> to prevent unintended shutdowns and extend battery life
The cynic in me thinks it's actually to encourage new hardware upgrades.
The cynic in me thinks it's actually to encourage new hardware upgrades.
Everyone's decided what they want the answer to be. Now it's just a case of trying to shoehorn the facts to fit.
If they didn't scale back on lower voltages, people would just claim they're trying to kill the battery quicker so you buy a new handset ..
Hypothesis: If they wanted to take care of batteries/battery life, the phone/tablet would resume running at full clock speed when plugged in and charging.
Test outcome: This is not the case.
Verdict: Hmmmm...