In the United States and Canada, Apple has agreed to pay users of different iPhone models compensation that could also be seen in USA.
The bone more veterans will remember the famous “batterygate”, an iOS update that intentionally slowed down the iPhone when its battery was damaged in order to avoid high power spikes that could reboot the device. Apple has been sued for this and there are already two countries in which the company has agreed to compensate affected users.
Users who at the time had a iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus or iPhone SE running iOS 10.2.1 or later, a iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus running iOS 11.2 have already started receiving $92 in rewards in the United States and up to $150 in Canada.
Will Apple have to pay users in USA?
Son several countries which at the time were suing Apple for this update, despite the fact that the company ended up solving this problem and activating a button so that it is the user himself who decides to limit the power of his iPhone. Additionally, the company has also launched a very cheap iPhone battery replacement program.
In the specific case of USA, in 2020 the OCU began a process to request compensation for users in USA, similar to what Apple has provided in the United States and Canada. In the Spanish case, it is requested compensation between 99 and 189 dollars for everyone involved.
The premature obsolescence of the iPhone 6, caused by Apple’s manipulation, left thousands of users without a cell phone or with a phone in poor condition. This is abuse by Apple and you should pay the price. At OCU, with the law and justice on our side, we are resisting it with a class action in which we demand compensation for each person affected, calculated by adding the quantity of battery, plus 10% of the price of the mobile. telephone, as moral damages. .
OCU informed those affected by batterygate a few years ago
The process remains open and, as has happened in the United States and Canada, is likely to result in a similar outcome. Apple will likely agree to pay this compensation and reach a settlement before going to trial.. However, this is a several-year process that, in both the United States and Canada, began earlier than in USA.
There OCU only talks about users with an iPhone 6, although this metric also includes iPhone 6s, iPhone SE, and iPhone 7 users.. We do not know if they would have also been added to the class action in USA or what will happen to users who owned several of the aforementioned models, perhaps they will receive compensation for each of them.
In summary, in USA has opened proceedings against Apple similar to those in the United States and Canada, countries in which Apple agreed to an agreement and financially compensated users. Hopefully the same thing will eventually happen here, but we have no news on how the case is progressing or when users affected by “batterygate”, one of the most serious scandals notorious Apple, will be compensated.
