Apple Starts Sending 'Batterygate' Settlement Payments to iPhone Users

[AlastorKatriona]

I'm sorry, but I do not agree at all.

That's not how facts work.

Oh what the internet has done to people.

 

[Naraxus]

Apple wasn't being "secretive."

So then why did they slip in an algorithm and not tell anybody about it for months until their silence blew up in their face?

 

[WarmWinterHat]

Because all OS's do management between battery and CPU.

Windows, Linux, macOS and Android let the end user know in some fashion.

What makes iOS so special that it should be exempt?

 

[mj1108]

I haven’t got a clue the method I requested for payment. My guess is physical check. Hopefully those are shortly behind.

I couldn't remember either. Luckily I still had the email when I submitted info for both of my claims. I requested a check, for some reason. Oh well....hopefully they are sending them out now as well.

 

[Johnnyboy55]

No deposit yet. Possibly a check but I’ll be keeping an eye out for an email from Apple. This is good news. Long overdue but good 👍🏻

Update: just checked the confirmation email from Augs 2020. Looks like Il be waiting on Larry the mailman for my check. Money is definitely going towards a new iPhone.

 

[redheeler]

I would've qualified but missed the deadline. 2020 was a rough year...

 

[picpicmac]

This was always one of the stupidest lawsuits from a consumer perspective.

We live in a litigious age, and given things like iPhones are magic, not understood by either the user or the lawyers, and so here we are.

 

[Aves]

I think I'll be getting it in the mail, on the confirmation email it says mailed check. Two devices, not bad.

I completely forgot about this LOL

 

[Shasterball]

That's not how facts work.

Oh what the internet has done to people.

I responded to: "This was always one of the stupidest lawsuits from a consumer perspective."

How is that a fact? You may want to slow down and read a post before you respond to it.

 

[dynamojoe]

The Class participants will probably get $10 each, but the lawyers will get millions.

I don't remember how many claims I filed (my family goes through a lot of phones) but I received three separate deposits of $92.17 this morning.

 

[chrisgeleven]

Oh no, I selected the mailed check option and have since moved.

Emailed questions@smartphoneperformancesettlement.com to see if they can update the mailing address on my spouse's and I's claims.

 

[nimitz9]

I completely forgot about this one. Tried looking back through old emails, no luck. So maybe I bothered to fill out a claim, maybe not. Definitely wouldn't have given out banking info so it'll be a check in the mail or nothing for me.

 

[radioactive]

Trying to search my email inbox, who is the sender? I can't remember if I did it or not.

Confirmation@SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com

 

[Guacamole]

only in the US?

 

[WarmWinterHat]

only in the US?

Yes. It was a class-action lawsuit opened and settled in the US.

 

[Le Big Mac]

Confirmation@SmartphonePerformanceSettlement.com

Thanks - realized I have a check coming along with the digital payment received.

 

[okieoutwest]

Oh no, I selected the mailed check option and have since moved.

Emailed questions@smartphoneperformancesettlement.com to see if they can update the mailing address on my spouse's and I's claims.

Same and same. Hopefully it is fairly simple!

 

[Rafterman]

I can't find any record of me doing this. I think I missed out on $500-$600

 

[upandown]

I can’t remember if I filed a claim. Does anyone know if there was a confirmation email? What the approximate title was? Thanks

 

[japanime]

You weren't screwed. The lithium-ion batteries in all smartphones have the same limitations.

The lawsuit wasn't filed because of the limitations of lithium-ion batteries. It was filed because Apple was secretly throttling the performance of iPhones. So yes, as an iPhone owner whose device was secretly throttled by Apple, I was screwed.

 

[Someyoungguy]

I don't know why you, and several other people, refuse to see the reasons for this. It's not what Apple did, it's that they didn't tell anyone they did it., and there was no way for the end-user to know what was happening.

If they were upfront and said "we're enabling this, and here is how you know if it affects you", there would have been no lawsuit, no case, and no payouts..

Transparency would have solved this.

You are 100% correct on this. And my own supposition is that the secrecy is evidence of consciousness of guilt. They wanted to sell more phones, and they knew that secretly throttling was wrong. The battery story was a convenient cover (who else with Li batteries does this?), which almost worked as you can see by the rubes toeing that line here.

 

[Reggaenald]

The tech media STILL can't report on this issue correctly.

Throttling was not just for end-of-life batteries. It was also for new batteries that were operating below 20% charge or were operating in cold temperatures. All three of those scenarios could result in voltage demands that the battery couldn't supply which could potentially do permanent damage to the phone hardware.

This was always one of the stupidest lawsuits from a consumer perspective. Without throttling, the phone would simply shut off in either of those three scenarios. All the throttling did was allow the user to continue what they were doing albeit in a slower speed.

Thank. You.

 

[Juicy Box]

No, the sad part is that Apple had to pay people for an issue that has 100% to do with the limitations of lithium ion battery technology and 0% to do with Apple.

I honestly don't know, but couldn't Apple optimize their HW to run on batteries that are partially depleted from the beginning?

The issue was the voltage drop of worn batteries, correct? If the HW was designed to run on voltage range that dipped lower, in theory, there wouldn't be any difference between a new battery and a battery that is only at 80% capacity.

 

[HikariYuki]

I can’t remember if I filed a claim. Does anyone know if there was a confirmation email? What the approximate title was? Thanks

I filed but didn't get any deposits yet. Didn't get any confirmation emails for my claims but luckily I saved the confirmation print page upon submitting the claims.

 

[Riot Nrrrd]

I went back and looked at the original e-mail I got about this settlement. It read, in part,

Amount of Cash Payment: Under the proposed settlement, Apple will provide a cash payment of approximately $25 per eligible device.

I figured it would probably be even less than that, so I ignored it and never filed a claim.

So, all you $92.17 winners, you're welcome