Apple admitted to slowing down the old phone, and the old owner "fully" refunded

Some time ago, we talked to you about the news that the iPhone 6S is about to be abandoned by Apple. iOS 16 abandons support for these older iPhones

As strong as the iPhone 6S, it is difficult to escape the fate of being eliminated, and many 6S nail households are determined to prepare for a new mobile phone.

However, listen to the old fox advice, change the phone is really not in a hurry, there are many iPhone 4S nail households insistence on it, iPhone 6S properly fight for another 3 years, do not give up lightly!

Because the Apple iPhone 4S "speedgate" case, which was sued in 2015, finally came to an end, Apple is about to pay a $15 claim to each iPhone 4S user.

It is really hammered the phone more and more updated the more the card circle rumors...

The "downspeed gate" ushered in the grand finale

In fact, after the mobile phone update, bugs, or caton, power consumption increase is very common, generally the official will soon provide a repair patch, the impact on daily use is not large.

But the impact of the 2015 update on iOS 9 was devastating for iPhone 4S users.

After the update, users found that their mobile phone performance dropped significantly, and first-party and third-party applications experienced problems such as startup delays and slow response to touch screen input, which seriously affected daily use.

As a result, a group of iPhone 4S users launched a class action lawsuit against Apple, while demanding that Apple pay a total of no less than $5 million in damages, and possibly up to $15 million.

After all, Apple is a big company, fighting more lawsuits than others, and there is no shortage of money, as long as it does not affect sales.

Therefore, this lawsuit is 6 years, and now the iPhone 4S is almost discontinued for 10 years, iOS has been updated to 15, and the results of the lawsuit are irrelevant to Apple.

Therefore, after a game between the two parties, the plaintiff finally proposed a settlement on the condition that each eligible iPhone 4S device be compensated for $15.

Although $15 can't buy an iPhone 4S in 2015, in 2022, you can already get started with this classic Internet addiction machine in full!

It sounds like it was earned, but the iPhone 4S users of that year suffered can not be returned, and this 15 US dollars is also the money spent by users, but Apple returned it to users, really can't say where to earn...

"Downscaling" more than once

In fact, in China, the impact of the iPhone 4S's speedgate is not as big as that of foreign countries, because the domestic sales of iPhone 4S are far less than those of foreign countries, and the real take-off of iPhone in China is from the iPhone 6.

And the iPhone 6 iteration machine iPhone 6S is a generation of divine machines, and there are still a large number of users in use, so if the 6S encounters a speed reduction gate, the impact on everyone can be great.

Coincidentally, Apple's most well-known speed-down door event comes from the iPhone 6S, in 2017, users found that after upgrading iOS10.2.1, iPhone6s and other models added a frequency reduction function, the device in a low battery state, running very stuttering, seriously affecting daily use.

iPhone 6s runs in different versions of the system. Image credit: Geekbench

In the face of a large number of user complaints, Apple still did not serve softly, and said that it has never and will never use any means to intentionally shorten the service life of any Apple product, and will not reduce the user experience to force everyone to upgrade the device.

Even kindly proposed a solution to the user, launched an out-of-warranty battery replacement preferential activity, the Bank of China dropped from 608 yuan to 218 yuan, and the iPhone6s model also enjoyed three years of free battery replacement service.

In the next two years, Apple faced at least 60 class-action lawsuits worldwide, all of which were accused of deliberately depressing iPhone performance and inducing users to upgrade their devices in advance.

Lawsuits as strong as Apple can not withstand the global litigation ah, so in 2020 Apple completely admitted, admitting that when the phone's battery capacity is insufficient or the function is damaged, updating the iOS system may affect the performance of the phone.

And agreed to compensate up to $500 million in class action damages, or $25 per affected user.

The most angry is that the compensation object does not include Chinese users, as mentioned earlier, the iPhone 6S has a huge amount in China, and the sales volume of the Bank of China alone has exceeded 10 million, it can be said that the users of the Bank of China are the most worthy of compensation, but they are ignored by Apple, and I have to say that this treatment gap is still quite obvious.

No one can get used to it

Some time ago, there was also a paragraph circulating on the Internet that changed the iPhone region to France, and the mobile phone immediately became smooth.

Although after testing, it was found that this was a joke, but France is indeed the master that Apple does not dare to fool.

Not only was the speed-down gate fined 25 million euros, but apple was warned that it must equip the iPhone with headphones, otherwise France would have to ban the sale of the iPhone!

What a domineering regulation, so that until 2022, France is the only country in the world where you can buy an iPhone with headphone accessories... (Now cancelled)

So, no matter who it is, you can't get used to any company, you let them take a step, they will ask you for two rooms and a living room, and when you go back, you have to collect money, this minute can make people angry to death...

Don't want to be angry with yourself, then resolutely agree with them about three chapters of the law, cross the line and punish them fiercely, pay fierce compensation, ordinary people fight with them, that is a lifetime can not be ripped off...