Apple facing more “batterygate” lawsuits in Europe
At the start of this week, Apple was fined €10 million (about $12 million) in Italy over its misleading water resistance claims. Last month Cupertino agreed to pay $113 million in settlements with its consumer fraud allegations in over 30 US states over its infamous “batterygate” practices affecting iPhone 6, iPhone 7 and iPhone SE models.
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Now, a total of five European consumer organizations filed new class-action lawsuits against Apple in Belgium and Spain over the same planned obsolescence claims and the intentional slowdown of iPhone 6 and 6s series devices. The new lawsuits are asking Apple to compensate affected users “at least €60 (around $70) per device” in Belgium and Spain. Similar lawsuits are also planned in Italy and Portugal.
Back in July, Apple agreed to pay up to $25 to each US customer affected batterygate issue. Owners of the iPhone 6 series and iPhone SE (that ran iOS 10.2.1 or later) as well as iPhone 7 series devices that ran iOS 11.2 or later before December 21, 2017 were eligible for this incentive.
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Apple has continued to deny all allegations surrounding the batterygate fiasco and claims it reached a settlement to pay up its users to "avoid burdensome and costly litigation".
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- Anonymous
- 07 Dec 2020
- 0wY
Almost 3y old samsung a3 2017 model still reporting 90% battery capacity. No idea if the same protection is in place yet, but i bet it's automatic, once the phone detects a worn battery. No need to intentionally cripple devices like apple did. I...
- thefearfulsilence
- 05 Dec 2020
- BiP
It's a shame the UK goverment can't grow some balls and demand the same from Apple over here.