batterygate
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Apple Sends Out $US92 Payments to Users Whose iPhones Were Slowed Down
Over the weekend, Apple users finally began receiving their piece of the ‘batterygate’ settlement in the form of $US92 payments, as first reported by MacRumors. Apple admitted to slowing down old iPhones back in 2017 without notifying users, saying it was part of delivering “the best experience for customers.” Roughly seven years later, iPhone users…
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Apple’s ‘Batterygate’ Saga Wraps Up With $154 Million Settlement
Younger readers might not know, but there was once an annual tradition in which Apple would release a new iPhone, old iPhones would suddenly start performing poorly, and users would speculate about a conspiracy to get them to buy the shiny new thing. It turned out that a conspiracy, of sorts, did exist, and Apple…