Apple is sending out checks for ‘batterygate’ class action claims::Apple has begun sending money to people whose iPhones were intentionally throttled in the iPhone 6, 6S, and 7 lines, as well as the first iPhone SE.
Can’t wait for the EU’s user-replaceable batteries regulation to take effect in 2027. Finally we can go back to what we used to have!
How would this impact the phones water resistance, I wonder? A removable battery would require some sort of user serviceable (breakable) seal on the door.
Maybe they could put the seal at the connection on the battery to the phone instead of around the door where it is likely to get debris lodged in it.
Good question. I imagine they could still make the internals of the phone waterproof. Getting your phone wet might destroy the battery but not the expensive phone. If they can make waterproof phones with USB-C ports which provide power then they should be able to make waterproof phones with a hidden “port” for the battery under a cover.
Siemens M35
Probably like $0.32 for affected customers, and millions for the lawyers who filed the class action suit.
Total bullshit.
The first paragraph of the article says $92.
They there was also the battery replacement program that happened when all this shit went down. For about 2 years they would do a battery swap for $30 on phones with poor battery health.
Although I imagine a lot of folks just bought new phones.
