Apple facing yet another multi-state probe related to iPhone throttling
Apple is once again targeted in a multi-state consumer protection investigation over the highly publicized "batterygate" controversy.
Arizona is leading a multi-state probe to find out if Apple's intentional slowing down of older iPhones violated trade practice laws, according to documents seen by Reuters.
Last week, technology watchdog Tech Transparency Project discovered that the Texas attorney general may file a lawsuit against Apple for violating the state's deceptive trade practices law.
Two months ago, Apple's $500 million deal to settle a series of class-action lawsuits involving the so-called iPhone slowdown controversy was approved by the U.S. District Court.
Users affected by Apple's throttling of older iPhones can now submit a claim to potentially receive around $25 per phone, following a court's decision to accept Apple's settlement.
Arizona is leading a multi-state probe to find out if Apple's intentional slowing down of older iPhones violated trade practice laws, according to documents seen by Reuters.
Last week, technology watchdog Tech Transparency Project discovered that the Texas attorney general may file a lawsuit against Apple for violating the state's deceptive trade practices law.
Two months ago, Apple's $500 million deal to settle a series of class-action lawsuits involving the so-called iPhone slowdown controversy was approved by the U.S. District Court.
Users affected by Apple's throttling of older iPhones can now submit a claim to potentially receive around $25 per phone, following a court's decision to accept Apple's settlement.
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Because that is where the money is.
I think many with Android phones don’t keep their phones as long as Apple customers keep their iPhones, so there really is no analog experience with Android, even though the same problem would exist. Therefore, this is seen as something unique to Apple, making the “problem” even worse for the company.
My 6S got a new battery for $29, which was a great deal for me, and I kept my phone another year-plus afterwards. I still replaced it with an 11 when the time was right, but I used my phone for 4 years otherwise. Nobody with an Android phone as a daily driver keeps it for 4 years (unless they’re 70 and using Consumer Cellular to have handy for emergencies). Hell, many Android phones can’t get software updates for 4 years. The news media has to start regarding Apple iPhones are something substantially different from their Android competitors in some key points of evaluation, if they’re going to roast them on the battery debacle.
Youtubers and the anti-Apple army jumped on this as some conspiracy theory. Remember "planned obsolescence"? Idiots.
Nobody said the law had to make sense.