After Apple's confirmation that it slows down older iPhones to prevent sudden outages due to "dropped" batteries, the company is reportedly accused by at least five people in USA.
According to Chicago Sun-Times, five Apple customers from different parts of the United States filed a lawsuit in Chicago on Thursday, seeking an unspecified amount of money for damages the company caused by deliberately slowing down older devices iPhone.
The plaintiffs, two from Illinois, and three others from the states of Indiana, North Carolina, and Ohio, say Apple's practices are "deceptive, unethical" and violate laws protectionof consumers.
All of them are represented by lawyer (Greek), Mr. James Vlahakis, who stated that Apple does not offer transparency to its customers.
"Companies need to realize that people who spend their hard-earned money on a product, expect it to work as expected," said attorney James Vlahakis.
"Apple seems to have hidden the reasons for the slowdown of its older phones."
The lawsuit also alleges that Apple "forced consumers to buy newer and more expensive iPhones when a battery replacement could allow them to continue using their older iPhones."
Cupertino has not issued a statement so far and may not mention anything until the matter has been resolved.
I imagine that Mr Vlahakis will settle the matter very easily, as there is already confirmation from Cupertino.