Apple settled the so-called “Batterygate” class-action lawsuit back in 2020, agreeing to pay up to $500 million to iPhone users in the United States affected by Apple’s throttling of some iPhone models. Now, payments have finally started going out to individuals who submitted a claim.
MacRumors reports that at least two of their readers have received payments of $92.17 per claim from Apple as part of the settlement.
The class-action lawsuit was filed in December 2017, shortly after it was revealed that Apple was throttling the maximum performance of some of its older iPhone models that had chemically aged batteries to prevent the devices from unexpectedly shutting down. Apple introduced a battery/performance management system in iOS 10.2.1, but it did not explicitly mention the change in the update’s release notes.
In an effort to resolve the controversy, Apple began replacing worn iPhone batteries for $29, doing so until the end of 2018.
Apple in 2020 agreed to settle the “batterygate” lawsuit by paying out $500 million. The lawsuit accused the company of secretly throttling older iPhone models. The class action lawsuit was open to U.S. customers who had an iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, 7, or 7 Plus running iOS 10.2.1 or iOS 11.2 prior to December 21, 2017.
