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.
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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
I have owned several generations of the iPhone. I had the 6.. Did the update and my phone lagged ao bad i couldnt even use it. So I upgraded to the 7 (several times actually) and the two times i tried to update it I had issues with the camera as well as sound quality .. Not to mention every now and again while watching Netflix, the audio is delayed by a second or more. And it only happened after the update. So im stuck with a useless iphone 7 because I cannot afford a 4th iPhone within the past 9 months.
My iPhone7 has slowed and my back camera stopped working with their updates. Never had an issue until all these stupid updates and when you go to the stores they can’t help or don’t understand why it stopped working. They look at my account and see I can get a new phone so they simply suggest I upgrade to a new phone instead of actually trying to resolve the problem
Both of my kids and myself, we had an issue with iPhone 6 and 7
Add me, please
Yes it slowed it down, that I had to trade my I-phone 6 in for a 7 plus and now it’s so damn SLOW, that I’ve had to purchase the I- phone 11
My I-phone 6 is useless
Have two which is totally useless!
I have bought two iPhone 4s
Then Two iPhone 6pluses.
I’ve purchased 3 i phone 6s and 1 iphone 7
My iphone 6 slowed diwn too. Three phones.
It did it with my Iphone 6s and my husbands 7
Every time I would install an update my iPhone 6 plus would slow down. I noticed it and mentioned it to my son. He questioned me and found out that it occurred every time I installed an update.