Here’s what the iPhone’s battery health setting will look like

This indicates whether your iPhone’s battery can sustain peak performance or not. “Whenever I restart my iPhone X, the problem gets automatically solved and after 15 to 20 calls the same problem starts again”. The software feature is created to provide more stability in older iPhones that are shutting down at seemingly random times when their batteries start to malfunction.

A report by 9to5Mac reveals a new analyst note by UBS, which reveals some of the challenges faced by the Cupertino giant as it reaches maturity.

“iOS 11.3 improves this performance management feature by periodically assessing the level of performance management necessary to avoid unexpected shutdowns”, Apple explains. Apple seems to be taking a middle ground here to address users’ concerns. The company’s response to Senator John Thune suggests that the company would avoid any significant performance throttling on newer iPhones. The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus were introduced in September; the iPhone X in November. Apple’s battery health feature will display this message: “Your battery is now supporting normal peak performance”.

In other words, once your device on iOS 11.3 experiences an unexpected shutdown, then Apple’s “performance management feature”, which means throttling your iPhone’s CPU, will kick into effect when you have low battery. “This assessment is ongoing, allowing more adaptive performance management”. On newer devices that operate at full battery capacity such as the new iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus and iPhone 8, you won’t see a toggle to turn off the throttling feature.

Apple reported an issue with iPhone 7, which shows users “No Service” in the status bar, however, its recent issue with its most expensive version of iPhone ever has created enough distress among users. There has been no evidence that the company had this in mind with the throttling update; seeing that the end goal was to make older iPhones last as long as possible.

If users in the mentioned regions are experiencing the problem would be reimbursed for paying for the fix of their phones, the company said in a statement. To deal with backlash, Apple lowered its battery replacement out-of-warranty fee from $79 to $29 in late December. Battery replacement will bring the phone’s performance to normal levels.

The company is now working through a backlog of requests from consumers seeking to take advantage of the $29 out-of-warranty replacement. Apple’s devices are hard to open and fix.

Apple’s online support forum is flooded with complaints describing the frustration of hearing their phone ringing for “six to eight” seconds while staring at a blank screen, without the “slide to answer” function. It is to be noted that you can’t enable this if once disabled. For the iPhone X quality is particularly important because of the phone’s high price tag and cutting-edge features.