As Apple recently confirmed the reports about how the company is intentionally slowing down older iPhones with old batteries to prevent unexpected shutdowns, they are now facing two class-action lawsuits.
The said company openly admitted the allegations and stated that the degrading of batteries was a feature in iPhones since the iPhone 6. Now, two lawsuits have been filed as they are deceptively slowing down their phones so that users can upgrade to the latest models, thus bringing more profit to the company.
The Atlas Consumer Law group in Chicago claims that Apple is in violation of deceptive business laws in Illinois, as well as in Indiana and North Carolina.
“Apple’s failure to inform consumers these updates would wreak havoc on the phone’s performance is being deemed purposeful, and if proven, constitutes the unlawful and decisive withholding of material information,” explained Sulaiman Law Group, which is representing the plaintiffs in Illinois. “As a result, countless consumers have been harmed and defrauded by this illicit and immoral conduct. The plaintiffs are demanding a trial by jury.”
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