Apple sued for throttling battery use

But, but, it is a feature

Apple is facing two class-action lawsuits, filed by furious customers just days after the firm admitted to intentionally slowing down older iPhones.

According to the Chicago SunTimes, the latest suit was filed on Thursday and involves five customers from Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina, and Indiana who own models ranging from the iPhone 5 to the iPhone 7. They accuse Apple of “deceptive, moral, and unethical” practices, and claim the firm engineered iOS updates to “purposefully slow down or ‘throttle down’ the performance speeds” of the iPhone 5, iPhone 6 and iPhone 7.

An earlier lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles by Stefan Bogdanovich, claims the practice of slowing down phones causes users to suffer. His case is predominantly focused on the iPhone 7. Bogdanovich believes that Apple intentionally slowed down older iPhones to force people to upgrade, though Apple has said this isn’t the reason.

Apple is not saying anything of course.

For those who came in late, iPhone owners have long noticed that their devices seem to slow down over time and that replacing the battery seems to boost performance.

Apple admitted it did slow down phones as part of a new power management feature but insisted it had nothing to do with forcing people to upgrade or buy a new battery.

However, the fact that no other company does this sort of thing and Apple failed to mention what it was doing makes most sane people smell a rat.

The average iPhone user would have just seen the phone behaving oddly and thought that either it was going to cost a lot to fix or it was a sign from the great spirit of Steve Jobs that they needed to upgrade.