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Apple Will Pay £85 Million To Settle Allegations That It Slowed Down iPhones

Apple Will Pay £85 Million To Settle Allegations That It Slowed Down iPhones

Many people claim Apple slowed down devices to encourage people to buy new ones

Rebecca Shepherd

Rebecca Shepherd

Apple is going to fork out $113 million (£85m) to settle allegations that it slowed down user's iPhones.

In the US, 33 states claimed the company had taken the steps in a bid to driver users into buying new devices.

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Millions of people were impacted when the models of iPhone 6, 7 and SE were slowed down in 2016.

According to the BBC, the scandal - which was dubbed batterygate - was explained by Apple, which said the phones were slowed down to preserve ageing battery life (not to make people get new ones).

The tech giant had already agreed to pay up to $500m (£378m) to settle a lawsuit brought in California which related to them slowing down the phones.

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Sky News reports that Apple has now agreed to pay out on the settlements after acknowledging a software update hampered the performance of older iPhones.

The company apologised for slowing down the devices and has agreed to replace batteries at a discounted price, but it has never acknowledged any wrongdoing.

Back in October, Apple shared a fix for iPhone and Apple Watch battery drain in connection with the recent iOS 14 update.

In the support guide, it advised that users should factory reset their Apple Watch AND iPhone, ensuring they back up their phone to iCloud before fully resetting it.

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Tech Radar reports that Apple's new guide details a series of problem raised by users after they updated to iOS 14, including missing health data and routines, broken fitness apps that won't open and 'increased battery drain on your iPhone or Apple Watch'.

For the latter, it would appear that the only fix involves unpairing your iPhone, backing up both your phone and watch to iCloud, and then running a factory reset on both devices.

If you don't pay for iCloud services, you'll have to free up enough space to back up your data, before importing back onto your devices once they've been reset.

Many users reported the iOS 14 update was draining their iPhone's battery, with an expert suggesting this was because it triggers a great deal of background activity.

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, a researcher at ZDNet, explained in a new article that he was not shocked as 'this always happens'.

LADbible has contacted Apple for a comment.

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Topics: Entertainment, Technology