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Apple and Samsung both under investigation by the Italian government over ‘planned obsolescence’

Thursday, January 18, 2018 10:02 pm14 Comments

Italy’s antitrust organization has launched two separate investigations against Apple…

Apple CEO Cook: Next iOS update will allow users to disable intentional battery slowdowns

Thursday, January 18, 2018 3:07 pm16 Comments

If you don’t want it, you can turn it off…

Tim Cook: ‘Maybe we should have been clearer’ over throttling iPhones with aging batteries

Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:02 pmThursday, January 18, 201830 Comments

The iPhone throttling issue that Apple brought upon itself last year shows no signs of going away…

China consumer group seeks answers from Apple over batterygate

Tuesday, January 16, 2018 9:32 amTuesday, January 16, 20181 Comment

A Chinese consumer group has asked Apple for information about the slowing of older iPhones…

South Korean consumer group considering criminal case against Apple over iPhone batterygate

Thursday, January 11, 2018 1:43 pmThursday, January 11, 201812 Comments

A consumer group filing a civil suit against Apple on behalf of over 100 plaintiffs for damages…

Republican Senator John Thune, Chair of the U.S. Commerce Committee, has some questions for Apple over throttling old iPhones

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 4:12 pmWednesday, January 10, 201810 Comments

The chairman of the U.S. Senate’s commerce committee wants Apple to lift the veil on its once-secret slowdown…

How to easily check to see if Apple is throttling your iPhone

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 10:59 amWednesday, January 10, 201839 Comments

Apple has been beyond deceitful for all this time and the company now faces more than a dozen lawsuits as a result…

Class action lawsuits against Apple over iPhone throttling now number 30

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 9:31 amWednesday, January 10, 201822 Comments

The total number of class action lawsuits against Apple for deliberately slowing older iPhones…

Republican U.S. Senator wants Apple to answer questions about slowing iPhones

Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:28 amWednesday, January 10, 201814 Comments

The chairman of a U.S. Senate committee overseeing business issues asked Apple Inc to answer questions…

Can Apple profit from their self-inflicted batterygate debacle?

Tuesday, January 9, 2018 1:01 pmTuesday, January 9, 201814 Comments

Apple Inc.’s recent admission that it secretly slowed down older iPhones with aging batteries…

French prosecutor launches probe into Apple planned obsolescence

Monday, January 8, 2018 4:56 pmMonday, January 8, 201826 Comments

A French prosecutor has launched a preliminary investigation of U.S. tech giant Apple…

The iPhone X got upstaged by Apple’s batterygate scandal

Monday, January 8, 2018 1:47 pmMonday, January 8, 20189 Comments

Lately people have been talking about Apple for all the wrong reasons…

Apple’s design decisions and iPhone batteries

Monday, January 8, 2018 10:28 amMonday, January 8, 201831 Comments

Shorter battery life – Making phones and notebooks as thin as possible and then making them even thinner…

Apple now faces over two dozen lawsuits for ‘purposefully’ or ‘secretly’ slowing down older iPhones

Friday, January 5, 2018 3:45 pmFriday, January 5, 201827 Comments

Apple now faces over two dozen lawsuits around the world…

Apple’s $29 replacement batteries expected to hurt new iPhone sales

Thursday, January 4, 2018 12:30 pmThursday, January 4, 201825 Comments

There’s a very good business reason as to why Apple priced iPhone battery replacements at $79…

How to see if Apple’s throttling your iPhone

Thursday, January 4, 2018 11:42 amThursday, January 4, 20189 Comments

Apple has been catching some heat for throttling CPU performance on older phones…

Brazilian agency requires Apple to inform consumers on batteries

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 3:55 pmWednesday, January 3, 20184 Comments

A Brazilian state agency responsible for consumer issues notified Apple Inc. on Wednesday…

Analyst: Apple’s ‘batterygate’ solution may mean 16 million fewer iPhones sold this year

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 3:06 pmThursday, January 4, 201820 Comments

Apple Inc.’s offer to replace iPhone batteries cheaply may cut sales of new handsets by millions of units…

A reality check about Apple’s iPhone ‘batterygate’

Wednesday, January 3, 2018 1:30 pmWednesday, January 3, 201826 Comments

Apple found itself in the thick of it when it quietly released an update, iOS 10.2.1…

An Apple conspiracy theory blooms

Tuesday, January 2, 2018 1:44 pmTuesday, January 2, 201863 Comments

For years, some iPhone owners have contended that Apple software updates purposely slowed their phones…

Apple’s iOS 11.2.5 release: It’s a big one

Tuesday, January 2, 2018 8:58 amTuesday, January 2, 201845 Comments

Why Apple has jumped four version numbers (from iOS 11.2.1) is a mystery…

Apple clarifies policy on $29 battery replacements: All iPhone 6 and later devices are eligible

Tuesday, January 2, 2018 8:25 amSaturday, January 6, 201821 Comments

Apple has clarified its policy on battery replacements…

Why Apple’s response to iPhone ‘batterygate’ is brilliant

Saturday, December 30, 2017 1:47 pmSaturday, December 30, 201795 Comments

This week, Apple issued an apology for miscommunication about this issue and has also announced

Australian lawyers to launch largest-ever class action against Apple over iPhone ‘batterygate’

Friday, December 29, 2017 5:36 pmFriday, December 29, 201799 Comments

iPhone owners could cash in on a portion of over $1 billion in what lawyers…

The most annoying things about Apple’s iPhone ‘batterygate’ apology

Friday, December 29, 2017 2:44 pmFriday, December 29, 201754 Comments

Apple late on Thursday did the right thing and finally apologized for the iPhone slowdown scandal…

iFixit discounts iPhone battery replacement kits as Apple cuts prices, apologizes for the confusion

Friday, December 29, 2017 1:59 pm10 Comments

Apple may have apologized for the confusion surrounding its intentional slow down of older iPhones…

15 class action lawsuits filed against Apple for throttling iPhones with aging batteries

Friday, December 29, 2017 9:55 amFriday, December 29, 201739 Comments

Most of the class action lawsuits filed against Apple thus far…

Apple apologizes for poor communication about iPhone batteries and performance; slashes battery replacement cost from $79 to $29

Thursday, December 28, 2017 5:22 pmThursday, December 28, 201759 Comments

We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize…

No, Apple’s throttling of iPhones with aging batteries is not planned obsolescence

Thursday, December 28, 2017 4:15 pm24 Comments

The Apple iPhone throttling controversy started with a blog post by John Poole, founder of Primate Labs…

Apple execs face jail in France after lawsuit over slowing down iPhones

Thursday, December 28, 2017 2:49 pmThursday, December 28, 201732 Comments

A French activist group has launched a criminal lawsuit against Apple over its policy of slowing down…

Korea seeks explanation from Apple for slowing down devices without warning

Thursday, December 28, 2017 2:07 pm17 Comments

The Korean broadcasting and telecom regulator has formally sought an explanation from Apple…

Apple now facing 8 lawsuits over throttling processors in iPhones with aging batteries

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 4:01 pmWednesday, December 27, 201758 Comments

Apple is now facing no less than eight lawsuits over claims it artificially slowed down iPhones…

Apple tarnished their brand with clandestine iPhone battery management and processor throttling

Wednesday, December 27, 2017 1:44 pmWednesday, December 27, 201764 Comments

Apple confirmed last week that it slows down the processors in recent iPhone models…

What Apple should have done instead of slowing down iPhones with aging batteries

Friday, December 22, 2017 10:32 am49 Comments

On Wednesday, Apple confirmed what many customers have long suspected…

Apple sued after it admits to slowing down iPhones with aging batteries

Friday, December 22, 2017 8:58 amFriday, December 22, 201740 Comments

Apple is being sued after it admitted to slowing down older iPhone models to keep them running longer…

How and where to replace your old, depreciated iPhone battery

Thursday, December 21, 2017 2:38 pm19 Comments

Apple has confirmed that processors used in the iPhone 6, 7, and SE are intentionally slowed down…

Should Apple replace aging iPhone batteries for free instead of throttling processor speed?

Thursday, December 21, 2017 9:58 amThursday, December 21, 201735 Comments

Apple admitted on Wednesday that it cuts the processing power of older iPhones with aging batteries…

Apple confirms iPhones with older batteries will take hits in performance

Wednesday, December 20, 2017 5:35 pmWednesday, December 20, 201778 Comments

Reddit users have noticed that Apple appears to be slowing down old iPhones that have low-capacity batteries…

iPhone performance and battery age

Monday, December 18, 2017 3:27 pm18 Comments

While we expect battery capacity to decrease as batteries age, we expect processor performance…

Get an Apple iPhone SE for $129, iPhone 6 for $199

Thursday, October 5, 2017 2:09 pm3 Comments

Apple charges $349 for the exact same phone…

Deutsche Bank ups Apple target price

Monday, July 17, 2017 4:01 pmMonday, July 17, 20175 Comments

Deutsche Bank analyst Sherri Scribner says Wall Street’s consensus estimate is too…

Deutsche Bank: ‘iPhone 8’ sales will not eclipse iPhone 6 supercycle

Tuesday, July 11, 2017 10:25 amTuesday, July 11, 201712 Comments

The factors that led up to the 2015 iPhone 6 and 6 Plus release was the “real super cycle,” Deutsche Bank says…

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