Apple Fined Millions For Slowing Old IPhones
Apple Fined Millions For Slowing Old iPhones

Altogether, history just repeated itself. Nothing new to add, @Apple hasn’t learned from the past. In December 2017, Apple was sued after it admitted it be known to slow down older phones.

After 2 years, the company is fined once more. Charge, Ummm, nothing unique, nothing new. It's the regular old practice the company admitted to in 2017.

Apple has been fined 25 million euros (£21m, $27m) in France. Reason or this fine is the company purposely slowing down older iPhone models without making it understood to consumers.

The fine was forced via France's competition as well as fraud watchdog DGCCRF. As indicated by French watchdog. the iPhone owners were not informed about installing new iOS updates (10.2.1 or 11.2) that could slow-down their devices.

It is expressed in the agreement that Apple must show a notification on its French-language site for a month. 

 The watchdog says, Apple “committed the crime of tricky business practice by omission".

The slowing down of phones as confirmed in 2017 has executed on iPhones including:
  • iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus.
  • iPhone SE.
  • iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
  • iPhone 8 as well as 8+ running iOS 12.1 or else greater.
  • iPhone X running iOS 12.1 or higher.
  • iPhone XS, XS Max as well as XR running iOS 13.1 or else greater.

The setting takes effect on battery life corrupting and iOS advises the users about the performance management function activated.
The effects of performance management on these newer models might be less recognizable because of their further developed hardware and software structure,
– Apple said.

For What Reason Does Apple Slow Down Old IPhone?


Numerous clients had since quite a while ago suspected that Apple slowed down older iPhones to encourage people to upgrade when a new one was released.
In 2017, the company confirmed it did slow down some models as they aged, however not to encourage people to upgrade.
It said the lithium-ion batteries in the devices turned out to be less equipped for providing top current demands, as they age over time.

That could cause an iPhone all of a sudden shutting-down to guard its electronic components.

In this way, it released a software update for the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s and iPhone SE which "smoothed out" battery performance.


This was confirmed when a client shared performance tests on Reddit – suggesting their iPhone 6S had slowed down significantly as it had aged but had out of nowhere speeded-up again after the battery had been changed…

Apple Popular Online Conspiracy


In its reply, @Apple negated the popular online conspiracy – that it slowed the phones to force individuals to upgrade...

The company said that the lithium-ion batteries in iPhones are prone to providing less power in top current demand in certain devices when they age. This could cause the regular shutting-down of iPhones.

Henceforth, to control this battery issue, the company released the software update for older devices like the iPhone 6, iPhone 6s, iPhone 7 and iPhone SE.

Purchasers complained that their devices had slowed down considerably with time, in any case, a battery replacement vastly improved the performance. This resulted in Apple offering steep limits on battery replacements.


The regulators found that the company has not informed the buyers 'that introducing iOS updates (10.2.1 and 11.2) could slow down their devices".

Apple has agreed to pay the fine imposed by the Directorate-General for Competition, Consumption and the Suppression of Fraud (DGCCRF) and will likewise need to publish a public statement on its French site for one month.

The @Halt_Planned_Obsolescence (HOP) association – mentioned the prosecutors to open this investigation, is currently wanting to file claims for extra harms for iPhone users...
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