Apple published it Thursday a letter on its website, apologizing for the way it handles the performance of older iPhones batteries.
To remedy the issue, Apple has announced a discount (!) In the iPhone replacement battery price that is out of warranty. The company also promised a software update at the beginning of 2018 to restore the iPhone's battery management.
To replace a non-warranty battery, Apple will charge 29 dollars (out of the 79 dollars it is charging) to anyone with an iPhone 6 or newer whose battery should be replaced starting in late January.
The program will be available worldwide and is expected to expire in December 2018.
“First of all, we have never – and never will – do anything to intentionally shorten the life of anyone product of Apple or reduce the user experience to lead to the upgrade of our products," Apple says.
"Our goal has always been to create products that our customers love."
The apology follows an Apple statement earlier this month and said it deliberately slows performance on some older iPhone models due to problems that can be caused by old lithium-ion batteries.
Apple started with this practice since launching iOS 10.2.1 (last year) and beyond. Many of Apple's customers, right after the company's admission, filed lawsuits claiming huge amounts of compensation.
Of course, according to the company, there was no deception behind this particular one movement, and everything was done for the good of the end user.
Recall that for the benefit of the end user, Microsoft collects telemetry data, while Google stores any data circulating on the internet.
Anyway, the company's move is a step, but at a price for the end user, who will have to pay extra 30 dollars to replace a battery.
