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Apple Now Faces 26+ Lawsuits for 'Purposefully' or 'Secretly' Slowing Down Older iPhones
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Steve Jobs was in on this!
This is going to be the most debated topic of 2018 throughout Geekdom. And I'm so over it. Apple should just cut the cheque for $1.29 for each complainant so everyone can move on.
Exactly, that's what I have been saying in the last news article about this battery slowdown.
That's just silliness. No one is okay with a phone that is randomly shutting down, but neither are most okay with their phones being forcibly SLOWED down with absolutely no explanation to the cause. Even more, many of those people INQUIRED of Apple regarding the phone performance only to be told that there was nothing wrong.
Remember VW's lawsuit about secretly altering emissions stats? Are you okay with that? What if a car company advertised a certain level of fuel performance, but as the car aged it no longer met those levels. So the next time you take your car in for an oil change, they tinker with you car and put a governor on the motor that impedes performance, but increases your mileage to their advertised standards. They don't tell you, and when you asked about a certain 'lag' as you push the accelerator, their service underwriter gets in the car, drives it, and says, "Hey, everything seems fine to me."
Are you okay with that? Consumers just want honest, upfront communication, and they are due that as a paying customer.
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Great news. They need to lose hundreds of millions. Not like it will hurt them.
You've cited software throttling the CPU from iOS 10.2.1. I'm asking you for a source on:
There is a difference between software and hardware. Hardware is the battery itself. Software is iOS.
I'm just wondering what source you have that they skimped on battery quality from the iPhone 6.
It’s hard to argue against the relatively small jump in battery capacity from the 5s to the 6. And then the 6s almost went back to 5s levels.
Apple have been caught with their pants down on this one. Best to own up and offer free battery replacements.
Most will go nowhere.
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These aren't issues you're going to be able to file a suit over.
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These aren't issues you're going to be able to file a suit over.
You are just playing on a confusion on words.
The slowdown due to battery degradation did happen. I don't even remember Apple denying it.
What didn't happen is the conspiracy theory behind it that all this time it was Apple intention to do "planned obsolescence" so you buy more new phones. In fact, the official and reasonable explanation is that on the contrary it extended the usable life of older phone (because intermittent shutdowns is worse than throttling.), which is the opposite of the theory.
When I say "It didn't happen", it's the conspiracy theory, not the battery throttling.
"Absent the code inserted by Apple, the reduced battery capacity of these phones would not have negatively affected processing performance."
There's your first candidate for being immediately dismissed by the court system. If the voltage is too low for what the CPU needs, the phone shuts down. That obviously "negatively affects processing performance" by itself, and is a worse scenario than the phone running slower.
There's your first candidate for being immediately dismissed by the court system. If the voltage is too low for what the CPU needs, the phone shuts down. That obviously "negatively affects processing performance" by itself, and is a worse scenario than the phone running slower.
Apple did this to themselves. Can't blame anyone else.
Exactly, I just had a look at the 5S battery, seems like it's made by the same company, if that's the case it should have the same quality.
It’s interesting what Apple considers a “feature” in their products these days (i.e., under Tim Cook’s clueless leadership). Slowing down iPhones is to the point where they are lagging is a “feature.” Removing the headphone jack (which is ubiquitous) is a feature. Removing the home button (which is faster and more ergonomic than the software swipe solutions) is a feature. Removing MagSafe from the MacBook line is a feature. Removing the most commonly used ports from the MacBook line is a feature. Removing skeuomorphic visual cues (which makes learning how to use devices far easier for the elderly and many other people who are new to smartphones and computers) is a feature.
refund customers who purchased brand new iPhones to regain maximum performance
thats comical. how would you possibly prove that. everyone would claim it
thats comical. how would you possibly prove that. everyone would claim it
What kind of logic is that?
A manufacturer can't offer a low grade product an AAA grade product?
Why, because batteries degrade and are consumables.
You're describing device operation. That's different from processing performance.
Uh huh. Not sure where "from the iPhone 6" came from. I think OP's getting confused between iOS on iPhone 6 (the earliest applicable phone for this throttling) and what a battery actually is. They got loads of upvotes of course, as it's easier to throw a ridiculous conspiracy theory for the dogs to chew on than back up your baloney with facts.
The iPhone 5 had a batch of faulty batteries. The first few iPhones were dreadful for battery life and battery health. My 5S was infuriating to use before I got my X as it kept spontaneously shutting down.
I'm not sure the OP understands how lithium technology works. Batteries will always degrade and fluctuate, regardless of usage. This is consistent with all manufacturers.
I wonder of those 23+ people buy a new phone every year so in theory were never affected by this crappy customer service move by apple.
BUt no see free money so they are all aboard the sue sue train
BUt no see free money so they are all aboard the sue sue train
I don't have a worldwide list, but here are the ones in the United States. There are some duplicates. This information is from PACER, which costs money to access.
In no particular order, here are the last names of the slowdown lawsuits:
1 - Hakimi
2 - Rabinovits
3 - Harvey
4 - Gallmann
5 - Mailyan
6 - Drantivy
7 - Lazarus
8 - Neilan
9 - Miller
10 - Batista
11 - LaNasa
12 - Schroeder
13 - Burton
14 - McInnis
15 - Mohammed
16 - Bogdanovich
17 - Mangano
18 - Sullivan-Stefanou
19 - Honigman
20 - Cook
21 - Aburos
22 - Mallh
23 - McInnis
You know exactly why they should lose every one those lawsuits and then some.
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Maybe this will push them to maybe exert some more QC over their batteries.
Im surprised people don't sue for them putting smaller batteries in newer phones, IE the iPhone 7 Plus Vs iPhone 8 plus.
So annoying. hope they lose them all.
Im surprised people don't sue for them putting smaller batteries in newer phones, IE the iPhone 7 Plus Vs iPhone 8 plus.
So annoying. hope they lose them all.