Consumer champion Justin Gutmann alleges older iPhones made slower to cope with software updates
A consumer champion has launched a more than £750m legal claim against Apple, linked to an incident in 2017 relating to a power management tool on older iPhones.
The claim relates to the introduction of a power management tool released in a software update to iPhone users in January 2017, which was issued to slow down older iPhone models with ageing batteries, which may have struggled to run the latest iOS software, in order to prevent abrupt device shutdowns.
The legal claim said Apple did add a mention of the tool to the release notes for the update on its website at a later date but said the company failed to make clear that it would slow down older iPhones. But Gutmann claims Apple failed to sufficiently publicise its battery replacement service pricing of £25 plus return shipping and that the company had abused its dominant position in the market.