Is Apple Sabotaging old iPhones?

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.” The slowdown reportedly affected Apple phones that were released between 2014 and 2016.

Did Apple get sued for planned obsolescence?

Apple is accused of having programmed a limited lifespan into some products to force users to replace their phones sooner than necessary. Apple has agreed to pay Chilean consumers $3.4 million in a lawsuit over programmed obsolescence of iPhones, their lawyer said Wednesday, the first such settlement in Latin America.

Is Apple still slowing down older phones?

Apple slows down older iPhone’s performance to preserve battery life in the long term. This system periodically assesses how well the battery can support the phone’s power requirements. If the battery is doing well, phone performance remains stable.

Is Apple being sued over iPhone ‘planned obsolescence’?

This is not the first time Apple is being sued over alleged iPhone “planned obsolescence.” After multiple lawsuits and bad press, Apple announced in 2017 that it was going to temporarily drop the price of iPhone battery replacement and promised an iOS update to address battery health.

Does Apple’s planned obsolescence force consumers to buy new phones?

The lawsuit alleges that Apple’s planned obsolescence forces consumers to buy a new phone before they would otherwise have to. As reported by Marketeer, this consumer protection organization waited three years without an answer from Apple in Europe before filing this lawsuit.

Is planned obsolescence a crime in France?

Apple investigated by France for ‘planned obsolescence’. Read more about sharing. French prosecutors have launched a probe over allegations of “planned obsolescence” in Apple’s iPhone. Under French law it is a crime to intentionally shorten lifespan of a product with the aim of making customers replace it.

Should Apple let you replace your iPhone battery yourself?

According to a report from HuffPost, Apple argues that allowing consumers to replace the battery could make the iPhone more vulnerable to hacks, and that letting people peek inside would make the iPhone easier to counterfeit. “Apple won’t sell batteries to consumers, people should be furious about that,” Wiens says.