$92.17 each: Apple has started paying out compensation for slowing down iPhones

Many people have probably forgotten by now, but Apple was once caught up in a major scandal with deliberately slowing down older smartphones. Why are we remembering about it now? Because the company has started paying out compensation in the case.

Here's What We Know

As it turns out, Apple was intentionally slowing down iPhone performance as the batteries aged to prevent unexpected shutdowns and performance issues with the gadgets. Apple implemented this as part of the iOS 10.2.1 update in February 2017, but didn't say anything to users.

Then there was a major scandal and lawsuits. Apple formally apologised, lowered the price of battery replacement and gave users the option to disable the feature. And in March, the company agreed to pay $500 million in compensation, though it still denied fault.

And now users who joined the case before 6 October 2020 have started receiving payments - $92.17 each. And that's for each claim, so some users will receive multiple payments. For example, one user posted a screenshot on social media showing six payouts of $92.17 each.

Class action members who had an iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, or iPhone SE, meaning a claim for each of those devices, can receive the payouts.

Source: 9to5mac