Charge, please: Apple will pay $113M to settle 34-state ‘batterygate’ lawsuit
https://techcrunch.com/2020/11/18/charge-please-apple-will-pay-113m-to-settle-34-state-batterygate-lawsuit/
Apple has agreed to pay $113 million to 34 states and the District of Columbia to settle allegations that it broke consumer protection laws when it systematically downplayed widespread iPhone battery problems in 2016. This is in addition to the half billion the company already paid to consumers over the issue earlier this year and numerous other fines around the world.
The issue, as we’ve reported over the years, was that a new version of iOS was causing older (but not that old) iPhones to shut down unexpectedly, and that an update “fixing” this issue surreptitiously throttled the performance of those devices.