Remember in 2017 when Apple was in trouble for quietly slowing down our iPhones and said it was doing so to prevent battery degradation? Yeah, that was some crazy news that we weren't expecting from Apple back in the day. Well, they did apologize for it and offered battery replacements.

In fact, Apple also agreed to pay a $500 million class-action settlement earlier this year. Now, the company has agreed to a second settlement. This time, the company will be paying as much as #113 million. The states' attorneys in the US had sued Apple for hiding both the throttling and battery degradation from iPhone users.

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They said Apple concealed the issues, which in turn might have forced users to buy a new iPhone altogether when they only really needed to replace their phone's battery to avoid throttling or unexpected shutdowns. Apple obviously denied that and agreed to settle to avoid letting the court decide whether or not Apple has done anything wrong.

The settlement hasn't been fully approved by a judge yet, but there's a high possibility that states might see their money sooner than actual iPhone owners. Honestly, a lot of iPhone users are probably not even aware of this issue or they're not bothered by it. That being said, we think it's important to keep tabs on these big names and their wrongdoing. 

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After all, who would've thought about degrading batteries inside our iPhones and how Apple would quietly throttle our phones to trick people into buying new devices. We're glad to have moved past that now and we're back to enjoying our new iPhones.

Source: TheVerge

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