Legal experts don't expect courts to find Apple guilty in a class action lawsuit relating to the iPhone throttling scandal, but Cupertino obviously doesn't need the prolonged bad publicity.
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The behavior was covered under umbrella language explaining the measures it took to stop iPhones from suddenly shutting down with the iOS 10.2.1 software update.
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But it's not because of the software. In fact, there's a reasonable implication that Apple is claiming that new hardware means no throttling will be warranted in future software updates.
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That's according to a Senate committee chairman. That committee has released a letter from Apple that answers some of its questions about the program.
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Anyone with a performance-throttled iPhone will be able to turn off the "power management" feature in the upcoming iOS 11.3 update. AR improvements, new Animoji and Health Records are also coming.
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On this week's show: a smartphone-laptop hybrid from Razer could come to market as a show of the company's newfound dedication to mobile. Plus, is LG going to be releasing a phone this year?
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There's no "planned obsolescence" going on in Samsung's software update-developing labs, and the chaebol will fully cooperate with Italian antitrust authorities to prove its innocence.
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Planned obsolescence is starting to feel like company policy for Apple, and the main Italian antitrust authority may want to punish both Cupertino and Samsung for that.
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In addition to personally apologizing for the whole power management debacle, Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed in a recent interview that iPhone performance throttling will soon be optional.
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Untimely disclosure of its throttling practice has garnered Apple some vitriol and litigation from unhappy customers hearing about this for the first time.
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Apple is making up to customers and that make-up will depress sales of iPhones in the coming year. At least that's what one bank is thinking.
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In order to make the discounted iPhone battery replacement process as smooth as possible, Apple is waving the typical diagnostic tests and requirements.
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Originally set for late January, the company is now offering $29 rates for out-of-warranty battery replacements on throttled iPhones.
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It's good for the iPhone because the battery might screw your life up, the company says. It's sorry, it says. We have our say on what Apple is saying about iPhone processor throttling.
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Their batteries may be dying out faster than an iPhone's — just perhaps — but at least you don't have to compromise for bad performance on an HTC or a Motorola phone.
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