Apple has agreed to pay a maximum of $ 500 million to get rid of the class action lawsuit once and for all. it was accused of slowing down old iPhones in United States. Each of the affected users will receive $ 25.
This amount could increase or decrease slightly depending on the legal fees and the added value of the lawsuits, so the figure that Apple has to pay if it places between 300 and 500 million at most.
The agreement affects current and former US users of an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and iPhone SE with iOS 10.2.1 or later or iOS 11.2 or later for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, which will run these versions iOS before December 21, 2017.
The agreement that Apple has reached with the representatives of the class action must be ratified by the United States Federal Judge Edward J. Dávila on April 3, 2020. This lawsuit was filed in December 2017, shortly after the announcement of Apple's Incorporation a feature that automatically reduced iPhone performance when the battery of the same is not in good condition, in order to avoid that the terminal turns off suddenly.
The lawsuit argued that this was one of the "biggest consumer scams in history." This functionality was introduced in iOS 10.2.1, but it was not officially announced in the update notes, it was only mentioned that the system had been improved to avoid unexpected shutdowns.
Apple was forced to unveil this functionality when Primete Labs founder John Pole will perform different performance tests on both an iPhone 6 and an iPhone 7, tests that depending on the state of the battery varied considerably.
With iOS 11.3, Apple introduced a new feature that allows users to check the battery status at all times, a management system that we can activate or deactivate manually.