Apple’s programmed cell-phone death (the degradation in the function of iPhones, after they reach a certain age, that Apple programs into them).
Etymology:
Apple (he cell-phone producer who, in December 2017, admitted that it programmed certain models of its iPhone (iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, and SE) to slow down after the battery reached a certain age, ostensibly to smooth out his performance, after many people had a long believed it was slowing down the phones as a way to get people to buy new ones.
Apoptosis: “progammed cell death”; the death of cells that occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development.
Etymology:
Apple (he cell-phone producer who, in December 2017, admitted that it programmed certain models of its iPhone (iPhone 6, iPhone 6S, and SE) to slow down after the battery reached a certain age, ostensibly to smooth out his performance, after many people had a long believed it was slowing down the phones as a way to get people to buy new ones.
Apoptosis: “progammed cell death”; the death of cells that occurs as a normal and controlled part of an organism's growth or development.
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