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Apple on Wednesday agreed to pay $113 million to settle consumer fraud lawsuits brought by more than 30 states over allegations that it secretly slowed down old iPhones, a controversy that became known as "batterygate."
Apple first denied that it purposely slowed down iPhone batteries, then said it did so to preserve battery life amid widespread reports of iPhones unexpectedly turning off. The company maintained that it wasn't necessary for iPhone users to replace their sluggish phones, but state attorneys general led by Arizona found people saw no other choice.
Apple, the most valuable company in the world, acted deceptively by hiding the shutdown and slowdown issues, according to the court filing.
"Many consumers decided that the only way to get improved performance was to purchase a newer-model iPhone from Apple," Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich wrote in a complaint made public on Wednesday. "Apple, of course, fully understood such effects on sales."
According to state investigators, the move boosted iPhone sales "potentially by millions of devices per year."
The slowdown reportedly affected Apple phones that were released between 2014 and 2016. It first came to light after iPhone users complained on Reddit and technology blogs.
- "Shocking" Typicaly corp actions. Apple's just done a great jog of branding and marketing, but their agenda is the same - eek out every last penny.formed
- ^ I keep reading this. as if it's some revelation of evil. as opposed to what every single business on the planet does. makes products, sell productsinteliboy
- lol sted this is not Apple's latest news********
- the real "NEWS" today was Apple cutting to 15% the charge for developers doing <1 mil revenue from apps********
- https://www.apple.co…********
- this was released at 1:12pm
thats the latest "news" about apple
https://www.qbn.com/…******** - ^"Rumors"********
- whether it is close to reality or not all i hope is that you can read.********
- sted, it stays.imbecile
- @inteliboy you buy in into an ecosystem what demands money in every corner,
builds more and more dependency for you while keeping existing things expensive******** - as possible. while users have to constantly fight for their rights.********
- but, but, they have such good ads and marketing!! Aren't they 'for' designers and privacy??formed
- Looking forward to Apple making their new machines being absolutely impossible to repair by independent outfits.face_melter
- You do realize the slow down was to improve battery life right? The only problem is they didn’t put it in writing. There were no “damages”monospaced
- If it were android the battery would die and they would have to get a new one or a new model. Same thing.monospaced
- Difference is th at google doesn’t even try to improve battery life.monospaced