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Apple will pay $113 million for throttling older iPhones in new ‘batterygate’ settlement – The Verge
Apple has reached a second settlement, this time with more than 30 US states, that will see it paying $113 million for hiding the fact that it throttled older iPhones’…
Apple said it was protecting degrading batteries
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Apple doesnt find itself apologizing often, but its a big deal when it does like in 2017, after customers realized the company had been quietly throttling the speed of older iPhones. Apple quickly explained it was designed to protect those phones from aging batteries and offered $29 battery replacements to smooth things over, but lawsuits followed, with the company first agreeing to a $500…
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