Apple could face yet another lawsuit involving intentional throttling of the iPhone 6 and 6s, colloquially known as a batterygate.
The lawsuit in question is worth £1.6 billion and is brought by Justin Gutmann on behalf of UK-based users affected by Apple’s “throttling” of the iPhone 6 and 6s. Gutmann’s lawyers argue that Apple hid problems with older iPhone batteries by throttling performance.
Apple is trying to block the lawsuit by appealing to a London court. Cupertino lawyers say the lawsuit is “baseless” and that only a small number of old iPhone batteries are faulty, for which Apple has offered free battery replacements.
Gutmann’s lawyers point to Apple’s 2020 settlement of a U.S. class action lawsuit as evidence that Apple was guilty of throttling iPhones.
Apple, on the other hand, points to the public apology it issued in 2017 and the cheaper battery replacements it offered as a result.
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