Apple throttled all affected devices regardless of battery wear. Law suits will be a big nothing? You probably think their tax issues with the EU and other countries are nothing as well. Samsung is laughing at their mistakes/mismanagement and you are acting like they did nothing wrong. Apparently you must listen to Apple podcasts as your primary music station because you believe their bs like it’s the bible.
Apple's software management throttles all devices as much as it "throttles" a brand new iPhone X. It has 0 effect unless the battery is compromised. Otherwise, my phone would be throttled...lol. You have no clue how many devices were impacted, so it's speculation to say any number of phones were compromised. Apple is handling it as we speak.
Yes, suits will materialize into essentially nothing for Apple and the class action. The largest class action ever was $5B for Exxon's oil spill and it was later reduced to $500M.
Do you understand how much capital Apple has? The EU tax situation with Ireland will be nothing more than a blip, even if Apple will be required to pay every cent of the $16B, which I believe they shouldn't and won't ultimate be ordered to do. Apple has already put the money in an escrow account and has categorized the money as restricted cash on its balance sheet.
The appeals will take years and if they lose, no impact, and if they win, $16B windfall. It's a win-win for Apple at this point because it's already being paid into the escrow.
I suspect you read headlines and don't understand large numbers as it relates to powerful corporations. Billions for corporations like Apple are like traffic tickets for you. The difference is, Apple will probably get their traffic tickets thrown out and have money to appeal almost endlessly. You have to accept that resistance is futile.
Aside from all the nonsense, Apple is a fantastic company, selling more of all products than ever, and is more valuable than ever. Stock just hit a new all time high.
When the facts change, I'll change. Anyone saying Apple is not doing well or a fantastic job isn't paying attention.
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I'm reading over your remarks on this thread and your posts with others and I genuinely want to know, just out of curiosity, why are you in such denial?
It's better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.
All you people pitchforking that this is some big issue for Apple really don't understand the reality. Apple is fixing any transgression as we speak. People will get over this. No one knows how many people were impacted, but it's assuredly being overblown here. 800M iPhones were sold between the 6, 6s, 7, and 8. If every phone had issues, you would see a
massive backlash that would dwarf the current situation. It's just not that big of a deal outside of these forums.
Apple wasn't perfect, but I don't believe Apple was maliciously coercing people into upgrading by throttling all devices. That would be stupid and Apple is not a stupid company thinking only about the next 6-12 months. It by definition only impacts compromised batteries because I have the "throttling" software on my iPhone X and it runs perfectly. New batteries also fix any slowdowns in old phones. It's proven. There is no conspiracy.
Apple will fix your battery for $29 in devices 3.5 years and will improve iOS to help you understand your battery's health. They are even going to let you toggle the power management feature in future updates. What more do you want? You're not getting your money back for your phone or a credit toward a new phone you chose to buy.
You have to be able to prove damages to win a lawsuit. Very difficult to prove when Apple doesn't guarantee performance levels, has terms and conditions for software updates, and the impacted phones is unknown. Class actions don't work and when they do, it's peanuts. Apple is smarter and more powerful than basically anyone challenging them.
Remember, the fact it's an issue doesn't mean every phone had a degraded battery and/or was throttled. The cases that are confirmed don't confirm a problem for everyone. That's the single biggest thing people here struggle to understand.