Does Apple slow down your old iPhone to make you buy the new one? Read to know

Has your old iPhone slowed down just as Apple has released its iPhone 8 series of smartphones and will soon release its 10th anniversary special edition iPhone X? For a long time, Apple has been accused of 'planned obsolescence', making old iPhones less useful so that you buy the new model. Similar suspicion has been cast at the recent release of iOS 11 update that is being seen by some as an attempt to make older phones obsolete.


There are reports that searches like "iPhone slow" or "iPhone slowed down" on Google spiked before the release of the new model, which suggests a large number of iPhone users have started facing problems with their phones.