Apple is sued again for the controversy of the batteries of the iphone

Apple admitted late last year that it was limiting the peak performance of some older iPhone models, with chemically aged batteries to prevent devices from seeing their excessively reduced autonomy. Now the Cupertino company faces new problems related to this fact.

Apple is sued by 78 customers for the battery case

Apple sees performance reduction as a feature intended to provide the best possible user experience, and to make iPhones last for as long as possible, however, it was not very transparent with its users, prompting some customers to believe Apple is deliberately slowing down older iPhones as a form of planned obsolescence.

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Apple flatly denied in an apology letter to customers for their miscommunication that they ever intended to intentionally shorten the life of any product or degrade the user experience to drive sales of new devices.

Not everyone believes that Apple and a group of 78 customers from multiple states have filed a class action lawsuit against Apple this week, accusing the company of secretly throttling older iPhones to force customers to upgrade to a model. newer, calling it one of the biggest frauds in history. The gist of the complaint is that Apple allegedly committed fraud by secretly slowing down older iPhones as part of a plan to make money. Apple is accused of violating the California Consumer Legal Remedies Act and other laws.

With iOS 11.3 Apple introduced a new Battery Health feature to track iPhone battery status and performance status. When users first install iOS 11.3, all performance management features that could have been enabled are automatically disabled.

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