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A $500 million settlement has been reached between Apple and customers to resolve a multidistrict litigation claiming that the tech giant intentionally released iPhone updates that would slow older phone models and eventually require the users to buy new phones.
Of the $500 million, attorneys for the customers have requested as much as $93 million in fees and $1.5 million in expenses.
Class Members will receive $25 each for their phones if the payments total $310 million. If the total payments made do not add up to $310 million, the settlement terms dictate that Class Members will receive up to $500 each until the total reaches $310 million. Apple has agreed to pay no more than $500 million to compensate Class Members and attorneys.
Class Members who may be eligible for compensation include all current or former U.S. owners of the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus, and SE smart phones, whose devices ran iOS 10.2.1 or later (for iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, and SE devices) or iOS 11.2 or later (for iPhone 7 and 7 Plus devices), and who ran these iOS versions before Dec. 21, 2017.
Now, the company and customers await preliminary approval for their settlement, the hearing for which is set for April 3, 2020. The settlement was reached with the help of retired Judge Layn R. Phillips of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
Representatives for the iPhone owners spoke favorably of the settlement, calling the settlement “fair, reasonable, and adequate” to Class Members and arguing that it presents “substantial benefits.”
The iPhone MDL consolidated multiple class action lawsuits across the country. In these Apple iPhone class action lawsuits, customers claimed that the company intentionally created iPhone updates that would slow down older models of the phone and intentionally released them close to the release of a new iPhone model.
Allegedly, these updates could slow the functions of the older iPhones so much that customers could no longer use the phones. According to the iPhone class action lawsuits, many customers were effectively forced into purchasing a new phone because their older iPhone no longer worked.
The customers argued that Apple was unjustly enriched by this practice and claimed that the practice harmed consumers financially. The class action lawsuits were later combined into a multidistrict litigation. This iPhone MDL survived a dismissal bid by Apple, despite having some claims trimmed by a judge in the process.
Do iPhone updates slow down your phone? Tell us about your experience in the comments below.
Class Members are represented by Mark Molumphy and Joseph W. Cotchett of Cotchett Pitre & McCarthy LLP, and David A. Straite and Laurence D. King of Kaplan Fox & Kilsheimer LLP.
The Apple iPhone Slow Down MDL is In re: Apple Inc. Device Performance Litigation, Case No. 5:18-md-02827, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
UPDATE: July 2020, the Apple iPhone performance class action settlement is now open. Click here to file a claim.
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1,212 thoughts oniPhone Throttling MDL Ends With $500M Settlement
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I purchased 4 of the SE phone for Christmas for my household and we happy at first. Soon after, it all changed. Please add me in.
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Please add me. My iPhone 5 and iPhone 6sPlus both slowed down so much that they became almost unuseable.
Yes add me. Former Boost Mobile Apple IPhone 6 & present Metro PCS Apple iPhone 6s! Throttling next , you bet.
I have had IPhone 4, 5se, two 6 iPhones, and iPhone 7. Same problem with all of them! I now have another iPhone 6, had it for a year now and it won’t hold a charge for very long.
Right both Boost Mobile Apple iPhone6 I had to stop using & Metro PCS Apple iPhone 6S Won’t hold a charge for very long either, amongst other problems . I tried to enter this Class Action some time ago & no response , probably was 2017 or 2018. I hope it lets me submit this second comment. Both these iPhones also get very hot . I gave up using the Boost Mobile Apple iPhone 6, March 2019, I had originally bought it circa July 2017.
Pls. Add: Right both Boost Mobile Apple iPhone6 I had to stop using & Metro PCS Apple iPhone 6S Won’t hold a charge for very long either, amongst other problems . I tried to enter this Class Action some time ago & no response , probably was 2017 or 2018. I hope it lets me submit this second comment. Both these iPhones also get very hot . I gave up using the Boost Mobile Apple iPhone 6, March 2019, I had originally bought it circa July 2017.
I had iPhone 6s and I had to replace the battery 4 times and then the last battery exploded while still in the phone. Luckily I was on the phone when it exploded. I’d like compensation for that iPhone 6s. It could’ve hurt me bad or worse.
Yes, had iPhone 8plus which had to be replaced with iPhone 11 due to “mother board” going out when new iPhones came out, did scheduled updates and phone got worse. Please add to suit. T-Mobile is carrier! Still paying for iPhone 11!
Yes add me as well