The charges against Apple in this 2017 class action lawsuit are serious, even very serious. Customers have complained Significant decrease in the performance of their iPhone after an OS update. Since then, Cupertino has never ceased to deny any crime or malice. And faced with the enormity of the two-billion-dollar fine unfolding in the UK alone, the firm quickly decided to find an amicable solution for much less.
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While Apple continues to claim that performance caps are imposed to prevent older iPhones from shutting down when subjected to excessively demanding tasks, Apple has therefore agreed to pay $500 million to complainants from 2020. The redistribution took more than three years because some aggrieved customers made additional demandsThis further slowed down legal proceedings.
Apple to distribute $ 500 million to customers whose iPhones slowed down
Now that the appeal was dismissed by a US court, it’s time to redistribute the jackpot. After this “class action” was announced, the justice system gave several months for potentially injured customers to register on the plaintiffs’ list. Next to you 3 million people demanded compensation.
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Indeed, after all applicable deductions, each of the plaintiffs will have only one right. Check it out for $65 or about €60. This figure still needs to be confirmed because lawyers have to decide on the admissibility of the case. each case individually. Phones affected by this case are iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, and SE running iOS 10.2.1 or later before December 21, 2017, and iPhone 7 and 7 Plus running iOS 11.2 or later before that date.
