iPhone Users Who Experienced 'Batterygate' Can Now File to Receive Around $25 Settlement From Apple

[fhall1]

Put in my info for my old 6s that I no longer have....the search function found my SN.

 

[WannaGoMac]

Yea great, i got rid of that device years ago. Good luck finding that serial number now.

 

[V_Man]

So I owned 3 of those phones but don't have the serial numbers for any of them.. They're not finding my info in the lookup tool, either.

There’s big surprise. Apple trying to hide stuff.

 

[WannaGoMac]

I sold my iPhone 6S+ but was able to pull my serial number from iTunes backups. First step assumes Catalina

1. Plug in current iPhone, select it on sidebar in finder. Click on "Manage Backups"
2. Select backup you believe is from old phone, right click on it and "Show in Finder". The backup folder will be highlighted - open it.
3. Open Info.plist in TextEdit
4. Search for "Serial Number"
   1. <key>Serial Number</key>
      <string>SERIAL NUMBER HERE</string>
5. Copy serial number into https://checkcoverage.apple.com/ just to make sure its the correct device.

Any tricks for windows users?

 

[cocky jeremy]

Not even worth the time to fill out paperwork.

 

[mi7chy]

Judgement should be free battery replacement to replace the defective one or $49 which is the current value of battery replacement cost.

 

[sw1tcher]

Not even worth the time to fill out paperwork.

"Apple will provide a cash payment of approximately $25 to each eligible iPhone owner who submits a claim"

Online submission took less than 2 minutes for me.

$25 for less than 2 minutes of my time is the equivalent of making approximately $750/hr.

 

[BaltimoreMediaBlog]

Why is the iPhone 5s not included? Mine experienced the same problem and had to be replaced and at first I was told at the full cost, but eventually, Apple changed their mind and just gave me a semi-new refurbished iPhone 5s. Hmm. Ponderous.

 

[sw1tcher]

So the lawyers get $100 million for about 80 hours of real work? Class Action lawsuits are stupid and useless without further reform and real caps on stupid lawyer's cut. But since lawyers run the government....

A class action lawsuit is suppose to punish the company for their bad actions and discourage future bad actions. But with the "total payout to fall between $310 million and $500 million," it's a slap on the wrist for Apple since they're cash rich. If it was a smaller company, it would be more meaningful.

 

[Bustycat]

Only American buyers are Apple’s customers.

 

[SteveJUAE]

This should be like a car recall where the onus is on Apple to contact owners and not the other way around

Another cop out along with they do not admit to zip

 

[farewelwilliams]

Absolutely overblown issue

 

[ian87w]

Apple throttling devices with aging batteries to protect the user from the device shutting off is "one of the largest frauds in history"??

Apple's only mistake was not communicating this to the user or giving the user the option to run at full speed with the risk of shutting down vs. accepting the throttling. But Apple didn't implement this feature to harm consumers.

$25 is not going to make a difference in the lives of most iPhone owners. But the settlement will surely enrich the legal team that prosecuted this frivolous lawsuit.

Double speak is the language of lawyers.

 

[StuBeck]

It looks like the website has been fixed. I was able to make a claim for the 4 iPhone 6-6S Plus we had.

 

[Luna Murasaki]

If virtually all the money from a class action lawsuit goes to the lawyers, it still takes money away from the company. So it still at least serves the purpose of punishing the company for what it did, at least when the company actually deserves to be punished for something. I don't personally think that's the case this time.

 

[ryanmcv]

Tried the serial numbers for my 6 Plus, 6s Plus, and 7 Plus, but the site does not recognize any of them.

 

[0924487]

I had several of these, could have got $100 from them but that's US only.
[automerge]1594650002[/automerge]


They're also the only people who placed a bet on it, i.e. spending hundreds or thousands of hours of work to get it done without charging people like you and I anything.

I like your spirit.

 

[Apple_Robert]

Better than zero dollars.

 

[citysnaps]

If virtually all the money from a class action lawsuit goes to the lawyers, it still takes money away from the company. So it still at least serves the purpose of punishing the company for what it did, at least when the company actually deserves to be punished for something. I don't personally think that's the case this time.

I agree. And that's why I'm not participating in the $25 settlement even though I still have an iPhone 6+.

 

[DTphonehome]

Edit: nevermind, you can search via Apple ID if you don't have the serial number.

 

[ChrisBos]

For those having trouble tracking down their old SN: If you had your phone serviced at an Apple Store, try searching your email for the Genius Bar Work Authorization & Service Confirmation. Found mine in about 10 seconds with an "iPhone 6" search.

Of course, this assumes you're like me and never clean our your email.

 

[2010mini]

"one of the largest consumer frauds in history."

Really???

I wonder what the consumer reaction would be if Apple just let iPhones with aging batteries just shutdown during use? And then it was revealed they had a solution, but didn't implement it because they though people would say "designed obsolescence"

The battery management was not a secret. Everything was in the description of the OS update.

 

[fhopper]

I have owned several and will not claim. I never felt the downside of what Apple did.

 

[eicca]

First world problems...

 

[SnarkyBear]

So Apple is paying a half billion dollars to avoid costly legal litigation. I doubt that legal litigation would've cost them that much money. I am certain apple is settling because they have sufficient belief that they would lose that litigation.