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Apple faces first class action lawsuit after confirming it slows down older iPhones with battery wear

<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.files.wordpress.com/2017/11/iphone-7.jpeg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p><strong>Update</strong>: As the Chicago Sun-Times reports, Apple now faces a second lawsuit over the “deceptive, immoral and unethical” tactic of slowing older iPhones. More here (https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/apple-sued-in-chicago-for-slowing-down-older-iphones/).</p>
<p>Following yesterday’s revelation (https://9to5mac.com/2017/12/20/apple-statement-iphone-performance-battery-age-issues/) that it slows down older iPhones to help manage batter wear, Apple today has been hit with its first class action lawsuit over the tactic. The lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles, California, accuses Apple’s battery saving “feature” of causing users to suffer and hurting the value of older devices…</p>
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