Apple agrees to $500 million settlement for throttling older iPhones

Apple agrees to $500 million settlement for throttling older iPhones

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Apple has tentatively agreed to a $500 million settlement after admitting to slowing down older phones. The deal would provide small payouts for many iPhone owners in the US, plus greater compensation for named class members and attorneys. It covers people who bought any product in the iPhone 6 and 7 lineup — which Apple secretly throttled to conserve battery life. As Bloomberg Law notes, the settlement was filed in a California court last Friday and is awaiting final court approval. The deal — which took months to negotiate — would resolve dozens of class action lawsuits that were filed between 2017 and 2018, ... (full story)

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Mar 4, 2020 7:29am

They all do it don't they.... remember RELUCTANTLY giving up my samsung S3 no complaints about it it did what it says on the tin a great phone. I didn't ask much from it yet one day it just pretty much stopped doing what little I demanded of it. The s6 was horrible "Unable to download" flag every time I used it. Sooo Huawei it is, they may spy on my boring texts and phone calls all they like.

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Mar 3, 2020 4:47am

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Another real life case of "Never practice what I do (at apple and usa), otherwise I will sue you and take down your economy (rest of the world)".

Life is just like a box of irony, you also get the shit if you ain't on board with the pirate.