ConsumerClaim and the Aequitas Advocacy Foundation have started a claim against Apple for deliberately making iPhones slower. You need to know this.
Dutch claim against Apple
The two organizations want Apple customers who purchased an iPhone 6 (Plus), 6s (Plus), iPhone 7 (Plus) or iPhone SE (2016) to be compensated because the company deliberately made those devices slower.
ConsumerClaim says in a press release that Apple has done this through several iOS updates. The updates are said to reduce the performance level of the iPhones with the aim of concealing the underlying battery defect. The iPhones in question were released between 2014 and 2018.
Compensation for damage suffered
According to the director of ConsumerClaim, users have suffered damage due to lower speed, functionality and quality. This would have meant that many users would have had to replace the battery or even the entire iPhone much sooner.
Both ConsumerClaim and Aequitas Advocacy Foundation are now launching a claim against Apple because they hold the company liable. They demand compensation of up to 100 euros per device. Users who had to replace their iPhone earlier may receive higher compensation.
Not the first claim against Apple
In 2017, Apple admitted that it made iPhones slower. This was done on devices that had older, less well-functioning batteries. Apple says it wanted to prevent problems with those batteries in this way, but many countries disagreed.
In the US, a settlement has previously been reached in this case totaling approximately 572 million euros. Compensation of 86 euros per device was paid out there after a claim against Apple. Consumers accused Apple of manipulating iPhones in such a way that users were forced to purchase a new device.
In France, a fine of 25 million euros was previously imposed on Apple for this. There are also several claims against Apple in other European countries.
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