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Apple is facing a class action lawsuit in California over slowing iPhone speeds as batteries age:
Residents of Los Angeles, Stefan Bogdanovich, and Dakota Speas have been represented by Wilshire Law Firm and both of them filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. The plaintiffs are accusing Apple of slowing down their older iPhone models when newer models are released and this has been happening without their consent or approval.
Another class action lawsuit has been filed in Illinois [Ecmascript required]:
A day after Apple acknowledged that their software updates slow down older iPhone models, five customers have filed a federal lawsuit in Chicago against the tech giant for what they're calling "deceptive, immoral and unethical" practices that violate consumer protection laws.
The suit was filed Thursday by two Illinoisans along with Ohio, Indiana and North Carolina residents, who had a range of models from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 7. They claim that Apple's iOS updates "were engineered to purposefully slow down or 'throttle down' the performance speeds" of the iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 7.
[...] Apple partially confirmed the theory on Wednesday, releasing a statement admitting updates would slow down phones, but only to prevent devices with old batteries "from unexpectedly shutting down."
TechCrunch's defense of Apple. Also at Business Insider.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Sunday December 24 2017, @06:38AM (1 child)
I could have gotten a replacement for free but I wanted to save mine for canadas equivalent to the consumer product safety commission
Apple eventually issued a recall
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Sunday December 24 2017, @02:45PM
Oh, yeah, MacBookPro "MagLock" power cords have been a joke since 2006. Colleague of mine shredded his, so I was EXTREMELY careful in how I used mine, always pulled out by the plug not the wire, laid flat not twisted, etc. to no avail - mine also shredded within about a year, obvious exposed conductor fire hazard.
The only thing that wore out on the iPad One was the 30 pin cable connector. When I took it to the Apple store to buy a replacement, the Genius on staff proceeded to berate me for having an aftermarket cord: "see here how the design is different on the Genuine Apple product?" A) no, other than the fact that the new one is new and not falling apart yet it's basically the same crappy excuse of a strain relief design, B) this is the original equipment that was packed in the box with our iPad when it was new, C) after having told him A) and B) he continued to insist that the broken cable was aftermarket, I didn't even try D) well, the device is 2 years old so if this WAS an aftermarket cable what do you think happened to the OEM one? Come to think of it, that was indeed the last time I set foot in an Apple store... many years ago now.
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