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Apple Throws $3.4 Million to Chilean iPhone Users Over Performance Throttling (Remember 2017?)

posted by martyb on Friday April 09 2021, @04:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the hello-darkness-my-old-friend dept.

takyon writes:

Apple to Pay $3.4 Million USD to Settle Planned Obsolescence Lawsuit

Apple has agreed to settle and pay $3.4 million to Chilean users due to a class-action lawsuit filed by iPhone users who noticed that their older devices, which include the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, and iPhone SE were performing significantly worse after an iOS update in 2017. Every registered Chilean user stands to gain $50, which has to be shared if there is more than one claim per device serial number. For instance, a second-hand phone may have two people filing a lawsuit for the same phone.

Around 150,000 Chilean iPhone users sued Apple for implementing a performance throttling feature in their 2017 iOS update. In the same year, Apple released the iOS 10.2.1 update and programmed in a feature that would forcefully slow down system performance in old iPhones by reducing the CPU's clock speed. This was done to prevent the phone from spontaneously shutting off due to poor battery health in degrading iPhones, but they failed to inform the user that this change would have a detrimental effect on their iPhone's performance.

Previously: Apple iPhones Appear to Slow Down as Battery Condition Degrades: Planned Obsolescence?
Two Class Action Lawsuits Filed After Apple Admits Slowing Down iPhones
Eight Lawsuits Filed Against Apple Over iPhone Slowdowns
Apple Offers $29 Battery Replacements in Response to iPhone Slowdown Scandal

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by fustakrakich on Friday April 09 2021, @05:46PM (4 children)

    by fustakrakich (6150) on Friday April 09 2021, @05:46PM (#1135397) Journal

    Must take least 5 minutes to make it back

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @06:05PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @06:05PM (#1135408)

    It barely qualifies as newsworthy these days, here’s a helpful visual
    To understand trillion dollar companies
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YUWDrLazCg [youtube.com]

  • (Score: 2) by edIII on Friday April 09 2021, @06:52PM

    by edIII (791) on Friday April 09 2021, @06:52PM (#1135424)

    That's what I was thinking. The catering bill for a few quarters at best.

    Apple must've been copying Microsoft's tactic :)

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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @08:25PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @08:25PM (#1135481)

    It's all relative. To you, $3.4 million isn't a lot, but in Chile each iPhone user can buy a dozen whores for the whole weekend with their part of the settlement.

    • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @08:41PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 09 2021, @08:41PM (#1135485)

      These are Apple users... I don't think Chile has enough transgender whores to service all of them.