Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case over iPhone Slowdowns

Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by SulfurHexaFluri on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:29PM (#25145177)

>The reason is technical, so it's hard to communicate this in a way that all consumers can understand

"The battery in your iphone has degraded. Phone performance will be lowered to ensure stability. See an apple store or visit apple.com/battery to have a replacement battery installed"

It would have been so easy.

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Re:Apple Agrees to Pay $113M to Settle 'Batterygate' Case ov... by wlesieutre on Wednesday November 18, 2020 @08:56PM (#25145354)

For reference, the actual message they added later, which should have been included at the same time as the performance limiting feature:

"This iPhone has experience an unexpected shutdown because the battery was unable to deliver the necessary peak power. Performance management has been applied to help prevent this from happening again. [Disable…]"

Which still isn't perfect because "performance management" is such a weasely way of saying "reduced performance", but it's a lot better than nothing.

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