The US-based tech giant Apple, from time to time with major cases is on the agenda. Now a new one has been added. The company reportedly has some models in Britain defective batteries had deliberately negatively impacted the experience of 24 million users. Although Apple requested the cancellation of the case in question, the British authorities rejected this request and decided to prosecute Apple.

Batteries in electronic products coming to market may vary depending on usage. loss of productivity comes along. This is something we already know. The main reason why Apple will be sued for this is a little different. In the case filed in England, Apple was aware that it was using a defective battery, but to rule out any problems it was claimed that Apple was using a defective battery. performance limiter It is alleged that he used tools and flooded the devices with software updates.

The size of the case is 2 billion dollars!

British consumer representative Justin GutmanIn its application to the court, Apple filed a lawsuit for damages on behalf of 24 million iPhone users in the United Kingdom. up to $2 billion He wants him to compensate the direct damage with interest. Gutman’s lawyers, Apple Batteries on select models It claims that it prevents the flaws it finds by flooding the phones with software updates and installing power management tools that limit performance.

While Apple claims these claims are baseless, only a few are iphone 6s He requested an annulment of the case, claiming that his models had defective batteries and that these batteries were replaced free of charge. However, these efforts it was wasted.

The company’s efforts to send the case back to court have not yielded any results, and the UK Competition Authority, which we can call the Competition Authority, has not produced any results. Competition Appeals Boardannounced in a written statement that Gutman’s case would be heard. on the other hand CATin the case “lack of clarity and focusGutman said this case is important for consumer justice.

In its statement, Apple says Apple He said they have not and will not intentionally do anything that could shorten the life of their product or force users to upgrade to a higher model. Let’s see what the outcome of the court in London will be if the plaintiffs win. Also from the EU A similar step may come.