New investigation against Apple for reducing performance on older iPhones
Source: Geeknetic added 23rd Nov 2020
by Antonio Delgado 19 / 11 / 2020 2
A few years ago Apple decided to reduce the frequency of its iPhone processors older on their own account and without informing the client, although he said that this measure was to preserve battery life on these older computers and avoid crashes and unexpected shutdowns. Apple ended up apologizing, although it was not enough for class action lawsuits to arise in the United States, where it is waiting to resolve a lawsuit in which will pay a certain amount of 113 million but that could be increased up to 500 millions of dollars.
Now, as we have seen in Washingtonpost, 34 states opened an investigation of their own and announced this Wednesday that Apple will pay 310 million dollars in addition to obtaining a commitment from the manufacturer of to be more transparent with this type of matter in the future . Although Apple has not admitted fault in this case.
It seems that they are not satisfied with the apologies that Apple offered in this regard, including the explanation of the reduction of the frequency that was to preserve your customers’ phones for longer and not to motivate them to buy new ones , in addition to reducing battery price for the year 2018 where it changed many more than in previous years, adds this amount to the fines that the giant Apple has already paid on other occasions for the same issue.
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Antonio Delgado
Computer Engineer by training, editor and hardware analyst at Geeknetic since 2011. I love gutting everything that comes my way, especially the latest hardware that we get here for reviews. In my spare time I fiddle with 3d printers, drones and other gadgets. For anything here you have me.
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