Motorola, HTC confirm they don't make older smartphones slower

Unlike Apple, HTC and Motorola say they don’t slow down older smartphones. Confirmation follows public outcry over Apple’s decision to slow down iPhone models as they — or, more specifically, their lithium-ion batteries — age. Despite having a pretty good reason for slowing down the devices, Apple’s attempt at mitigating problems caused by li-ion batteries has proven very controversial, and …