Apple has asked a court in London to block a class-action lawsuit that claims $2 billion in damages due to the fact that the company allegedly “hid” defective batteries in iPhones.
The lawsuit is filed by “consumer advocate” Justin Gutmann and is still related to the fact that Apple limits older iPhones through software updates. The case has already yielded other lawsuits and the company admitted the error, even releasing a solution.
However, Gutmann’s lawyers believe that Apple has hidden battery issues in certain iPhone models and that this is the real reason behind installing the power management tool to limit performance.
In its defense, Apple claims that the arguments listed by its lawyers are “baseless” and vehemently denies that the iPhones’ batteries were faulty. The only exception involves a “small number” of iPhone 6s models.
Even so, the company claims that these customers were asked to replace the battery free of charge. Apple also says that the updates limited the performance of the iPhone 6 by an average of 10%, and the company even listed the public apology as proof of its good faith.
For now, the case has yet to be certified by the London Court of Appeal. Commenting on the matter, lawyer Philip Moser cited the 2020 processes and agreements that Apple signed in the United States as an argument for the action to be accepted in the United Kingdom.
