You may remember that in 2020, Apple settled a class-action lawsuit in the US by agreeing to compensate iPhone users for deliberately slowing down (or throttling) the performance of older iPhones. Now those payments are being sent.
As reported by MacRumors and others, people who filed a compensation claim with Apple are now receiving payments of $92.17. The official litigation website confirms that the last appeal was dismissed in December 2023, so payments can be issued from January 2024.
Payments can total up to $500 million (around £393 million or AU$746 million), depending on the number of claimants. However, don’t expect money if you haven’t registered a claim yet: the deadline to request compensation from Apple was October 6, 2020.
To be eligible, you had to have owned an iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus and/or SE device in the US with iOS 10.2.1 or later before December 21, 2017, and/or a Owner of an iPhone 7 or 7 Plus device running iOS 11.2 or later before December 21, 2017.
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As you may recall, the lawsuit was originally filed in December 2017, after Apple admitted that iOS slows down iPhone performance as batteries age, to ensure device stability, a practice it did not inform users about.
Apple’s reasoning was that it kept older iPhones running longer, but users were unhappy with the lack of transparency: a significant number of people felt they were being forced to upgrade their iPhones or have to order an expensive replacement. battery. sooner than they would otherwise.
This type of performance management still exists today in iOS 17, only now it is fully detailed and explained, and users have the option to disable it. Apple has always insisted it was right and says it only agreed to settle to avoid a long and costly court process.
If you received your compensation claim before the 2020 deadline, check your bank account; he may now receive a bonus payment from Apple for 2024, almost four years after the deal was reached.
