January 7, according to foreign media reports, Apple because of deliberately delaying the old iPhone performance or not informed consumers in the iOS 10.2.1 version of the system power management behavior caused by the 'speed gate' has been facing more than 26 worldwide Starting a class action.
According to court records, Apple currently faces 24 speeding-down class-action lawsuits in the United States, with the latest two coming from Marc Honigman of New York and Lauri Sullivan-Stefanou of Ohio, respectively. In the meantime, French apple has also been prosecuted.
According to Sullivan-Stefanou litigation documents, Apple iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and iPhone 6s users unknowingly added code to the iOS 10.2.1 version of the system, the phone performance and battery health associated, deliberately minus Slow down the speed of these smart phones.If you do not have these codes, then the reduction of cell phone battery capacity will not have any negative impact on performance.
Many lawsuits require Apple to compensate all users affected by the 'speed gate', provide free battery replacement services, and refund the user who just purchased the new iPhone for the best performance experience.At the same time also require Apple iOS system Add instructions to explain how to prevent performance degradation by changing the battery.
Apple has openly acknowledged that due to the chemical nature of battery aging, the company will dynamically manage the maximum performance of some older models of iPhone to prevent unexpected shutdown of the device, especially at low or low battery power, A substantial increase.
Apple released the iOS version 10.2.1 system nearly a year ago, but did not mention changes to dynamic power management in the update note. A month after the software upgrade was introduced, Apple simply vaguely mentioned the system Improve and prevent the system from unexpected shutdown.
Although Apple simply referred to this as 'improvement', it did not escape the 'eye of the eye' by Primate Labs founder John Poole, who tested some iPhone 6s and iPhone 7 and found that after the new version was released, the device ran Sub-scores significantly lower than the old version.
Poole then replied to a Reddit user's view and said he was quicker to replace the battery for the iPhone 6s, sparking over 1,000 user comments, then Poole stressed that from his personal point of view , Apple deliberately slow down the speed of the old iPhone, prompting users to update the purchase of new products.
Honigman, another newly added class action lawyer, also said in a prosecution: "Apple deliberately reduced the performance of the iPhone in the iOS system, affecting the experience of using the device. In fact, Apple forced the old money by secretly reducing the iPhone's performance iPhone faster out.And Apple's position also confirmed the iPhone users have long been doubts.Apple through the iOS system upgrade estimated to reduce the performance of the old iPhone and encourage users to buy the new iPhone.
Apple has been apologizing for lack of communication with users since the door was decelerated and has promised to cut its replacement battery price to $ 29 by 2018. Apple also promised to release the iOS update soon, Users have a more detailed understanding of the health of the iPhone battery.
However, it should be noted that Apple does not continuously reduce the performance of the older iPhone, so even if your iPhone has been affected, the performance limit is only in the high-intensity tasks will play a role.
At present, the user is still unable to avoid the decline of the old iPhone for the time being, can only be solved by replacing the battery.
