Your iPhone May Be Underperforming Year after year consumers flock to the tech giant Apple for the newest smartphones. Around the beginning of September Apple hosts a Keynote presentation to drive hype and media coverage for the announcement of new iPhones, and perhaps other accompanying products. But not everyone can afford the newest top of the line device at over $1000 per phone. Chances are you or someone you know is using an Apple branded device right now, with Apple selling over 216 million smartphones worldwide in 2017, and similar volumes in earlier years. Your iPhone may not have the same features, camera, size, or screen as the newest Apple devices…but they all share one commonality: the use of a lithium-ion battery to power the device. This brings us to the ethical issue Apple still faces in the news today: admittedly slowing down the performance of aging iPhone models. The Ethical Dilemma On December 20th, 2017 Apple confirmed what many cu...
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