Did Apple throttle your iPhone? Apple will pay up to half a billion dollars to settle a class action lawsuit accusing it of slowing down older iPhone models to compel users to buy new ones. Published March 2, 2020Updated April 15, 2020 SAN FRANCISCO — Many iPhone owners believe Apple purposely slowed down their old devices as it released new ones. Apple to pay users $25 an iPhone to settle claims it slowed old handsets This article is more than 3 months old Company to pay up to $500m to … As mentioned in the introduction, Apple has agreed to pay up to $500 million to settle a lawsuit over slowing down iPhones.

Settlement will give you a whopping $25 Apple to pay $25 per user, up to $500M, for slowing iPhones with bad batteries. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Apple will pay up to $500 million in a class-action settlement after it was accused of slowing down older iPhones as it launched new models, according to published reports. When the claims period opens, we’ll let you know. Jon Brodkin - Mar 3, 2020 6:35 pm UTC The proposed deal was submitted to the court on February 28, 2020 and, if approved, could cover millions of iPhone users across the United States.

Owners of certain older models of Apple’s iPhones would receive $25-$500 per device under an agreement the tech giant entered into to settle a class-action lawsuit …

The settlement still requires preliminary approval from a judge, so it’s not quite time for current or former iPhone 6 and 7 users to file claims for compensation. While the recent iPhone lawsuit is different from the ebooks situation in many regards, it doesn’t look good that Apple is paying out a nine-figure settlement linked to deceiving customers.