LG, Samsung play smart, say not slowing our phones with old batteries like Apple

New Delhi : Apple's honest confession of slowing down iPhones with old batteries has become a nightmare for the company. Rivals taking full advantage of the situation are not leaving any scope of their positive publicity.

Samsung and LG, two of the biggest smartphone manufacturers, on Saturday claimed that they do not slow their smartphones with old batteries like Apple.

"Product quality has been and will always be Samsung Mobile's top priority. We ensure extended battery life through multi-layer safety measures, which include software algorithms that govern the battery charging current and charging duration," Samsung was quoted as saying by PhoneArena.

"We do not reduce CPU performance through software updates over the lifecycles of the phone," the company added.

Echoing a similar statement, LG committed it "will never" slow down its smartphones.

Taiwanese tech major HTC and Lenovo-owned Motorola also confirmed on Thursday that they were not slowing down phones with old batteries.

Earlier, Apple Inc. had apologised to its users for slowing down their devices without alerting them. In a measure to restore the negative publicity, the Apple reduce the price of an out-of-warranty battery replacement from $79 (roughly Rs. 5,000) to $29 (roughly Rs. 1,850) for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later.