Apple Lawsuits Abound, Despite Option to Turn Off iPhone Throttling

According to a recent Fast Company article, leadership of the Apple Company has promised that an update to software is coming soon that will allow consumers to shut down the now infamous iPhone throttling issue.

Despite this promise and an apology by the makers of the iPhone, one of most popular cellular devices of our time, pending Apple lawsuits have now reached 45 in number and continue to multiply.

The Apple lawsuits concern the slower performance experienced by thousands of users of older iPhones after downloading iOS upgrades. While this has allegedly been people’s experience with several upgrades, iOS 10.2.1–launched by the company about a year ago—fueled rumors of Apple deliberately manipulating consumers.

When applications had difficulty opening and iPhones 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, and 7 plus slowed considerably after this update, several bloggers began proposing that the manufacturer was motivating owners of older phones to go out and buy the latest and greatest version of the iPhone.

In a press release on Dec. 28, 2017 on Apple.com, the company responded to these rumors and claimed that they had and would never ‘’intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades”’.

Apologies were made in the press release for their failure to communicate how system updates work in conjunction with older batteries associated with older phones. As measured by recently filed Apple lawsuits, the apology came too late to deter complainants that had already invested in new high-cost iPhones or a replacement battery.

In Apology, Apple Explains How Batteries Age

As part of Apple’s attempt to win back the favor of its constituent client base, management addressed in their apology press release information on how lithium-ion batteries age over the life of a cellular phone.

Management spoke of a great deal of variance depending upon how often the battery is charged and in what environmental conditions. As an example, it was mentioned that batteries routinely charged in a hot car will age more rapidly than those charged in a temperate office or home.

The managerial spokesperson also noted that an aged battery does not work as efficiently when user demands on high on the phone, and that this fact can contribute to unexpected iPhone shutdown. It was then said that this shutdown was what the company was trying to avoid by engineering the update.

In the process of avoiding shutdowns, however, the update created slower processing times for mobile devices with aging batteries. This included a slower launching of applications which may have run much faster prior to the update.

The Apple Lawsuits

Since admitting to pushing out an iOS update that purposely slowed down iPhones, Apple has had a legal target on its forehead. Dozens of federal lawsuits have already been filed, some in the Northern District of California, Apple’s home district.

As other areas of California and other states in the U.S. are seeing similar class action filings to these, determinations are underway as to whether these cases can be transferred to one district in the federal court system for streamlining purposes.

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If you owned an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus that performed slower after an iOS update or would unexpectedly shut down for seemingly no reason, you may qualify to file or join an iPhone class action lawsuit.

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