 and I was ready and eager to replace it this fall with one of the new models. I was waiting. But something happened along the way and now I’m considering switching to Android.

Maciej Lipiec
The Startup

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What happened? iOS 11. I’ve made a mistake to update my old device to the new system. And iOS 11 made my iPhone 6 unusable. It was a perfectly fine phone before — maybe not the fastest, maybe lacking some of the new features, but still pretty good. But after update to iOS 11 this system is eating my whole battery in half an hour and system crashes became an everyday occurrence. I need to be connected to a power source for most of the day, so my mobile phone became a fixed phone.

It’s like Apple is telling me: this time you really have to buy a new iPhone, because we ruined your old one, haha! 💩 📱 It’s not longer my decision to upgrade, because I’m a happy customer of Apple’s products (and I was more than willing to upgrade). I HAVE to upgrade — they dictate. And I protest!

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Maciej Lipiec
The Startup

Digital Product Designer. Former Product Design Director at K2 Internet & Head of UX/UI at Empik Group.