Apple Reaches $113 Million Settlement With State Attorney Generals Over iPhone Throttling
18 Novembro 2020 - 5:11PM
Dow Jones News
By Kimberly Chin
Apple Inc. has agreed to pay $113 million to settle a
multi-state lawsuit that claims the company slowed down the
performance of older iPhones due to battery issues and concealed
that fact from consumers.
The suit, which was brought by North Carolina Attorney General
Josh Stein and 33 other state attorney generals, claims that Apple
knew battery issues were causing unexpected shutdowns in iPhones,
but chose not to disclose the issues or replace the batteries of
its iPhones. Instead, the company hid the issue from consumers with
a software update in December 2016 that slowed down the iPhone's
performance in order to keep the phones from unexpectedly turning
off, the attorney generals said.
The move to throttle the performance of consumers' iPhones also
led to Apple profiting from selling more iPhones, the attorney
generals said.
Apple has denied any wrongdoing and agreed to a settlement to
avoid "significant expense, inconvenience and uncertainty,"
according to court records. An Apple representative declined to
comment.
The settlement requires Apple to provide iPhone battery health,
performance and power management information to consumers through
its website, updates, and on the iPhone interface.
Write to Kimberly Chin at kimberly.chin@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 18, 2020 14:56 ET (19:56 GMT)
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