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Apple to pay Chilean customers $3.4 million in ‘planned obsolescence’ lawsuit

Apple has agreed to pay Chilean consumers approximately US$3.4 million in a lawsuit over “planned obsolescence” of iPhones, reports Barron’s

It’s the first such settlement in Latin America. However, similar lawsuits are underway in Belgium, Spain, Italy, and France. 

Apple is accused of deliberately making some older iPhones run slooooow after operating system updates in an effort to force users to buy new smartphones. The tech giants has settled similar lawsuits in the U.S. and Europe.

In Chile, some 150,000 users of the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s Plus, 7, 7 Plus and SE sued Apple, claiming their smartphones started underperforming after software updates programmed by Apple before December 21, 2017, notes Barron’s.

The accompanying image is courtesy of The New Federalist.

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Dennis Sellers is the editor/publisher of Apple World Today. He’s been an “Apple journalist” since 1995 (starting with the first big Apple news site, MacCentral). He loves to read, run, play sports, and watch movies.