Bad news for the giant American tech giant! Apple is facing lawsuits for intentionally slowing down their iPhones scandal! Read more about it right below!
Apple is facing lawsuits for the iPhone slowdown problem!
Recently, Apple has been under the fire after many reports claimed that the iPhone 6 is becoming slower after each iOS upgrade. In details, many users stated that their handsets, mainly iPhone 6 and iPhone 7, decreased their performances peak with the recent update. Apple has released a statement about this situation. The American tech giant admitted to reducing their Apple iPhone speed purposely.
As for a reason, they claimed that this is a feature to help protect iPhone against the ageing batteries problems. Since the old Lithium-ion can lead to problems to the smartphones, such as shutdowns that could turn into a hardware damage and other issues. While this is a “good cause”, many iPhone users have a negative feeling about Apple’s decision. As a result, it has become a massive scandal for both Apple and law firms.
Within a few days, Apple has received many lawsuits from many customers. Previously, two students from USC’s law school have filed a lawsuit in the Central District Court of California. They claimed that Apple slowing down their old iPhones is “deemed purposeful, and if proven forms the unlawful and decisive withholding of material information.” And now, a new lawsuit is coming at Apple’s direction. According to it, Apple should have let their users decide what to do with their iPhone. Whether the battery has aged and started working slowly, the choice of changing or keeping it belongs to its owners.
Apple is facing lawsuits problem: a bad way to end 2017!
It looks like Apple is having a rough year, concerning the long battle between Apple and Qualcomm, and the iPhone X bad sales. Moreover, they still have this huge scandal to solve. What should Apple do to regain their reputation and trust from their customers after this? We will keep you update more once we have further information!