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.
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