Their problem is not how much money they will need to pay if they win or lose those sues. It is not a money fact. It is a trust fact. This attitude from Apple has shown a lot of disloyalty to their customers. They should not hide this things. They had a lot of opportunities to share this issues but they rather to hide it. Here is where the theory that Apple was trying to sell more new phones earns more strength
-----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 9:25 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple Apologizes After iPhone Battery Slowdown Controversy | Time So there are a few class action suits in progress, Apple will either defeat them or settle them, they have so much money that it is not going to cause Tim Cook to loose sleep over it. Going forward they hopefully learned something, the new battery status app or settings area or whatever it will be shows they can provide the information to the device user. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of pablocmd2...@gmail.com Sent: Friday, December 29, 2017 5:50 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: Apple Apologizes After iPhone Battery Slowdown Controversy | Time They are going to be sue because they didn't informe the customers about that weird operation that reduce performance, and neither they provided any choice. They have done all of this quietly and for years. -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Julian Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2017 10:27 PM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Apple Apologizes After iPhone Battery Slowdown Controversy | Time LOL, apology… Yeah right! If they really want to show remorse, they would give us the ability to toggle the throttling on or off. Good luck getting them to do that though. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 28, 2017, at 4:20 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > 'We Apologize.' Apple Offers $29 Fix After Uproar Over Slowing Down > Old iPhones Apple has apologized to its customers for what it calls a > "misunderstanding" > around the revelation that the company has been slowing down older > phones to accommodate for their aging batteries. > "We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize," > the company said in a letter published on its website Thursday. > > The controversy over the slowing performance of aging iPhones exploded > last week after a blog post highlighted the relationship between > iPhone performance and battery condition. Apple later confirmed that > it has been slowing older iPhones' performance to prevent sudden > shutdowns as their aging batteries lost potency over time. > In the letter posted Thursday, Apple said it considers batteries > "consumable components" and that it has always wanted customers to be > able to use iPhones "as long as possible." To that end, the company > will cut the price of a battery replacement by $50 for anyone with an > iPhone 6 or later starting in late January. That means instead of > dropping $79 to get a new battery and make your old iPhone work like > new again, you'll pay $29 through December 2018. > iPhone users can also expect an iOS software update early in 2018 that > will include new information about their battery's health, letting > people see when the phone's battery may be affecting its performance. > The iPhone battery revelations struck a chord because some iPhone > users believe the company intentionally slows its older phones to get > customers to buy new ones. However, Apple says the practice is meant > to prolong the life of older batteries. "This feature's only intent is > to prevent unexpected shutdowns so that the iPhone can still be used," > Apple says in a new support article. > Still, Apple is now facing several lawsuits over the matter. The > company also promised to keep working on how it manages performance to > avoid shutdowns, and said it hopes to earn customers' trust again next year. > > Original Article at: > http://time.com/5081679/apple-apologizes-iphone-slowdown-controversy-b > attery > -price/ > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. 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