APPLE TO PAY UP TO $500M OVER BATTERY-RELATED PHONE SLOWDOWN
iPhone owners could get $25 from Apple after
the company agreed to pay up to $500 million
to settle claims over intentionally slowing down
older phones to preserve older batteries.
Apple and lawyers representing iPhone
consumers agreed to a deal stemming from
Apple’s 2017 admission that it was slowing down
phone performance in older models to avoid
unexpected shutdowns related to battery fatigue.
That admission led to Apple offering discounted
battery replacements at $29, but many people
claimed they had already spent hundreds of
dollars to buy new phones because Apple
didn’t reveal the cause of the problem. If they
had known they could just buy new batteries,
they might not have bought new phones, some
consumers in the case said.