Millions of Apple Customers to Receive Payments in a $500 Million iPhone “Batterygate” Settlement

Millions of iPhone owners whose older devices slowed down after software updates may soon receive a payday.

Apple will soon be paying out between $310 million and $500 million to up to roughly 3 million users of many pre-2018 model iPhones, lawyers for Apple customers said in a statement. The payouts will go to affected users who filed claims against the tech giant in 2020 for an issue that became known as “batterygate.”

“[W]e can finally provide immediate cash payments to impacted Apple customers,” said Mark C. Molumphy, a partner at Cotchett, Pitre & McCarthy, one of the firms handling the suit on behalf of Apple customers.

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