One iPhone slowdown lawsuit is seeking a wild $999 billionAfter Apple confirmed that it slows down older iPhone models, there have been at least eight lawsuits filed against the company. One, however, is asking for a ludicrous $999 billion.
After Apple admitted to slowing down iPhone CPUs earlier this month, as many as eight class action lawsuits claiming that the company has robbed plaintiffs of the functionality and value of their devices have been filed. However, according to a report by Patently Apple, one is seeking a payout a bit larger than the rest — $999 billion, to be exact.
The lawsuit, filed by Violetta Mailyan in the Central District of California, alleges the following:
Each member of the Class had to buy a newer iPhone model because the performance of their older iPhone model had slowed down as a result of Defendant's purposeful conduct. Each member of Class was denied the use, utility and value of the older iPhone model because of the slowdown of performance.
The filed complaint goes on to say that the iP...
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One iPhone slowdown lawsuit is seeking a wild $999 billion
