Apple to pay $113 million to settle iPhone ‘battery gate’ lawsuit

Source: KitGuru added 23rd Nov 2020

  • apple-to-pay-$113-million-to-settle-iphone-‘battery-gate’-lawsuit

Home / Lifestyle / Mobile / Apple / Apple to pay $113 million to settle iPhone ‘battery gate’ lawsuit

Matthew Wilson
2 days ago
Apple, Featured Tech News

Back in 2017, Apple found itself in a controversial position, after it became public that Apple had been quietly throttling the speed of older iPhones. While this was done in order to slow the effects of battery ageing, Apple still found itself in the middle of a class action lawsuit, which has now been settled three years later. 

This week, Apple settled the ‘battery gate’ class-action lawsuit in the US, agreeing to pay out $113 million across 34 different states.

In these states, attorneys argued that Apple intentionally hid performance throttling and details of battery degradation from the public. By doing this, they allege that Apple was profiting off of people who were tricked into thinking they needed a new iPhone, when really they just needed a much cheaper battery replacement. Apple’s lawyers of course deny that this is the case.

As pointed out by The Verge, a judge has yet to approve the $113 million settlement but once that is all sorted, eligible iPhone owners will be able to claim a piece of the pie.

KitGuru Says: The idea of intentional performance throttling to push consumers into upgrading their devices has been floating around for years now. With that in mind, I’m not surprised these lawsuits cropped up despite Apple’s explanations. 

Become a Patron!

Check Also

Apple to bring PS5 DualSense and Xbox Series X controller support to iOS

The Xbox Series X/S have been out for almost two weeks now and with that, …

Read the full article at KitGuru

brands: Apple  HID  
media: KitGuru  
keywords: Apple  IOS  iPhone  Mobile  PS5  Series X  Xbox  Xbox Series X  

Related posts


Notice: Undefined variable: all_related in /var/www/vhosts/rondea.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/rondea-2-0/single-article.php on line 88

Notice: Undefined variable: all_related in /var/www/vhosts/rondea.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/rondea-2-0/single-article.php on line 88

Related Products



Notice: Undefined variable: all_related in /var/www/vhosts/rondea.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/rondea-2-0/single-article.php on line 91

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/vhosts/rondea.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/rondea-2-0/single-article.php on line 91