Back in 2016, owners of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, and iPhone 6s Plus complained that their phones were shutting down after asking them to handle a task that required the processor to do heavy lifting. This was blamed on the weaker batteries that these models had.sent out an update in January 2017, iOS 10.2.1, that was designed to throttle the CPUs of the aforementioned iPhone models that were shutting down.
However, the throttling was noticed by some iPhone users who accused Apple of slowing down the devices on purpose in order to generate sales of new iPhones. In a letter written by CEOin December 2017, Apple apologized and addressed the concern that it was practicing planned obsolescence by saying that it would never do anything to shorten the lives of its products. And Apple reduced the cost of replacing an iPhone battery for all of 2018 by 63%.
In the U.S., the most recent legal action related to Batterygate took place this past August when a judge approved a settlement between Apple and the plaintiffs in a class action suit. Apple agreed to pay $500 millionA discussion is a place, where people can voice their opinion, no matter if it is positive, neutral or negative. However, when posting, one must stay true to the topic, and not just share some random thoughts, which are not directly related to the matter.