Appeals court rejects $310 million iPhone battery throttling settlement

A federal appeals court has ruled that Apple's settlement offer of $310 million to users over iPhone 'batterygate' has to be rejected and reconsidered because of a legal mistake in the lower courts.In 2020, US District Court Judge Edward J. Davila approved Apple's offer to settle a class action suit regarding its controversial battery slowdown. Users in 2017 had discovered that the then-new iOS 10 intentionally reduced, or throttled, the speed of iPhones including the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus and original iPhone SE.Apple refuted an allegation that it was slowing down older phones in order to get people to upgrade. The company said that slowing these phones down extended their useful life. Read more...