He who is harry newton said on Wed, 3 Jan 2018 05:15:18 +0000 (UTC):

In the end, I think Apple has an *easy* problem to solve which is so easy
to solve that it's not funny. But this is a long post so we can leave the
solution to later.

Here's what I posit is the easy solution to this Apple-only problem.

1. They will never come clean until they settle the court cases - it's just
not realistic to expect them to tell the truth - so we can expect all sorts
of cleverly crafted statements like that so-called apology until and unless
the combine the court cases and settle them out of court.

2. Once Apple clears that legal hurdle (which will cost them something like
five or ten million dollars and some nearly worthless incentive to
consumers, like free batteries or reduced-price batteries in the future or
discounts on new phones or whatever) ... then Apple can work on a truthful
"fix".

3. The most truthful fix is to eliminate the mandatory throttling - which
is to allow the user to decide if they want half an iPhone X in one year or
not. But of course, that will kill the batteries if the consumer doesn't
opt for half an iPhone X.

4. Hence, the next-most truthful fix is to fix the batteries or to fix the
Apple-only Apple-created problem with power management of those batteries.

Notice if Apple opts for the power management fix, then it's likely going
to be implemented in the next revision *after* the iPhone X because it
might involve changing how they streamline the CPU loads.

If Apple opts to fix the batteries, that has its own problems such as the
back of the phone might need to be enlarged to fit the bigger batteries. If
they can squeeze a better battery out of the current size, then that's fine
- but it's likely not gonna happen - so they have to increase the size of
the phone which will invite all sorts of lawsuits in and of itself.

In the end, Apple *knows* all this - which is why they secretly,
drastically, and permanently chopped CPU speeds in half after just one year
of use in those phones. It was the easy way out of the Apple-created
Apple-only design problem.

The good news is that Apple can make a trade-in of the old phone with the
newer (perhaps slightly bigger) phone as part of their settlement of the
lawsuits. Apple has plenty of money so that is the option that is probably
the best for all concerned.

But if Apple continues to attempt to weasle their way out of this
Apple-only Apple-design problem with lies, subterfuge, and secrecy, then
they will lose a *lot* of customer goodwill (which should be important to
them).

Most of the above is conjecture - so please consider it part of an adult
perspective on the facts in your adult response.