Apple will pay $ 3,4 million in Chile to close the lawsuit in which they were accused of programming a life limit on their devices to force consumers to upgrade them.
150.000 owners of the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus and SE have sued Apple over the same "iPhone slowdown" issue that Apple has struggled with since 2017. The litigants in Chile will receive a maximum of 50 dollars.
Apple released iOS 2017 in 10.2.1, which included a feature that limited the performance of older iPhones with dead batteries to prevent them from restarting during peak hours. Apple didn't spend enough effort explaining this feature and the logic behind it, so users who experienced the effects of this feature interpreted that it was a typical business move by a company that was forcing owners of an old iPhone. to buy a phone. able to recover the speed of use.
As often happens, the explanation came late and wrong, and Apple's credibility in this matter was lost, so in many countries, users have organized to take collective action against the iPhone company, which still today, almost five years on, I'm still in the resolution process.
The iOS 10.2.1 update and later have introduced new measures to protect battery life and aim to ensure that the iPhone has the longest life possible, even when battery quality deteriorates.
However, the collective mindset assumes that whatever they say, their ultimate goal is to force users to buy a new iPhone as soon as possible.
Apple has created an affordable worldwide battery replacement program for devices with batteries that are running low on their cycle count and has introduced additional features to help monitor battery health.
Apple has received similar lawsuits in Belgium, Spain, Italy and Portugal. Apple has already reached out-of-court settlements for the lawsuit in the United States, paying between $ 310 and $ 500 million, and a state-led investigation that cost it $ 113 million.
