iphone hardware

  • Apple Sends Out $US92 Payments to Users Whose iPhones Were Slowed Down

    Apple Sends Out $US92 Payments to Users Whose iPhones Were Slowed Down

    Maxwell Zeff

    Over the weekend, Apple users finally began receiving their piece of the ‘batterygate’ settlement in the form of $US92 payments, as first reported by MacRumors. Apple admitted to slowing down old iPhones back in 2017 without notifying users, saying it was part of delivering “the best experience for customers.” Roughly seven years later, iPhone users…

  • Apple Can’t Throw Out iPhone ‘Batterygate’ Lawsuit, UK Courts Say

    Apple Can’t Throw Out iPhone ‘Batterygate’ Lawsuit, UK Courts Say

    Nikki Main

    Apple’s request to throw out a mass lawsuit over the accusation that the company used subpar iPhone batteries was rejected by a UK judge Wednesday. The lawsuit claims Apple used updates to slow down the functionality of the iPhone operating systems to hide the defective batteries. Apple says the lawsuit is “baseless” and holds no…

  • Apple Jacks up iPhone and iPad Prices in Japan

    Apple Jacks up iPhone and iPad Prices in Japan

    Gabriella Sotelo

    Apple products in Japan are becoming more expensive. The iPhone 13, for example, was found to be as much priced 19% higher than it . Prices of the smartphone have been rising with the launch of new models, but this price hike in Japan seems to have affected even older generations of iPhones as the…