Thu 16 June 2022:
In the United Kingdom, Apple is set to face another class-action lawsuit demanding $935 million in damages for deliberately slowing down the performance of older iPhones to push people to upgrade to newer models.
According to TechCrunch, consumer rights activist Justin Gutmann has filed a complaint in London’s Competition Appeal Tribunal on behalf of up to 25 million UK iPhone consumers who used any of ten different iPhone models.
Apple is accused of exploiting its market dominance to engage in exploitative and unjust business practices, according to the lawsuit.
According to it, the iPhone maker “misled” iPhone users by releasing a power management software update that “secretly throttled” the performance of affected devices.
Apple has been sued several times in Europe over the iPhone throttling issue.
In January last year, a class-action lawsuit filed in Italy sought nearly $73 million in compensation for owners of iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, and 6S Plus models sold in the country between 2014 and 2020.
Earlier, similar lawsuits were filed in Belgium and Spain.
In 2020, Apple agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle various lawsuits charging the company of slowing down older iPhone devices with software updates in the United States.
Apple in 2017 had admitted that it occasionally slowed down certain iPhone models with older batteries to avoid unexpected shutdowns.
Apple denied any wrongdoing, but agreed for the settlement.
It did, however, apologize for not properly informing users and offered impacted customers discounted iPhone battery replacements.
Affected iPhone owners received a $500 million settlement, which equivalent to $25 per impacted iPhone.
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