Well, there's certainly that, there's also the part where they didn't really communicate that all that much, didn't really work with people who came in with issues that were related to it, and didn't really give any options related to it -- it only changed after there was publicity about it all.
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iPhone Users Who Experienced 'Batterygate' Can Now File to Receive Around $25 Settlement From Apple
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Possibly not if you’re not sharing diagnostic data with Apple, but I’d bet they have that information either way. Just like my Mac logs every install/update I’ve ever done, I’m sure iPhone does too, and that would be very useful data for Apple to know and consume for warranty purposes.
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Yep, you're covered since there's no date stipulation on the eligibility requirements for iPhone 6s:
"an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and/or iPhone SE that ran iOS 10.2.1 or later"
I tried to do this but I can’t find any of my old iPhone’s serial numbers and the one that I did find didn’t work. Oh well.
How is this frivolous? A slow iPhone likely motivated many to upgrade before they would have otherwise. It doesn't matter if it was intended to harm. It's not about intention. Intention makes a crime worse, but the lack of intention doesn't absolve you from reproductions. But you are right. $25 isn't going to make much of a difference. It should be for 3 times the price of the affected device. The punishment should be memorable to anyone who might act against customers without proper disclosure.
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Contact Apple. They keep a list of all devices you ever had on your account.
Did you try to search function on the claim web site?
I had no clue what my serial number was. The search function actually works.
Gotta love the class action lawsuits. Lawyers get rich. Everyone else gets a few bucks, if that much.
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When you have $200 billion and a market cap approaching $2 trillion, half a billion is chump change.
"The Serial Number you provided does not match the records in our database."
Welp, so much for receiving justice for my iPhone 6.
Welp, so much for receiving justice for my iPhone 6.
I didn’t remember my serial number. Use the search feature? That’s what I did and it worked for me. Also, I had to use the address I lived at when I owned the phone (different than now).
My phone was fine. Suddenly it was lagging so badly that the keyboard was nearly unusable. I would have downgraded the OS, but that's impossible. Once they released the revision that let users disable that, I did it of course, and it didn't ever crash. It's pretty unfair to throttle the CPU that much without notice.
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It was given to me as a gift, so I don't know. The person who gave it to me probably doesn't remember, and I've also changed Apple IDs a few times. Wouldn't expect it to work if the exact serial number doesn't. It's alright, I can let it go.
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Typing in the serial on my iPhone 6 box and doing a serial number search both failed. Should have figured it was a scam to collect info from the get-go.
Considering it seems to have worked for many others, it appears that it's not that.
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Well, without the lawyers then none of it would be happening at all. How much they make is certainly a somewhat different and a much larger discussion beyond anything Apple related.
Do the lawyers get to keep the $ if they don't distribute out every penny (lack of affected users requesting for reimbursement)?
Does never applying change anything one way or another (aside from not receiving whatever it is that might be awarded)?
There’s a $310m floor and $500m ceiling in this class action.
The lawyers have requested a maximum of 30% of the floor plus a maximum of $2m in expenses. There will be a hearing in late August to confirm all that.
Don't worry, those that haven't had any issues are filing 5 claims on your behalf. It's all rather disgusting how greedy people are getting over $25 they aren't entitled to.