Apple still has a 'headache' over iPhone battery regulation behavior

Going back to the battery throttling issue, it was when the company was caught intentionally throttling the iPhone's performance to preserve battery life, according to Android Authority . In other words, Apple used software updates to make the iPhone less powerful, which the company said was to benefit consumers.

Apple still can't escape lawsuits related to battery throttling behavior

However, many people believe that this action of Apple is only to entice users to upgrade their phones sooner. As a result, in the US, a class action lawsuit against the company for this action resulted in Apple having to pay compensation of 500 million USD.

Apple clearly wants to avoid losing such a sum in the future. However, things are not so easy. Despite efforts by Apple's legal teams to prevent a similar battery lawsuit from taking place in the UK, the UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has sided with the plaintiffs and allowed the new class action to proceed.

Justin Gutmann, a British consumer rights activist, has filed a series of lawsuits against Apple over its iPhone battery throttling practices. Gutmann is seeking cash payments for around 24 million iPhone users in the UK, an amount that is even higher than what Apple has previously paid in fines in the US. Specifically, Gutmann's legal team is asking for Apple to pay 1.6 billion pounds (about $1.9 billion).

CAT noted in its ruling that Gutmann's claim "lacks clarity and specificity," so that figure could change. Still, Gutmann called the ruling "an important step towards consumer justice."

For its part, Apple continues to cite the same excuse it has said in previous battery-related allegations that "We have never done anything to shorten the life of any Apple product or degrade the user experience to drive customers to upgrade."

Now that Gutmann's lawsuit has been green-lit, we'll likely see more information about this class action in the coming months.

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