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Apple fined $27 M for slowing down old iPhones

Apple is still dealing with the fallout from its iPhone-throttling episode in 2017, with France’s competition and fraud watchdog (DGCCRF) recently hitting it with a fine of 25 million euros (about $27 million). Apple has agreed to pay up.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media that the tech giant came under fire three years ago when, without telling customers, it added a feature in several iPhone updates that slowed down older handsets. When it got found out, Apple said it was designed to prevent phones with older batteries from suffering sudden and unexpected shutdowns during peak performance times. But critics accused the company of throttling aging phones to nudge people into upgrading to a new model.

Date
2020.02.10 / 15:13
Author
Axar.az
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