Apple has initiated the disbursement of financial settlements to its customers in the United States who experienced the slowdown of their iPhones due to aging batteries.
This follows a legal resolution made by the company in 2020 to settle a collective lawsuit in the United States, accusing Apple of discreetly slowing down certain iPhone models.
As part of the settlement, Apple is required to pay approximately $500 million to affected customers, and the company has now started the process of sending compensations to customers who had previously filed claims.
Apple is providing a financial compensation of $92 for each eligible device that encountered performance issues due to its software updates.
Since acknowledging in 2017 that it intentionally reduced the performance of certain iPhone models with older batteries to prevent unexpected shutdowns, Apple has faced several lawsuits. At that time, Apple introduced a new power management system in the iOS 10.2.1 update without explicitly detailing the modifications.
Despite issuing an apology for the lack of transparency and temporarily reducing the battery replacement cost for iPhones to $29 in 2018, Apple consistently denied any wrongdoing and never admitted to legal violations. However, the company opted for legal settlements to avoid the cumbersome and costly expenses associated with lawsuits, as it asserted.
U.S. customers who own iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7, or iPhone SE can avail themselves of the financial compensations if their phones were affected by Apple’s updates before the end of 2017, provided they submitted their claims before October 2020.
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