Apple has officially started paying compensation to the American plaintiffs of the famous “batterygate.” »
As a reminder, Apple was caught in turmoil in 2017 when the public learned that the American company was voluntarily reducing the performance of iPhones with worn-out batteries. This software update was introduced in many models of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 7 range. With the controversy, Apple had implemented a certain number of actions, including future compensation for its American customers.
An old file from 2020 settled
If batterygate dates from 2017, the agreement reached by Apple to end a class action initiated in the United States did not arrive until 2020. In exchange for compensation paid to the American plaintiffs, the Cupertino firm saw the legal action end. However, we had to wait for the rejection of a certain number of appeals, and therefore several years, to see these payments go away.
The last appeal having been rejected last December, the first payments can therefore go out from this month of January. Each of the duly registered plaintiffs will thus receive 92.17 dollars (or approximately 84.20 euros). Apple could have to pay a total of 500 million euros in this matter.
Apple also had to act in France
If things are finally coming to an end in the United States, Apple here has long had to pay. The American giant was thus ordered in early 2020 to pay a fine of 25 million euros as part of a criminal settlement for “ deceptive commercial practices by omission. » Consumers were entitled to a battery replacement program at a very reduced price.
But these repercussions are not particularly significant when compared to the class action brought across the Channel in the United Kingdom. The firm with the bitten apple must indeed face a trial among our British neighbors on batterygate in which it is being asked for nearly 2 billion euros in compensation.
Source : Techradar
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