Apple sued again over “Batterygate”
 

Consumer rights campaigner says Apple deliberately misled users

It seems that Apple’s " Batterygate " fiasco is going on and on.

For those who came in very late in 2016/17 scandal where Apple added an undocumented battery throttling capabilities to iOS 10.2.1 designed to slow the performance of the iPhone if the battery was deemed to be worn.

It also caused handsets to reboot in cold weather or when the battery's charge level was low. The feature was initially rolled out to iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, and iPhone SE and later expanded to include the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X models. Cynics thought that the move was just a cunning plan by Apple to get users to upgrade to the latest model. Of course, this was untrue and Apple really loves its customers and the money they provide.

Now Justin Gutmann, a consumer rights campaigner is taking Jobs’ Mob to court claiming Apple deliberately misled users, and rather than roll out a battery recall or replacement program; the company instead pushed out this feature to cover up the fact that older iPhone batteries were not able to cope with the new power demands put on them.

https://fudzilla.com/news/55018-appl...er-batterygate