Apple Now Faces 26+ Lawsuits for 'Purposefully' or 'Secretly' Slowing Down Older iPhones

apple faces on 2 dozen lawsuits around world either accuse company of intentionally slowing down older iphones, or @ least of failing disclose power management changes made starting in ios 10.2.1.

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lawsuits include 24 class action complaints in united states, latest 2 filed on thursday marc honigman , lauri sullivan-stefanou in new york , ohio respectively, according electronic court records reviewed macrumors. apple being sued in israel , france.

excerpt sullivan-stefanou's complaint:

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unbeknownst iphone 6, iphone 6 plus, , iphone 6s owners, apple inserted code ios 10.2.1 deliberately slowed down processing performance of these phones linking each phone's processing performance battery health. absent code inserted apple, reduced battery capacity of these phones not have negatively affected processing performance.

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many of lawsuits demand apple compensate iphone users have experienced slowdowns, offer free battery replacements, refund customers purchased brand new iphones regain maximum performance, , add info ios explaining how replacing iphone's battery can prevent slowdowns.

legal action comes after apple's revelation may @ times dynamically manage maximum performance of older iphone models chemically aged batteries in order prevent devices unexpectedly shutting down, issue can made worse cold temperatures or low charge.

apple never mentioned power management changes, calls feature, when released ios 10.2.1 year ago. month after software update became available, apple still vaguely mentioned made "improvements" resulted in significant reduction in unexpected shutdowns.

apple revealed so-called "improvements" after primate labs founder john poole visualized iphone 6s , iphone 7 devices had lower benchmark scores starting ios 10.2.1 , ios 11.2 respectively despite operating @ maximum performance on previous versions.

poole's analysis in response reddit user claimed iphone 6s significantly faster after replacing device's battery. discussion generated on 1,000 comments, , reinforced opinion held apple purposefully slows down older iphones customers buy newer ones.

honigman's complaint, edited clarity, echoes opinion:

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apple's intentional degradation of iphone's performance through release of ios impacted usability of device. effectively, apple has forced obsolescence of iphones secretly diminishing performance. thus, apple's admission has confirmed iphone users have long suspected - i.e., apple deliberately degrades performance of older iphone models through ios updates encourage users buy new iphones.

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apple has since issued apology lack of communication, , has reduced price of battery replacements $29 iphone 6 , newer through end of 2018. apple has promised release ios update year give users more visibility health of iphone's battery.

keep in mind apple not permanently or persistently slowing down older iphones. if iphone affected, performance limitations happen intermittently, , when device completing demanding tasks.

answered many asked questions apple's power management process, can't disabled, can avoided replacing iphone's battery if necessary. read our guide on how iphone's battery replaced @ apple store or apple authorized service provider.

update: yisroel brody on friday filed @ least 24th class action complaint against apple in new york district court.

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it's nauseating realize how many people here said didn't happen! countless people , posts screaming apple being needlessly burned @ stake literally not happening... yet, surprise, surprise, was!! think apple denied @ 1 point - surprise, surprise, lied! now, watch magic of chorus turning never happened to, did happen , thank god did! hail tc!

 

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